Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Oly EVF because you can put it to your eye. Holding out an M at arms length would be very awkward. With a patterned surface, for example a road you can also see the exact DoF walking back and forth as you focus or change aperture (the focus peaking display). Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 2 October 2013 11:29, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > I would LOVE to be able to use my iPhone 5 as a liveview finder for a > camera. > > > On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 7:01 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> > wrote: > > > Geoff. Did you use the LCD or the Oly VF? Your email was not clear to > me. > > > > Maybe Bob Adler will let me try out his setup? Pretty please? > > > > Now if they would just put the EVF inside the camera. > > > > Frank Filippone > > > > On Oct 1, 2013, at 10:46 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > Yes! I found it to be much better than expected with unique advantages > > too. > > > Especially after my RF vertical alignment had its adventure. I got a > > really > > > good hit rate even wide open in low light for several hundreds frames > > > thereafter. > > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > Geoff > > > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > > > > > > On 2 October 2013 00:00, <afirkin at afirkin.com> wrote: > > > > > >> I did wonder if the TTL oly attachment and the live view on the M > would > > be > > >> a bit of a gimmick, but its been very useful, especially with lenses > > such > > >> as the Wide Tri-elmar. You can now very accurately frame your image > and > > >> even focus closer than 0.7m. Here is an example of an 8 second > exposure > > of > > >> a fountain. I was able to just keep the arches of the water spouts in > > the > > >> image without letting the flare get to bad from the lights just above > > the > > >> level of the upper image. > > >> > > >> http://tinyurl.com/pdnf5w7 > > >> > > >> and here I was able to raise the camera above head high to avoid dross > > in > > >> the foreground. Not a great shot, but it was what I was after, weird > > angle > > >> and all :-) > > >> > > >> http://tinyurl.com/nhlv6e8 > > >> > > >> Cheers > > >> > > >> Alastair > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com/look/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > 1714 > Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >