Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Here's part of a blog I posted a few months ago at http://northcoastphotos.com/Lympa-2006-04-30.htm about the "camera as computer." " Olympus not only bucked the bigger-is-better trend of DSLRs, but has also given us the ability to view a potential photograph from perspectives other than just through an optical prism. That LCD Live View screen, which flips at various angles, has given me pictures I could have otherwise never done <http://northcoastphotos.com/Lympa_2006_03_20.htm#OverRoof>(see the helicopter lighthouse "periscope" shot). Now if only that screen would rotate too, giving portrait mode LCD flip screen view. But why stop with an LCD that flips and twists? Wireless is the future, right? Why not put the LCD in my glasses, right there in front of my eye, no matter where I point the camera? Just transmit the image a couple of feet from camera to me. Who is working on that right now? It makes perfect sense to me that such a function could be done just with the technology available right now. Let's see it! Instead, non-Olympus professional cameras have not even taken the first step away from the traditional film body design. Indeed, this is still your father's Oldsmobile, Canon and Nikon! " And I might add, it still appears to be your father's Leica. When are pro DSLR's going to stop being like the early motor cars that still had splash guards for the horses? Gary Todoroff (Tree LUGger) At 08:13 AM 08/29/06, you wrote: > >In a message dated 8/29/2006 10:03:00 A.M. Central Daylight Time, >leica@rcmckee.com writes: > >you can have a better look at where, EXACTLY, you were pointing when >you fired. > > >It also could be so that you don't have to sight your weapon in the >traditional manner, or so that others can view >the output, for training or tactical >reasons. > >ELCAN does a good deal of work for the military. > > >Regards, >Sonny >http://www.sonc.com >Natchitoches, Louisiana >Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane >?galit?, libert?, crawfish > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information