Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wait a minute - are you suggesting that the 'shutter delay' is AFTER the image is captured? On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 3:51 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>wrote: > Bob I know that you helpfully provided your own list of pluses and minuses > as relevant to you. I was originally planning to do the same. I still have > not handled a new camera, > In the traditional metering mode is the camera not going to meter in > exactly the same way as the other except that the dynamic range of the > system may vary? In other words you drive it with exactly the same > understanding of what the simple metering does. > > In Liveview is the camera not going always going to operate with some > perceptible delay just as all of the pro dSLRs do too except minus the > mirror operations? > I've played with Liveview on my Nikons and have found it a usable > substitute for the precision of proper manual focus screens when shooting > in very close (flowers for example). I thought maybe an f.2 adaptor might > be worthwhile to try on the M as I have the Zeiss 100 macro > I keep thinking that this is an M that also has a limited means of using > the R lenses much more than an R10 substitute. It was never going to be a > dSLR. Stefan Daniel said that as far back as mid-2009. > > > *Breathe in, breathe out, move on* -- Jimmy Buffett > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > On 4 June 2013 06:06, Bob Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi John. > > Mostly not. I may have put in my original email that I was in classic > mode > > and blowing most my highlights because a black wall filled the majority > of > > my frame. When I switched to the new "advanced" metering mode, the > exposure > > was corrected. This was one of the "good" items on my list. > > I really didn't pay attention to the lag difference between the two > > metering modes; just noticed that there was a noticeable lag in each > using > > live view. As you have more time to test, I have no doubt you are right. > > Best, > > Bob > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > On Jun 3, 2013, at 12:43 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> > > wrote: > > > > > Thanks, were you in one of the new metering modes on the M? I believe > > those slow it down; my M in classic metering has slight but not worrisome > > lag in LV compared to rangefinder...I certainly could not try and time > it. > > > > > > john > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> > > >> Hi John, > > >> IMO it's not. The X-E1 is noticeably faster. I am no EE, but I don't > > think the X- > > >> E1 has a shutter: when I remove a lens I see the sensor. As the X-E1 > > has no > > >> optical viewfinder, only the back LCD or the Electrical View Finder, > the > > >> exposure mechanics are probably quite different. Perhaps it's just a > > timed > > >> electrical pulse? > > >> Best, > > >> Bob > > >> > > >> > > >> On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 11:31 PM, John McMaster <john at > > >> mcmaster.co.nz> > > >> wrote: > > >> > > >>> Actually Steve, it will be similar to your XE-1 - how do you find the > > >>> delay on the Fuji? > > >>> > > >>> john > > >>> > > >>>> -----Original Message----- > > >>>> > > >>>> It was trying to quantify the delay, you notice it but would be hard > > >>> pushed to > > >>>> time it... > > >>>> > > >>>> john > > >>>> > > >>>>> at 30x the price it's faster... > > >>>>> Steve Barbour > > >>>> > > >>>>> -----Original Message----- > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> On Jun 2, 2013, at 9:52 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> > > >>>> wrote: > > >>>>> > > >>>>> It is there but it does not feel sluggish, it is nothing like the > > >>>>> lag on a P&S for example > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> john > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> -----Original Message----- > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Bill Nelsch wrote: > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>>> I am still wondering about how the Type 240 works with R lenses? > > >>>>>>> Does the focus assist really work with R lenses? Since you can > > >>>>>>> only use the EVF to focus the R lens does that mean that all of > > >>>>>>> your shots are going to have the shutter delay? So far I > > >>>>>>> haven't read any user experience vis a vis the red headed > > >>>>>>> stepchild R system and before I bail on my DMR I would really > > >>>>>>> like to know if > > >>> this is > > >>>> in fact an "R Solution"? > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> The reported shutter delay means it's not the R solution for me. > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Doug Herr > > >>>>>> Birdman of Sacramento > > >>>>>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >