Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes Mark, the waist level finder method is great. If the live view screen was on the top it would be OK! Frank On 21 Jul, 2009, at 21:05, Mark Rabiner wrote: > That may have been it, Frank he was shooting so fast he was just > continuously crimping as we so often snidely say here on the lug > like its > some kind of degenerative thing to do and the feedback loop was > quick enough > to not need live view. It was in effect a 1 second delay almost live > view. > > A look down groundglass screen in a Hassy or Rollei is amazing for > street > and low key in more ways then one photography; with an articulated > screen > like the cameras have now I think its a boom for non descript what > ever they > call it shooting. > Sure I've had my camera squashed as tight as I can against my head > for most > my life shooting Leica and Nikon but shooting Hassy and Rollei its a > free > swinging kind of deal. Your camera is on the table hanging off the > side of > your waist as you click off shots. I gave up my prisms by the way > long ago > and just used the folding finder. > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > >> From: Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:36:57 +0100 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Large Format Digital view camera Live View! >> >> The guy in the video with the MF digital Hassy either was -not- using >> the screen as live view, or was the most myopic guy on the planet and >> had taken his specs off! It was on the tip of his nose, looked like >> he >> was just firing off continuously with a view to editing later to me. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information