Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Having had three Coolpix version by now, I can attest to a discrepancy in what the finder and screen sees. To make matters worse, once the actual image is taken, it's slightly off by what was originally seen. For those that like to crop in the camera, and very closely at that, these are differences of importance. Slobodan Dimitrov Johnny Deadman wrote: > > On Friday, May 30, 2003, at 08:09 PM, Austin Franklin wrote: > > >> It's like a mini ground glass (only right way up). The screen > >> gives you a different image than the viewfinder - two dimensional > >> rather > >> than three. And psychologically different than the "tunnel" > >> vision on an SLR > > > > I've used LCD viewfinders for quite some time on digital cameras, and > > don't > > find that to be true...for me...nor have I ever, in the many many > > people > > I've spoken to about the virtues/foibles of LCD finders ever mentioned > > such > > a "thing". > > Well, it's a commonplace amongst the CP5000 users I know. > > > > I'd like for you (or Johnny) to show an example. > > Short answer: > > http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/wip/circle-of-fifths/source/2003-04-28_12- > 07-11.html > > This was shot by holding the camera out over a void and using the LCD > to compose. There is no way I could conceivably have framed this using > the viewfinder. > > Another short answer: > > http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/portfolios/la/pages/001.html > > The flower was only about twelve inches away from a wall. Using a w/a > adapter I held the camera out against the wall from the side. I am only > just out of frame. > > A much longer answer: > > All of this project was shot using the LCD and I believe it is > substantially different from anything I have shot using the viewfinder. > I'm not saying I couldn't have seen it through the viewfinder, but that > I *wouldn't*. > > http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/wip/circle-of-fifths/ > > I have long since given up trying to convince Austin of anything but > other people might find this illuminating. > > For all action shooting I use the viewfinder (and the DSLR, not the > CP5000). > > -- > John Brownlow > > pictures: > http://www.pinkheadedbug.com > > warblog: > http://www.unintended-consequences.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html