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Subject: [Leica] Olympus 510 and Leica R 28-70 zoom
From: Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)
Date: Mon Jun 2 10:27:17 2008
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Bon apr?s-midi Philippe:

 > Just like in the good old days of Rolleiflexes and Rock&Roll

<laughing>

I use the prism finder on my 6008i Rollei.  I don't know the physics of 
it, but I don't need any diopter adjustment with that prism.

For that matter, I don't need the reading glasses when using the bulbous 
Rollei prism on a TLR Rollei either.

Jim, "So old that I have four different birthdays" Hemenway

Philippe AMARD wrote:

> 
> 
> Jim Hemenway wrote:
> 
>> Hi Philippe:
>>
>> Thank you for the suggestion. I only tried it briefly as it doesn't 
>> seem to work very well without using reading glasses.  I'll give it 
>> another go, but to me it still seems an odd way to use a camera.
>>
> 
> Just like in the good old days of Rolleiflexes and Rock&Roll
> ;-)
> phx
> 
>> Jim
>>
>> Philippe AMARD wrote:
>>
>>> Hey Jims,
>>> I thought Live View was available on the 510?
>>> For landscapes and non moving objects - i.e. the type of shots you've 
>>> shown us - this is what you need to use - LV magnification mode on 
>>> for flowers for instance, too.
>>> You can even keep your sunglasses on when it is too bright :-D .
>>> Bien cordialement
>>> Phx
>>>
>>
> 
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