Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/16

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Subject: [Leica] The rangefinder is back! - Olympus EP-1
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:12:21 +0100
References: <C65D59F0.4FEA7%mark@rabinergroup.com> <BE877B60-2BB5-4DC7-9127-58BB22A23CAE@btinternet.com> <23a0a61f0906162148t11e07ad3pf9455044f7613af@mail.gmail.com>

Mark has many Nikon lenses and is a long time Nikon user, as well as  
Leica, hence this suggestion. If we just refer to interchangeable lens  
cameras with live view, I think Olympus were first many years ago.
FD

On 17 Jun, 2009, at 05:48, simon jessurun wrote:

> Ahum Canon Mark III with live view?
>
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 6:45 AM, Frank Dernie
> <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com>wrote:
>
>> Get  a recent Nikon then :-) they all have this capability. I have  
>> never
>> used it seriously on mine though - it sucks.
>> Frank
>>
>> On 16 Jun, 2009, at 19:17, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>>
>> I'm ok with cameras like that I loved using a D-lux I have a great  
>> set of
>>> Progressive Lenses parked on my nose. I hold the camera not all  
>>> the way
>>> out
>>> but just a few inches from my face. Or wherever I want it to be.
>>> Can't wait to get a DSLR with this feature.
>>>
>>>
>>> Mark William Rabiner
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com>
>>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>>> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:47:38 +0100
>>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] The rangefinder is back! - Olympus EP-1
>>>>
>>>> In the 50s and 60s here in England non-SLR cameras were either
>>>> "viewfinder" or "rangefinder". That summed it up well enough.
>>>> This thing has no viewfinder at all, so for me it is a highish  
>>>> quality
>>>> point and shoot of a type I hate to use, ie hold camera at arms
>>>> length, compose on screen, if your old eyes can focus on it, try,  
>>>> but
>>>> fail, to hold it still enough to take a picture.
>>>> I couldn't be more unimpressed, I am afraid. It is a styling  
>>>> exercise.
>>>> Maybe some of the lenses will be OK on a Panasonic?
>>>> Frank
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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In reply to: Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] The rangefinder is back! - Olympus EP-1)
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Message from simon.apekop at gmail.com (simon jessurun) ([Leica] The rangefinder is back! - Olympus EP-1)