Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/16

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Subject: [Leica] The rangefinder is back! - Olympus EP-1
From: datamaster at northcoastphotos.com (Gary Todoroff)
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:06:05 -0700
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OhMyGosh, you're right, George! (and Frank, too) I completely ignored 
what I had assumed would be a high quality EVF finder like on my 
Olympus C-8080. Duh! How can Olympus have left that out?! I guess we 
are all more a dying breed than ever imagined, those of us who still 
would like a camera held up to the eyes occasionally. Does NOBODY 
bother anymore to make a creative camera without completely 
abdicating to marketing and the bean counters!? I do use the view 
screen on my E-330 sometimes, George, but just for special purposes 
like viewing through a twin lens reflex, or shooting while braced on 
a table top, or composing on a tripod with the camera cranked above 
my head. Very handy and creative sometimes for shots I would never 
have acquired through the optical viewfinder approach. You're right, 
Doug - without an EVF, the EP-1 is a P&S :-(
Regretfully,
Gary

  I'm completely At 05:20 PM 6/15/2009, you wrote:
>Hi Gary,
>
>How do you suppose one would know where it's focusing
>when looking through an optical view finder on top of the camera?
>
>Or do you feel comfortable with holding the camera at arms length
>to view the screen?
>
>Regards,
>George Lottermoser



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