Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/30

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Use film, or block the panel!
From: Johnny Deadman <lists@johnbrownlow.com>
Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 17:34:47 -0400

well, action and sports is one thing... but the LCD panel on my little 
Nikon 5000 is a wonderful thing and gets you experimenting with 
compositions you would never have seen through a viewfinder.

On Friday, May 30, 2003, at 04:03 PM, Edward Caliguri wrote:

> B.D. has a HUGE point well made. Shooting action with digital -- 
> sports,
> fast moving wildlife (for where I still will stick with film and R for 
> the
> foreseeable future) I (80% of the time) use the black "Non 
> Transparent" LCD
> cover so that I am not tempted to look while action is taking place. 
> First
> of all -- WHY look?? It's foolish -- if you missed the shot, you 
> missed it -
> no going back anyway -- " Oh, please re-enact that winning Hail Mary 
> Pass
> will you guys?" -- with either medium. Checking exposure and white 
> balance
> FIRST is OK, but then, shot these subjects just AS IF you had film, or
> better, use film. OK - I'm ready to be pounded!!
>     Ed
>
>> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Leica Users digest)
>> Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>> Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 06:17:29 -0700 (PDT)
>> To: leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>> Subject: Leica Users digest V24 #322
>>
>> bdcolen wrote:
>>
>>> But I'll bet that there are allot of photos being
>>> missed because photographers aren't sticking around to take them 
>>> because
>>> they've looked at the LCD, seen a half-dozen good shots, and figured
>>> that's all they need of a given demonstration, for instance, so they
>>> leave. True, things could always happen after a photographer moved 
>>> on,
>>> but I'll bet the moving on is occurring faster these days.<<<<
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