Rebonjour Philippe, It is indeed odd. Some people and the majority who bought the camera love the VF, me included. Particularly in manual focus mode it is the best I have found yet, you can precisely focus even difficult lenses like the Summiluxes that pose problem on the M8. Other people hate it; very few sold the camera again because of it. I ordered the camera without having seen it. Like you, I could not find one with a loaded battery. Amitiés Peter ----------------original message----------------- From: "Philippe AMARD" To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:35:05 +0100 ---------------------------------------------------------- I still haven't managed to see through the VF; no shop here has one with a loaded battery when they have scores on display, as if they had decided NOT to sell any ...