Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Every now and again I like to fantasize about an FM3A with the d700 sensor in it... On 11 March 2010 09:03, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote: > Now that Leica has shown a full frame digital can be small, hopefully an > innovative company would come out with the equivalence of the OM-1. > Unfortunately, as much as I love Olympus, I fear that the siren song of the > micro 4/3 will mean that their energy will be in that space :-( > > > On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Douglas writes" > > "Over the last couple of months I picked up quite a few Non-AF cameras at > > > > rock-bottom prices to play around with - a couple of Canon A1s, a Pentax > > > > MX, an OM-10 and a Yashica FX-D - all of them have viewfinders much > > > > brighter the ones in my Canon EOS 500N and 20D." > > > > - - - - - > > > > The best SLR viewfinders for me are the ones in the Olympus OM-1 and > OM-2. > > Large, clear and bright plus the ability to interchange screens for > > specific > > purposes. Too bad no company, not even Olympus, has seen fit to make a > DSLR > > the same size as the OM series with the same clear viewfinder. I could do > > without the bells and whistles, the auto focus, and the movie mode but > not > > without the viewfinder. The size seems a natural for 4/3. Olympus really > > regressed in the E-500 series. > > > > > > On a related note, I really miss adequate optical viewfinders on the > > current > > crop of P&S digitals. I find it almost impossible to use the LCD screen > on > > a > > sunny day. I'm thinking of going back to a black view camera focusing > > cloth. > > > > Larry Z > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> blog: < > http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> > // portfolio: < > http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/PICS/AnotherCalifornia > > > // mailing lists: <http://www.imagecraft.com/contact.html> > [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous > replies in your msgs. ] > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > --