[rollei_list] Re: OT / prove it !

No Jerry - not on a tripod - just hand held - I move my face away so it is 
no longer behind the camera but besides the camera - some way the M - 
cameras seem to stay at the target :-) all the best  Ruben

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Lehrer" <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 6:54 PM
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: OT / prove it !


> Ruben,
>
> If I assume that your camera is on a tripod when you move away, well
> then you can do this with any camera.  I do this all the time with Rollei
> TLRs, H'blads, Leicas und Nikon.  I used to do that with a 4x5 view
> camera.
>
> Jerry
>
> Ruben wrote:
>
>> I have found one thing that i can do with leica M that I am not able to 
>> do
>> with SLRs (canon eos)
>> When i shoot a portrait I sometimes feel that it is important to have 
>> full
>> eye contact with the subject.
>> After adjusting distansce and framing I can move a way for the Leica M
>> viewfinder and look directly at the person without the camera moving and
>> while gette a stranong eye - to ye contact iI can press the shutter - So 
>> far
>> I have not missed a frame! The method is very good with Children as you 
>> can
>> get them to ignore the camera and act more naturally. The second thing I
>> love with my leicas is that I can see more than what gets on the 
>> picturer -
>> shooting SLR is like a racinghorse with "Blinds"
>> imho - fyi - etc and a :-) - ruben
>
>

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