Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/06/02

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Subject: [Leica] Olympus 510 and Leica R 28-70 zoom
From: philippe.amard at tele2.fr (Philippe AMARD)
Date: Mon Jun 2 13:22:11 2008
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Jim Hemenway wrote:

> Bon apr?s-midi Philippe:
>
> > Just like in the good old days of Rolleiflexes and Rock&Roll
>
> <laughing>
>
> I use the prism finder on my 6008i Rollei.  I don't know the physics 
> of it, but I don't need any diopter adjustment with that prism.
>
> For that matter, I don't need the reading glasses when using the 
> bulbous Rollei prism on a TLR Rollei either.


just do the same with LV - 5.6 and be there ;-)

>
> Jim, "So old that I have four different birthdays" Hemenway

that leaves you with only 361 non birthday days a year :-(
:-D
phx

>
> Philippe AMARD wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Jim Hemenway wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Philippe:
>>>
>>> Thank you for the suggestion. I only tried it briefly as it doesn't 
>>> seem to work very well without using reading glasses.  I'll give it 
>>> another go, but to me it still seems an odd way to use a camera.
>>>
>>
>> Just like in the good old days of Rolleiflexes and Rock&Roll
>> ;-)
>> phx
>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>> Philippe AMARD wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey Jims,
>>>> I thought Live View was available on the 510?
>>>> For landscapes and non moving objects - i.e. the type of shots 
>>>> you've shown us - this is what you need to use - LV magnification 
>>>> mode on for flowers for instance, too.
>>>> You can even keep your sunglasses on when it is too bright :-D .
>>>> Bien cordialement
>>>> Phx
>>>>
>>>
>>
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Message from Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway) ([Leica] Olympus 510 and Leica R 28-70 zoom)
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