Did you try the magnification? This greatly aids accurate macro focus, especially on the Nikon with its extra magnification. This is practically a return to the days of 5x magnifier macro finders on LX's and F2/F3's. Angle finders are far inferior to live view for high-magnification work.
-Adam Who is hoping for live view and a 640x480 LCD on the K20D. On 12/19/07, Margus Männik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > with all respect I can not agree with first and second. I played quite > alot with cameras with LiveView and I still prefer optical direct view, > especially for macro. For low and high angle shots - yes, it's > comfortable. Still, it wouldn't make me to switch the camera. > > BR, Margus > > > Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > I have found it to be extremely useful for several kinds of work: > > > > - macro and tabletop product photography > > - tripod mounted architecture, portrait and landscape photography > > - low angle and high angle hand-held shots, where i could not easily > > get my eye to the optical viewfinder > > > > It presents a means of obtaining absolute framing accuracy (100% > > precise fidelity of what's on the LCD to the subject). It allows me > > to overlay two different granularities of framing grids for precise > > object placement. It allows me to evaluate exposure on a live > > histogram view. It allows critical focus precision using several > > levels of live image magnification on the LCD. > > > > Most of all, it allows me to evaluate and frame using both eyes on a > > screen which is large enough to see clearly with both eyes, which is > > the experience I value the most from using view cameras and medium > > format reflex cameras, rather than squinting into a small viewing > > chamber with all the imprecisions and issues of alignment and > > eyeglasses, etc. > > > > It provides an extremely useful addition to the optical reflex > > viewfinder. > > > > Godfrey > > > > > > At 11:05 AM 17/12/2007, Rick Womer wrote: > > > >> Interesting. What do you use it for? > >> > >> > >> > >> --- Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > >>> Every time I read a comment like that about Live View, I shake my > >>> head. It has proven to be a feature on my L1 that I use constantly > >>> for a whole range of things I never thought about. I > >>> won't buy another DSLR without it, period. > >>> > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
