Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello Marty Thank you for this fascinating revelation. Did your friend pass verdict on the SL2 and the newer Nikon FM3a? Sincerely Joseph Low - --- Marty Deveney <sealpup@sharkattacks.com> wrote: > I have a friend who is an optical engineer who claims he is an avid > photographer. What he is actually is terrifying - he's a viewfinder > fascist. > > He takes few pictures because he is always looking for a better > viewfinder. > > He tears the things apart, documents what exactly it is that is > 'wrong' with them, reassembles and sells the cameras. In incredible > numbers. The only SLR camera he has retained long-term is a > Leicaflex SL2. > > He has provided me with many interesting facts. Like: > > >>So far, the only 100% (actually 98%) viewfinders that I know are > the > >>Nikon F and F2 > >The Nikon F3, F4, and F5 also provide 100% viewfinders. > > None of the Nikon F cameras have a true 100% viewfinder. They are > in the 99%+ range, but they are not 100%. The Minolta Dynax 9 _is_ > the only true 100% viewfinder currently available in an SLR. My > friend talks about others that have existed but most are cameras > I've never heard of and those that I have heard of are obscure and > have other problems associated with their use. As such I have no > interest in them. > > Someone mentioned the Nikon N100. If you mean the F100, Nikon says > it has a 96% viewfinder coverage. Which usually means a bit less, > because they usually only use the longest horizontal dimension. > > Mike Johnston wrote a nice rant here: > http://luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/understanding-series/viewfinders.shtml > It's amazing how few people understand WHY the view through their > camera looks as it does. > > None of which has much to do with cropping, BUT it might in critical > situations where you can take your time to set up. Which has very > little to do with the kind of thing most people use their Leicas > for. > > The end. > > > > "Jorge M. Treviño" > > > <jorge@jorgemtrevino.com> To: > <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > Sent by: cc: > > > owner-leica-users@mejac.palo Subject: > Re: [Leica] to crop or not to crop > > -alto.ca.us > > > > > > > > > 10/21/2003 03:03 PM > > > Please respond to > > > leica-users > > > > > > > > > > > > > Liam, > > Almost by definition, Leicas are imprecise framing cameras. > > As much as I hate loosing any of the meager "real state" of 35mm, > with most > of the 35mm cameras I use (Leica M6, MP, IIIf; Nikon FM2) I would > never be > able to preview the exact framing that I'm getting on film so > cropping is > the rule of the game. You are of course aware that the framing of > rangefinders vary with the subject distance and the lens in use. > SLR's crop > as much as 10% of the film area in the viewfinder so it's also a > guessing > game. So far, the only 100% (actually 98%) viewfinders that I know > are the > Nikon F and F2 and the Rollei 6000 series. I also have a 4x5 field > camera > but there the framing depends on the film holder used. > > FWIW, I get my black frames in the darkroom (a medium sized hassle) > or in > photoshop. > > - --Jorge. > > * * * * http://www.jorgemtrevino.com * * * * > - ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Liam Maloney" <kine_scope@yahoo.com> > To: <leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 1:29 PM > Subject: [Leica] to crop or not to crop > > > > I confess - I hate cropping my photos. In fact, I > > almost never do it. I know, I know, I'll never make it > > as a photographer if I don't crop - I just don't like > > doing it. I have this idea that cropping somehow takes > > away from the purity of the moment I captured in the > > viewfinder. More sensible people would look at my work > > and find a way to crop (and improve)every single image > > in my portfolio. But I argue that a good photographer > > learns to get better by printing full frame. > > > > Anyone else feel this way? > > > > FWIW, I haven't decided which version of Steve's ICU > > photo I like better. Full frame as a part of a picture > > story, cropped as a single image, I think. Nice work. > > > > -Liam > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search > > http://shopping.yahoo.com > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > - -- > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > > _____________________________________________________________ > Get your Free Global name@sharkattacks.com e-mail address at > http://www.sharkattacks.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html