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Subject: [Leica] The rangefinder is back! - Olympus EP-1
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:58:13 +0530
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With autofocus, an external viewfinder should be enough.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Frank Dernie
<Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com>wrote:

> I am sure one can put anything one wants in the hot shoe. That does not
> make it a viewfinder camera, IMO. And is will never be a rangefinder!
> FD
>
> On 16 Jun, 2009, at 08:49, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
>
>  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
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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