Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Okay - lets try that again... > Oh, Tim, I most certainly do get it, and I'd say it's you who doesn't. It > has everything to do with usability, and sometimes, in order to be usable, > quality IS an issue. Because some little P&S digicam has a lousy optical > viewfinder, as most in fact do, and the LCD is more "usable", that doesn't > say that in general LCD viewing gives you better this or that than a > viewfinder...it says the viewfinder in that camera is deficient, and that > the LCD is more usable. > Read my lips Austin - it has nothing to do with the quality of the viewfinder or better this or that. It's about different ways of seeing. You could stick a high quality LCD on the back of an M6 and it would give a different view (as in vision) of what you want to photograph. I think John's point (and certainly mine) is that if you can get over seeing the LCD as a hindrance, and obstacle, a second best way of viewing the scene, it in fact becomes a very useful tool for envisioning what you are trying to do - one that is different from the viewfinder. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html