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Subject: [Leica] Olympus 510 and Leica R 28-70 zoom
From: philippe.amard at tele2.fr (Philippe AMARD)
Date: Thu Jun 5 22:25:57 2008
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To Nathan, and to Geoff of course

Geoff Hopkinson wrote:

>Just for you Ted, boring colour shot taken from the same spot with an M ;-)
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>http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/91238854
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>How Nathan does it
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>http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/91238284
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>How he should use his camera
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>http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/91237859
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Is that the Sigma 1.4 30 ?
If so, how does it compare with the Leica D Summi 25 ?


>Don't need no steenkin' Image stabilized auto focus Face Detection Live View
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Well, if it is there, why not use it?

>http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/91237793
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>Hey, more than half the gallery is black and white!
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>Quote from the brochure for the newest Oly, the E520 
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>"it's just like shooting with a compact camera" ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)
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It is compact , is it not? Sounds like tautological to me. ;-)

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>Oh OK, I tried it out, it looks really good. Very fast and responsive 
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Thanks for sharing this nice set Geoff
Phx

>Cheers
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>Geoff
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>http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e
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>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/
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>-----Original Message-----
>Subject: RE: [Leica] Olympus 510 and Leica R 28-70 zoom
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>WOW!!! A sneaky picture camera! :-)
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>-----Original Message-----
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>From: lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca@leica-users.org
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>[mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Nathan
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>Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 12:56 PM
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>To: Leica Users Group
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>Subject: Re: [Leica] Olympus 510 and Leica R 28-70 zoom
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>Live View is good for this kind of stuff:
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>http://www.frozenlight.eu/barca/content/_A211103_large.html
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>For landscapes, it doesn't matter, they are not going anywhere :-)
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>Nathan
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>On 2-jun-2008, at 18:46, Philippe AMARD wrote:
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>>>Thank you for the suggestion. I only tried it briefly as it  
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>>>I'll give it another go, but to me it still seems an odd way to  
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>>Just like in the good old days of Rolleiflexes and Rock&Roll
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>>phx
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>>>Philippe AMARD wrote:
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>>>>Hey Jims,
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>>>>I thought Live View was available on the 510?
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>>>>you've shown us - this is what you need to use - LV magnification  
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>>>>mode on for flowers for instance, too.
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>>>>You can even keep your sunglasses on when it is too bright :-D .
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>>>>Bien cordialement
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>>>>Phx
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>Nathan Wajsman
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Replies: Reply from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan) ([Leica] Olympus 510 and Leica R 28-70 zoom)
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