Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Cant it take an external viewfinder? Cheers Jayanand On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com>wrote: > In the 50s and 60s here in England non-SLR cameras were either "viewfinder" > or "rangefinder". That summed it up well enough. > This thing has no viewfinder at all, so for me it is a highish quality > point and shoot of a type I hate to use, ie hold camera at arms length, > compose on screen, if your old eyes can focus on it, try, but fail, to hold > it still enough to take a picture. > I couldn't be more unimpressed, I am afraid. It is a styling exercise. > Maybe some of the lenses will be OK on a Panasonic? > Frank > > On 16 Jun, 2009, at 00:45, Gary Todoroff wrote: > > Hi George -- In the text, I said "rangefinder style", since the EP-1 is >> about as close as you get to the concept of a handy, quality camera very >> much in the concept of a rangefinder. Of course since it has autofocus, it >> does not need a rangefinder. What do we call this kind of camera? I >> believe >> the EP-1 may be the kind of photojournalist camera in the digital world >> that >> the M3 was to film many years ago. I'm really looking forward to getting >> one >> as soon as they are on the market. >> Gary >> >>> Looks like an attractive little camera. >>> >>> However, I'm not sure why you're referring to a "range finder" >>> >>> Regards, >>> George Lottermoser >>> george at imagist.com >>> http://www.imagist.com >>> http://www.imagist.com/blog >>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >>> >>> On Jun 15, 2009, at 4:47 PM, Gary Todoroff wrote: >>> >>> Finally, here is the digital rangefinder-style camera that I keep >>>> waiting for Leica to make: >>>> http://tinyurl.com/leayqa >>>> More info at: >>>> <http://tinyurl.com/mju236>http://tinyurl.com/mju236 >>>> >>>> There is even some indication that the Micro 4/3 mount may be able >>>> to take the Leica M lenses using an adapter. The Olymus EP-1 not >>>> only celebrates the 50th anniversary of the unique Olympus Pen >>>> series of cameras, it even looks like one: >>>> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0906/09060201olypen50years.asp >>>> >>>> Gary Todoroff >>>> Tree LUGger and Lympa Logger - http://northcoastphotos.com/Lympa.htm >>>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >