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: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan)
Date: Thu Jun 5 21:51:52 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> <200806052234.m55MYabh019790@humboldt1.com>

True, Gary, I was obviously exaggerating. Still, I think that both  
pictures could have been made looking through the viewfinder, no?

They are beautiful in any event.

Cheers,
Nathan

On 6-jun-2008, at 0:34, Gary Todoroff wrote:

> 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
>
>
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Replies: Reply from datamaster at northcoastphotos.com (Gary Todoroff) ([Leica] Olympus 510 and Leica R 28-70 zoom)
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