Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sent from my iPhone Steve Barbour On Oct 2, 2013, at 12:09 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote: The Oly EVF because you can put it to your eye. Holding out an M at arms length would be very awkward. With a patterned surface, for example a road you can also see the exact DoF walking back and forth as you focus or change aperture (the focus peaking display). Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > On 2 October 2013 11:29, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > > I would LOVE to be able to use my iPhone 5 as a liveview finder for a > camera. Not sure but check out the Sony QX100 etc.... s > > > On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 7:01 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> > wrote: > >> Geoff. Did you use the LCD or the Oly VF? Your email was not clear to > me. >> >> Maybe Bob Adler will let me try out his setup? Pretty please? >> >> Now if they would just put the EVF inside the camera. >> >> Frank Filippone >> >> On Oct 1, 2013, at 10:46 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> > wrote: >> >>> Yes! I found it to be much better than expected with unique advantages >> too. >>> Especially after my RF vertical alignment had its adventure. I got a >> really >>> good hit rate even wide open in low light for several hundreds frames >>> thereafter. >>> >>> >>> Cheers >>> Geoff >>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >>> >>> >>>> On 2 October 2013 00:00, <afirkin at afirkin.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I did wonder if the TTL oly attachment and the live view on the M > would >> be >>>> a bit of a gimmick, but its been very useful, especially with lenses >> such >>>> as the Wide Tri-elmar. You can now very accurately frame your image > and >>>> even focus closer than 0.7m. Here is an example of an 8 second > exposure >> of >>>> a fountain. I was able to just keep the arches of the water spouts in >> the >>>> image without letting the flare get to bad from the lights just above >> the >>>> level of the upper image. >>>> >>>> http://tinyurl.com/pdnf5w7 >>>> >>>> and here I was able to raise the camera above head high to avoid dross >> in >>>> the foreground. Not a great shot, but it was what I was after, weird >> angle >>>> and all :-) >>>> >>>> http://tinyurl.com/nhlv6e8 >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> >>>> Alastair >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> > > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com/look/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > 1714 > Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > 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