[LRflex] Re: My .02 worth - Live View???
- From: Gary Todoroff <datamaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 11:56:31 -0700
Here we go again -- equating Live View with the "arms-length-amateur"
. I'll say it again - the Olympus E-330 with tiltable live view mode
is the most revolutionary, photographic creative tool in the last 50
years. When I switch to live-view, it is in order to brace the camera
on a table or somewhere that doesn't allow my head to get behind the
optical viewfinder. Bracing the E-330 like a twin lens reflex against
your chest or on your lap makes for a steadier hold than up against
your head, too.
David - "good photographic practice" dictates that we do whatever is
necessary to get the shot as sharp as the subject dictates, not that
we adhere to some old-fashioned concept that in a digital world we
hold the camera braced on our head. Think ahead, man! Why should we
not be able to project the viewfinder on our eyeglasses in the new
world of digital photography!?.
Your comment is like describing good offhand marksmanship techniques
when a bench rest is available! With the E-330 live-view, I am
holding a camera steadier for more shots than I would ever have
thought possible. For the last year, many of my photographs would
not have been possible without the tilt-LCD function. I would NEVER
go back to a camera that only gives an optical finder or, for that
matter, a live LCD without the tilt function. The Olympus E-330 is
why I don't shoot Leica anymore, unless it's for a nostalgic spin
around the block. However, I DO still shoot Leica R lenses, attached
with 4/3 adapter to the Olympus, dubbed the "Lympa" - a silly name,
but memorable, and described in great detail at my Lympa Log:
http://northcoastphotos.com/Lympa.htm
Some slow shutter speed shots without a tripod are at:
http://northcoastphotos.com/Lympa_2006_04_02.htm
Aram - go modern; use tiltable Live View. Everybody else - tell Leica
to get back to their creative roots and make an M and R with tiltable
live view! Anything else is still in the Nikon and Canon buggy-whip
days of optical viewfinders.
Gary Todoroff
>Aram pondered:
>
> >I must be confused. What is the big deal about "live
> view"? Doesn't an SLR. . .
>
>
>Good photographic practice dictates we hold our cameras braced
>against our cheeks and foreheads, with our arms tucked in, to
>minimize camera shake. What we should never do is hold our cameras
>at arms length, while shooting.
>David Young,
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