Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/07/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for confirming my assumptions Bob. As someone who spent most of his commercial career, and a good deal of his "fine art" career, behind a view camera ground glass I can't help wondering why the ground glass and loupe doesn't "work better." Does it come down to the size of the ground glass image being two small for your comfort? a note off the iPad, George On Jul 13, 2014, at 5:26 PM, Bob Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > Well yes, but it stinks. I use it to compose only. Some degree of focusing > is possible, but you have to stop down or use a ND filter so the CCD > doesn't bloom. Very grainy, heats up the sensor, and eats batteries. > > A recent firmware update now allows the use of USB with the back. I tether > the back to the surface and run Capture 1. Fire off a shot and then look > at the raw file on the surface a few seconds later. Double tap the Surface > screen and view where you tapped at 100%. Double tap and back to the full > image. The Surface only weighs 1-3/4lb. I also use focus mask and the two > together greatly simplify tilt. Still use a dark cloth as the Surface's > screen is shiny. Also helps with errant light between the Lee filters, > especially the 10ND. I have a holder for the Surface on a tripod leg. > Plastic and weighs nothing. > Bob > Sent from my iPad > >> On Jul 13, 2014, at 8:27 AM, George Lottermoser <george.imagist at >> icloud.com> wrote: >> >> You don't actually have live view from that CCD? do you? >> >> So you're checking actual exposures on the Surface 3? >> >> a note off the iPad, George >> >> On Jul 13, 2014, at 10:12 AM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Microsoft Surface 3 (my new 8x10 GG) - It did allow me to get rid of my >>> ground glass and loupe! >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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