Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]For what it's worth the following was shot with live view handheld at 1/170thit takes a bit of fiddling with the switches and holding the distance steady but then the heigher weight and mirror lock up works nicely . For me anyway http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/animal/kleur.gif.html <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/animal/kleur.gif.html>best,simon On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 8:07 AM, Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie op btinternet.com>wrote: > Quite so! In the same way that the only use I have found for "live view" is > on a tripod. Mind you this thing would be a bastard to get in your pocket > with the tripod attached... > Frank > > On 17 Jun, 2009, at 02:47, J. Newell wrote: > > >> >> Those eye-level thingies you're talking about will never catch on. Real >> photographers focus and compose by looking at the image on the rear of the >> camera. >> >> >> >> ;-) ^3 >> >> >> >> (that's a wink, cubed) >> >> >> >> John Newell >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Tina Manley" <images op comporium.net> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug op leica-users.org> >> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 9:22:05 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern >> Subject: Re: [Leica] The rangefinder is back! - Olympus EP-1 >> >> At 09:07 PM 6/16/2009, you wrote: >> >>> A camera like this should be going over real big on the LUG. This should >>> be >>> what we've been waiting for in plenty of our collective or individual >>> mind >>> sets. >>> >>> Mark William Rabiner >>> >> >> But it has no viewfinder! I can't stand holding the camera out at >> arm's length and looking at an LCD screen to take a photo. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >