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Subject: [Leica] accurate framing (was: Re: for those interested in future Leica developments)
From: rgacpa at gmail.com (Gmail)
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 22:37:03 -0800
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Thanks Henning. Not many times I can imagine when Maui wouldn't be one of 
the finer places to be no matter when.
Tomorrow I go back to work: Maui sounds better... 
Best,
Bob

Bob Adler

> On Nov 17, 2013, at 9:21 PM, Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> They look very nice, Bob, and all the better since the weather here is 
> starting to get cooler (high of 12?C today) and the sun is low. Maui would 
> be a good place to be right now.
> 
> Henning
> 
> 
> 
>> On 2013-11-16, at 7:37 PM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I used the EVF on the M for the first time last week. Was with the 21mm 
>> and
>> replaced the external 21mm finder. It had several advantages over the
>> external 21mm finder:
>> *   Framing was EXACT!
>> *   Could see exactly what was in focus and adjust accordingly (using
>> shutter half-depressed)
>> *   And best of all, you can tilt it up so that the camera can be close to
>> the ground allowing you to really get a perspective you used to have to 
>> lie
>> down for
>> Downside was a slight delay between depressing the shutter and the shutter
>> firing, but I got used to that?
>> 
>> Here are a couple of the results; not the best images, but I don't blame
>> the EVF for that!
>> www.rgaphoto.com/21mmEVF
>> 
>> Really fun using it as a chimney finder; up to my calves in waves, so I
>> don't think I could have gotten these without it other than guessing and
>> with a horizon bubble level in the hot shoe..
>> 
>> 
>> On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 6:41 PM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at 
>> earthlink.net>wrote:
>> 
>>> FRANK DERNIE wrote:
>>> 
>>> If you want accurate framing you will need a reflex camera or look at the
>>> sensor output either via the screen on the back or an EVF, whether you 
>>> like
>>> it or not!
>>> <<<
>>> 
>>> I agree... and even if it were possible to make the M frame lines 100%
>>> accurate at the focussed distance parallax would make the foreground and
>>> background and the spatial relationships between foreground, subject and
>>> background inaccurate.  For 100% accuracy a minimum of TTL viewing is
>>> required.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Doug Herr
>>> Birdman of Sacramento
>>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Bob Adler
>> 
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> 
> 
> Henning Wulff
> henningw at archiphoto.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Message from henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff) ([Leica] accurate framing (was: Re: for those interested in future Leica developments))