Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It would have made MUCH more sense to put a rangefinder in it -that would have made it a total killer, imho, but the question would have been how they would have linked the auto focus glass to a rangefinder - although it could have been a 'rangefinder' in the same way that the G1 and G2 were "rangefinders." Yes - Too dark. Too small. Not useful at all for manual focusing and pretty annoying for autofocusing. On 6/21/06 1:23 PM, "Adam Bridge" <abridge@gmail.com> wrote: > So while it's there it's what, too dark? not useful for focusing? They > went to a lot of expense to create it - and it seems to me "to what > end?" It sounds like putting a range-finder on it would have been MORE > useful? > > I'm not trolling here. I've gone out looking to hold an E330 in my > hands but haven't walked into a camera shop that actually had one. > > Adam > > On 6/21/06, B. D. Colen <bdcolen@comcast.net> wrote: >> Yup - a pretty crappy excuse for one - same vf system as is in the Olympus >> E330 - far too small and dark. However, I am finding that the more I use >> it, >> the more I like the "live view finder" - or thinking of it another way, >> the >> 'ground glass.' Coupling this with a near-normal slr body, and >> interchangeable lenses, provides a whole new way of seeing. But don't even >> think about that optical viewfinder. ;-) >> >> >> On 6/21/06 1:19 PM, "Christopher Williams" <leicachris@worldnet.att.net> >> wrote: >> >>> So it does have an optical VF. >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Adam Bridge" >>> Subject: [Leica] Panasonic releases the Lumix DMC-L1 >>> >>> >>>> On the Panasonic site there's an interesting discussion of this camera >>>> and the Leica/Panasonic lens - although (warning to Frank) it's >>>> marketing so don't get too excited. >>>> >>>> Surf to: >>>> >>>> <http://panasonic.co.jp/pavc/global/lumix/> >>>> >>>> Then click on "Developers tell the story" which is below the big >>>> picture of the camera at the top left of the page. Vol. 4 deals with >>>> the Leica D Varia-Elmarit lens. >>>> >>>> Pricey bugger though and this doesn't even have a red dot on it . . . >>>> yet. >>>> >>>> Adam >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information