Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 7/13/04 12:06 AM, "Richard Ogden" <richard@ogdenonline.co.uk> typed: > Mark Rabiner wrote: > >> On 7/12/04 8:13 AM, "Richard Ogden" <richard@ogdenonline.co.uk> typed: >> >> >>> Some of the unique qualities of the rangefinder-type camera relate to the >>> direct >>> relationship between photographer and subject, the continuity of viewing >>> through >>> the moment of exposure, and the miniscule time-lag between seeing the >>> moment >>> and >>> capturing it - no mirrors, blind spot or shutter lag. Now we are to >>> interpose >>> monitors and histograms into this formula? Surely this goes against the >>> whole >>> philosophy of the rangefinder experience. >>> >>> Richard >>> ************************************************************************ >>> From: Richard Ogden >> >> >> >> But how would monitors and histograms get in the way of the direct >> relationship between photographer and subject, the continuity of viewing >> through the moment of exposure, and the miniscule time-lag between seeing >> the moment and capturing it - no mirrors, blind spot or shutter lag. >> >> You look at the histogram later if you feel like it. >> >> Same with the monitor. >> >> Mark Rabiner > > Because they're there! Watch people using digital cameras. Observe the > first > thing they do when they've pressed the button. They look at the monitor. I > know > they don't have to - as you rightly say they could look at it later - but > they > don't. Worse, they often show the monitor to their subject or the friend > who's > with them! This may be of benefit to fashion / portrait photographers, but > for > me it would get in the way of the picture-taking experience. > > Of course, at the moment, there's a good reason for doing this because, > thanks > to the shutter lag of digital cameras, it's the only way to know whether > you've > captured the picture you saw through the viewfinder, That situation may > change > as the technology evolves, but as of now only with a Leica M can you be > confident that, if you saw it, you've got it. That's not even true of a > reflex > camera, let alone a digital one. > > Richard > These may be the same people who meticulously line up the lights or center the needle between every shot with film; spending 10 or 15 seconds focusing every single shot in a situation before pressing the shutter button. There will always be a majority of people who don?t even get close to getting a "handle" on there equipment. ... Before trading it in for something else... The big new thing. Mark Rabiner Photography Portland Oregon http://rabinergroup.com/