Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/06/05

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Subject: [Leica] Olympus 510 and Leica R 28-70 zoom
From: philippe.amard at tele2.fr (Philippe AMARD)
Date: Thu Jun 5 13:13:26 2008
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Nice angle - LV with a tiltable screen is really an asset in your hands 
Nathan - I wish I had one too as mine is not..
Like it
phx


Jim Nichols wrote:

> Nathan,
>
> Very nice subject and photo.  I experimented with Live View on my 510 
> the other day, and, though I was using a tripod and shooting close up, 
> I was surprised at how sensitive the manual focus was on my Zuiko 
> 14-54.  It may be much better on your Leica R lens.  I have not yet 
> tried it with a manual Pentax lens, but hope it will be more like 
> focusing with a film SLR.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan" <photo@frozenlight.eu>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 2:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Olympus 510 and Leica R 28-70 zoom
>
>
>> Live View is good for this kind of stuff:
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu/barca/content/_A211103_large.html
>>
>> For landscapes, it doesn't matter, they are not going anywhere :-)
>>
>> Nathan
>>
>> On 2-jun-2008, at 18:46, 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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>>
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