[LRflex] Re: Self Portrait...
- From: Miha Golobic <miha.golobic@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 17:52:10 +0100
Interesting David. I might finally upgrade my Pany G-1 which served me
well..
Cheers!
Miha
2013/11/22 David Young <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Aram wrote:
>
> > Very nice. Looks like you have a great new toy there, and in your
> > capable hands I expect we will see many great shots.
> >
> > How is the EVF compared to the prisms you are use to?
>
> To be honest, Aram, I took to it, like a duck to water. Although not as
> good
> as the finders in an SL, or R8/R9, it is perfectly useable. Certainly, the
> view is as good as many "ordinary" SLR & dSLR cameras with pentaprism
> finders,
> and better than any with the lower priced "penta-mirror" or "porro-mirror"
> finders.
>
> One thing I particularly like is that when you dial in exposure
> compensation,
> the effect is seen, in the finder, as it will be in the final image. No
> more
> guessing, do I need 1 or 1 & 1/2 stops!
>
> Same with DOF. Hit the preview button and you see the increase in DOF,
> but the
> finder does not dim, as it would with an optical finder. Great,
> especially in
> lower light!
>
> The view is large - visually as large as any finder I can remember. And
> great
> eye-relief .. it's all visible when wearing eyeglasses!
>
> The 1.44 megadot finder (as in Oly's E-M5 or the EVF for Leica's "M"
> cameras -
> made by Olympus, of course!) is adequate, but not what I would call really
> useable. The 2.36 megadot finder in the E-M1 is very usable, indeed.
>
> Overall, the camera is sized like an "M", takes both M and R lenses, as
> well as
> just about anything else, has a better finder than Leica's "adequate
> solution"
> for R glass, and costs roughly $6,650 less!
>
> True, it won't help Super Angulon users, but for folks, like me, who see
> "long", the 2x crop factor is a great boon. And with Oly's 12/2 prime or
> their new, small, 12~40/2.8 constant aperture zoom (mine is on order!),
> you get
> the field of view of a 24mm lens on a FF camera, and that's wide enough
> for me!
>
> I've been so impressed with the new Oly, I've written a rambling (stream
> of
> unconsciousness?) review - a blog, if you will - something I've not done
> since
> I had a pre-production M-8, back in 2006.
>
> If you (or anyone) here is interested in a user's report on the new Oly,
> go to
> my website, http://www.furnfeather.net and click on "BLOG", in the lower
> right
> corner.
>
> Thanks, Aram, for taking the time to look & comment. I think I'm going to
> be
> VERY happy with my new toy.
>
> David.
>
>
>
>
> >
> > Aram
> >
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > From: "David Young" <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 7:32 AM
> > To: "LRflex" <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [LRflex] Self Portrait...
> >
> >> G'Mornin'
> >>
> >> Well, my new Olympus E-M1 finally arrived and, so far, I'm very
> >> pleased with it!
> >>
> >> The other day, when down at the barns, feeding the horses, I grabbed a
> >> shot of
> >> our friend, Dennis, looking a bit as if he was ready for the "Holly
> >> Hill Farm, for the Permanently Nonplussed"!
> >>
> >> Beneath it is a 100% crop (to avoid posting the image at full size),
> >> showing
> >> the detail in his skin (including the stubble) and eyelashes. If you
> >> look,
> >> carefully, you can see me, taking the image, from behind the fence and
> >> in front of his barn - as a reflection in his eye.
> >>
> >> See: http://www.furnfeather.net/Temps/Dennis_3.html
> >>
> >> To my feeble eye, this image is as sharp and detailed as anything I
> >> ever got out of my 90 Summicron. Colour me pleased.
> >>
> >> C&C welcomed, as always.
> >>
> >> David.
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