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

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Subject: [Leica] The rangefinder is back! - Olympus EP-1
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:45:57 +0100
References: <C65D59F0.4FEA7%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Get  a recent Nikon then :-) they all have this capability. I have  
never used it seriously on mine though - it sucks.
Frank

On 16 Jun, 2009, at 19:17, Mark Rabiner wrote:

> I'm ok with cameras like that I loved using a D-lux I have a great  
> set of
> Progressive Lenses parked on my nose. I hold the camera not all the  
> way out
> but just a few inches from my face. Or wherever I want it to be.
> Can't wait to get a DSLR with this feature.
>
>
> Mark William Rabiner
>
>
>
>> From: Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com>
>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:47:38 +0100
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] The rangefinder is back! - Olympus EP-1
>>
>> In the 50s and 60s here in England non-SLR cameras were either
>> "viewfinder" or "rangefinder". That summed it up well enough.
>> This thing has no viewfinder at all, so for me it is a highish  
>> quality
>> point and shoot of a type I hate to use, ie hold camera at arms
>> length, compose on screen, if your old eyes can focus on it, try, but
>> fail, to hold it still enough to take a picture.
>> I couldn't be more unimpressed, I am afraid. It is a styling  
>> exercise.
>> Maybe some of the lenses will be OK on a Panasonic?
>> Frank
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Replies: Reply from simon.apekop at gmail.com (simon jessurun) ([Leica] The rangefinder is back! - Olympus EP-1)
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