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The LUMIX has a function that magnifies an area round the focus point. Personally I think it's a waste because it just zooms in on the sensor image and as a consequence the inherant relative coa**eness of the viewscreen is merely amplified rendering the enlarged area...less clear!
No, No, no! That would be silly, for the reason you mention.
I mean the same type of magnification which you get on the rear screen! Digital zoom.
To me that would be sensible and invaluable to check focus before an exposure. After all the 'viewfinder' is really a second, very small, rear screen viewed via a pentaprism, with a little magnification/diopter correction.
The alternative in many cases is to make a trial exposure to check focus, zoom in on the required detail on the rear screen and adjust accordingly. I appreciate the screens can't be examined with a magnifier glass (loupe) but there seems to me there is no reason why the image can't be zoomed electronically right up to 1:1 pixel for pixel.
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Robert.