Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/06/05

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Subject: [Leica] Olympus 510 and Leica R 28-70 zoom
From: datamaster at northcoastphotos.com (Gary Todoroff)
Date: Thu Jun 5 15:34:45 2008
References: <48432F95.60008@hemenway.com> <013f01c8c450$3f06d7e0$6101a8c0@jimnichols> <48435602.9000005@hemenway.com> <48437DB3.8090209@tele2.fr> <484422A6.3050106@hemenway.com> <484423EF.2030507@tele2.fr> <206F49F7-BC25-43B2-BD81-7422C9A711CB@frozenlight.eu>

Beg to differ, Nathan - here are landscape shots where live view made 
all the difference:
http://www.northcoastphotos.com/Lympa_2006_03_24.htm
http://www.northcoastphotos.com/Lympa_2007_06_02.htm

No the landscape does not go anywhere, but the light sure can scurry 
off in a hurry!
Gary Todoroff


At 12:56 PM 6/5/2008, you wrote:
>Live View is good for this kind of stuff:
>http://www.frozenlight.eu/barca/content/_A211103_large.html
>
>For landscapes, it doesn't matter, they are not going anywhere :-)
>
>Nathan
>
>On 2-jun-2008, at 18:46, 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


Replies: Reply from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan) ([Leica] Olympus 510 and Leica R 28-70 zoom)
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Message from jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] Olympus 510 and Leica R 28-70 zoom)
Message from Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway) ([Leica] Olympus 510 and Leica R 28-70 zoom)
Message from philippe.amard at tele2.fr (Philippe AMARD) ([Leica] Olympus 510 and Leica R 28-70 zoom)
Message from Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway) ([Leica] Olympus 510 and Leica R 28-70 zoom)
Message from philippe.amard at tele2.fr (Philippe AMARD) ([Leica] Olympus 510 and Leica R 28-70 zoom)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan) ([Leica] Olympus 510 and Leica R 28-70 zoom)