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

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Subject: [Leica] The rangefinder is back! - Olympus EP-1
From: simon.apekop at gmail.com (simon jessurun)
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:48:24 +0200
References: <C65D59F0.4FEA7%mark@rabinergroup.com> <BE877B60-2BB5-4DC7-9127-58BB22A23CAE@btinternet.com>

Ahum Canon Mark III with live view?

On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 6:45 AM, Frank Dernie
<Frank.Dernie op btinternet.com>wrote:

> 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 op btinternet.com>
>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug op leica-users.org>
>>> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:47:38 +0100
>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug op 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 Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie) ([Leica] The rangefinder is back! - Olympus EP-1)
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