Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Good refelx. Good shot, Larry. Thanks for showing, Philippe Op 10-dec-06, om 06:32 heeft Gary Todoroff het volgende geschreven: > Here's why I like to carry a camera with me, even to lunch at the > local airport cafe. Checking out the commotion outside, it turned > out that a Cessna 150 had tried to become a seaplane on Humboldt > Bay, just a mile off the end of the runway at Murray Field. Here's > the photo that ended up on the front page of the local paper: > http://www.eurekareporter.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?ArticleID=18225 > > I was carrying my Olympus E-330 that day (with Zuiko 14-54mm > f2.8-3.5), the one that becomes a "Lympa" when I adapt Leica R > lenses to it. Now if only Leica would see the value of a live-view, > tiltable LCD. I did use the optical SLR finder for the above shot > out the airplane window. However I used the live-view E-330 LCD > almost exclusively a couple days ago for some theater indoor low > light shots. I was able to use all kinds of things to brace the > camera on, getting very sharp slow speed shots while looking down > on the LCD like a twin lens reflex. Some "chimping" (what a > ridiculous word) came in very handy, too, to get perfect exposure > balance with the fill-flash indoors and the outdoor scene through > the windows. > > I'll say it again: the Oly E-3330 is the most creative camera I've > experienced since switching to a Leica M2 forty years ago. I would > never go back to a camera without the features of live-view on a > DSLR. Plus the small E-330 is almost as handy as a Leica M in size > and shape, and way more creative. I will finally believe that Leica > is pursuing its finest creative tradition of the past when it gets > over its attachment to the past and incorporates ALL that digital > has to offer in a camera. > > Gary Todoroff > http://northcoastphotos.com/Lympa.htm > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >