Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's not so much that there is anything mystical. I find that my view, if not my photos, differs depending on the type of viewing - SLR, rangefinder, waist-level finder (Hasselblad, Mamiya RZ), large format ground glass, digital LCD. Truth is, no matter what the viewing mechanism, the final image is never the same as what I see in the camera. My brain has to do a bit of translation, sort of pre-visualization, so to speak. After a while, this translation becomes more automatic. - - Phong - -----Original Message----- Johnny, > >> 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 see why, the viewfinder is deficient in that camera, as it is in most consumer digicams (cameras that use interline sensors). This is a due to simply a lower grade camera viewfinder, not because LCD viewing is better than viewfinder viewing as a general statement, or somehow the LCD lets you "see more" or for some other "mystical" reason...it's just these cameras have bad viewfinders. A good optical viewfinder outweighs an LCD viewfinder any day, at least today...the LCD doesn't have the tonality or resolution or ability to do critical focus as a regular viewfinder (say in a typical SLR) does, it is also subject to smear and bloom in mixed or high lighting situations. That certainly doesn't mean you can't get a decent shot out of a camera when using an LCD, but it really is only usable for P&S, and they typically only exist on P&S cameras (that is ones that can view on the LCD in real time). Austin - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html