Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]no argument there - there is in some ways more 'right' with the D2 than 'wrong' so hopefully the incremental improvement will be in the VF and not in the covering of the camera ( ala Hermes) etc. ernie enitka@twcny.rr.com Ernestnitka@aol.com www.enitka.com On May 8, 2004, at 10:33 AM, SonC@aol.com wrote: > Ernie, I'm part of a generation of television news photographers who > were > there in the transition from 16mm newsfilm to video. Obviously, when > shooting > film, we had optical viewfinders; my last news camera was a Cinema > Products > reflex with a 9.5-57 zoom lens, integral light meter, and other bells > and > whistles. The thing weighed about ten pounds with a full load of > film (12 > minutes), the amp for sound, and a mike for natural sound. > -- > The Ikegami HL 33 that we transitioned to weighed less, had a BW > viewfinder, > with a moire pattern that let you know if things were exposed or not. > It > had to be white-balanced after each power-up. That was the head of > the camera. > That was connected by a cable to a back pack that weighed about 30 > pounds > with the camera electronics in it, then a separate VCR for another 25 > pounds. > Some places used single crews, but most had to go to two man crews > for the > "minicams." > -- > Today, you'll see TV news cameramen with video cameras comparable in > size > and weight to the CP16R that I was using when I shot docs at WWL-TV. > Some are > even using the much smaller Panasonic Digital Video Cameras (with > Leica > Lenses). > -- > My point here, is that the Leica-sonic D2 camera is still a > transitional > machine. There's lots of excellence there, but in another year or > so, we'll be > at a place where the viewfinders are wonderful, the market will > stabilize, > and we'll have only incremental change in higher end equipment. > -- > For the fickle snapshooting public, who knows? > -- > Regards, > -- > Sonny (shooting film and digits) > -- > http://www.sonc.com > In a message dated 5/8/2004 9:02:57 AM Central Daylight Time, > enitka@twcny.rr.com writes: > > My take on the D2 is that if it weren't for the EVF I'd be very > interested in it. The EVF has this annoying lag in displaying > movement > - it could actually produce vertigo. If it only had a much simpler > approximating VF like on most zoom p and s I'd be happier. Much of my > disappointment comes from the fact that i come from a traditional film > background and the way in which I use the camera is semi- fixed in > stone - I can't see myself holding the D2 1/2 an arm's length away and > looking at my subject thru the larger LCD - not going to happen. > > The computer magazines are simply that - magazines that hype each new > introduction - just like the photo mags do - 'never saw a camera they > didn't like'. One really has to scratch the surface to see if the > camera is for you. Many of the forums including this one will reveal > that there are some who find the camera wanting. It's just a matter > of > whether the faults are important for your way of shooting. > > right now i'm shooting MP and my caon elph digital and this is really > a decent combo. > > ernie > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >