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 iPad > 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). Stick a noctilux on a Fuji x camera with EVF and magnification, Shoot at f1, your reliability of manual focus will exceed most. leica bodies.... s > > > 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. >> >> >> 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