Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was seduced by the superiority of digital for what I do some years ago. Nevertheless I still approach photography the same way as I did with film. There isn't often time to check the results before I go home, but when I do get home there is the huge advantage of editing immediately, even if I only took 3 shots. Most monitors can't show much useful apart from the histogram anyway and once you have "learned" your camera exposure is rarely a problem. I shoot raw only to give a bit more margin but anyway I probably get technically get better results with digital than I did with 40 years of film. Frank On 20 Jan, 2005, at 13:00, Douglas M. Sharp wrote: > Fact is if we're using an RF film camera we don't see the pictures > until quite a while later, instant viewing on a digi is ok but very > distracting and, if we're honest, doesn't help much either. > > I think the future of top line digital rangefinders should be in a > plug-in monitor for viewing images, make different ones so you choose > your size, resolution etc. If you want it on the camera then maybe a > 2" screen to slip into the accessory shoe like a vertical finder, > great for close-ups too, combine it with storage capacity (and play > MP3s on it if you like). Keep all the stuff that doesn't really have > to be a part of the camera body off it and you could possibly keep the > size of an M body more or less as it is. > Douglas > > Mark Rabiner wrote: >>> I keep seeing photojounalists on the tely looking down at their >>> cameras >>> instead of at the famous people they've been sent to cover. Are >>> there >>> any stories out there yet of photogs having missed the decisive >>> moment >>> because of the distraction of the monitor? >>> >>> Rick. >> I'm sure it happens once in a while. Especially to the real stupid >> tunnel >> visioned ones. >> All in all its nice to know you've got the shot. And can then stop >> shooting. >> Mark Rabiner >> Photography >> Portland Oregon >> http://rabinergroup.com/ >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >