On May 6, 2008, at 1:36 PM, Adam Maas wrote: > On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 4:29 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> On May 6, 2008, at 1:26 PM, Lucas Rijnders wrote: >> >>> Take a static subject, put your eye to the finder and let it roam >>> around >>> until you're satisfied? >>> >>> I'm not even being flippant: I liked both the OM-1 and the MX. What >>> is the >>> big deal with eye-relief? >> >> I want to see the whole frame in a glance, without moving my eye >> around physically behind the eye piece. What you wrote above is fine >> for a static subject and plenty of time to look around. A lot of >> subject matter does not allow such a studied approach to the >> viewfinder. >> >> Godfrey >> > > Ditto, with the added caveat that I find a restricted view of the > finder mildly uncomfortable and an active impediment to shooting. If > I'm planning to shoot trult static subject matter, I'm not likely to > be shooting a compact 35mm SLR but rather my 645 or 4x5, neither of > which are lacking in eye relief (Especially not the latter which has > effectively unlimited relief).
The Live View on the Panny L1 body nets a similar unlimited eye relief. I find it a tremendous aid when working with relatively static subject matter and working on a tripod. It's more convenient to me than the P645's reflex viewfinder, looks more like what I liked using a Hasselblad or Rolleiflex with waist level finder. I haven't shot 4x5 or larger formats in many years. Godfrey -- 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.
