[LRflex] Re: R Solution 'Vaporware' (Was:Nikon Step Down Mechanism Ponderings)

  • From: Tina Manley <images@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 20:41:42 -0500

Tell me it's not true, Doug!  The EVF technology will never be as good as
the DMR.  I know you realize that and are just teasing?  Maybe?  Is this
sarcasm that I don't realize?  I hope this is a joke.
Tina

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 7:22 PM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Richard Ward wrote:
>
> >2)  Doug Herr (& Others!) Essentially can't use such camera/adapter/
> >systems for the photography they do. Their Photography is
> >Intrinsically and Operationally tied to using genuine SLR Cameras with
> >sturdy bodies, good viewfinders, and high grade focus mirrors. Wading
> >in wetlands, rough terrain, and rain or snow, with Light Weight
> >Cameras hanging off Heavy Lenses getting to good shots with good
> >subjects -and- then having to compose and focus on an LCD screen or
> >EVF viewfinder with it's intrinsic panning, movement, and blackout
> >delays while shooting, borders on the impossible.
>
> Given the demise of the R system I'm hoping that EVF technology improves
> enough that I won't miss the mirror box & optical viewfinder.  After 5 years
> of hauling the R8/DMR through swamps & up-n-down mountains a lighter weight
> camera could be a good thing - as long as it's as indestructible as the R8
> and DMR have been.
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
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