Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Live view on a DSLR is for tripod use, because: - you can focus anywhere on the frame - you can magnify a section of the image for accurate focus It is incredibly useful for macro, landscapes, etc. If you cannot be bothered to read the manual and check out why a feature set is available, at least learn not to scoff at it! Cheers Jayanand Sent from my iPad On 17-Jun-2012, at 12:11 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > I don't understand this focus on Live View. That's a key advantage with > CMOS > in an M10? I'd call it a detriment not an asset! Leica's going to sell more > cameras because of this? Maybe not to the right people. I'm just not > looking > forward to seeing people holding eight thousand dollar M10's at full arms > lengh in front of them as they take snap shots in Times Square. From an > image standpoint to me that just looks bad. > A kind of thing getting Barnack rolling over in his grave. > On my camera a D700 DSLR the Live View option slows down the operation of > the camera is widely ignored by me and its other owners after trying it for > a minute. > I just give the mass public credit for knowing that when you buy a hand > constructed German camera for thousands of dollars Its for putting up to > your face not holding out like an offering like using a cell phone camera > or > cheap point and shoot. I don't see people with big fat DSLR's which have > now > the option now using it that way. > Perhaps Leica should give its buyers a German chocolate bar to every > customer who allows them to disable that feature. Perhaps place a little > leaflet in the box for the unboxing where they can read the history of the > Leica M for mechanical rangefinder mechanism working with triangulation to > give you a focus many times more accurate than a groundglass if there is > one. > It should not be circumvented so lightly. > Either is the viewfinder mechanism with its automatic frame lines. > > > - - from my iRabs. > Mark Rabiner > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/ > > >> From: Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 22:16:36 -0700 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] (Link) Interview with Stefan Daniel >> >> Thanks for sharing. It's confirming what we know.... >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 7:14 PM, John McMaster <john at >> chiaroscuro.co.nz>wrote: >> >>> >>> http://the.me/interview-with-stefan-daniel-leica-director-product-management >>> -next-target-non-leica-users/ >>> >>> john >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information