Re: PAW: Use Yer Viewfinder, Muscle-boy!
On 13/1/05, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: I have a little 2 megapixel digicam. The parallax is all over the place when you use the viewfinder. The only way to get accurate framing is to use the cinemascope on the back. Fortunately I live in England, so there's never any glare from the sun, and no bright daylight. Why Bob you want to climb out from the shadows of the Big City ! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
Re: PAW: Use Yer Viewfinder, Muscle-boy!
On 11/1/05, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: Just a fun snap I took last summer. A bit of beefcake for you ladies (and gentlemen who are so inclined g): http://www.leica-camera.com/discus_e/messages/11/106396.jpg That Cesar? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
Re: PAW: Use Yer Viewfinder, Muscle-boy!
--- frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just a fun snap I took last summer. A bit of beefcake for you ladies (and gentlemen who are so inclined g): Thank you Frank. Brightened up my day vbg http://www.leica-camera.com/discus_e/messages/11/106396.jpg Title made me smile too Wendy
Re: PAW: Use Yer Viewfinder, Muscle-boy!
On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 13:10:34 +, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That Cesar? Yeah, he has pecs like that; in his dreams! Actually, I don't know if he does or doesn't, as I was spared such a sight at GFM. (Whew) cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: PAW: Use Yer Viewfinder, Muscle-boy!
On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 10:47:51 -0500 (EST), wendy beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you Frank. Brightened up my day vbg Knowing that I brightened yours, brightens mine. Title made me smile too I don't know why, but I always find it amusing to see touristos wandering about, camera at arm's length from their faces, staring at the LCD screen. I guess they feel more comfortable that way? Or they figure, they spent all that money putting this little TV on the back, I really should use it, shouldn't I? Or (more likely, IMHO), it's a way of announcing to the world that they have a digital camera. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: PAW: Use Yer Viewfinder, Muscle-boy!
The viewfinders in many of these digicams are terrible, and the only way you have even a clue as to what you're gonna capture is to look at the display on the back - that is, if the glare from the sun or the brightness of the day doesn't make viewing the screen near impossible. You (Us, we?) film camera users that have good viewfinders don't know how well off we are until we look through the finders of some of the newer cameras, digi or otherwise. Plus, some of the digicams don't even have a viewfinder, so looking at the TV screen is the only way to determine what the pic may be like. Shel Frank fussed, formulated, and fumed: I don't know why, but I always find it amusing to see touristos wandering about, camera at arm's length from their faces, staring at the LCD screen. I guess they feel more comfortable that way? Or they figure, they spent all that money putting this little TV on the back, I really should use it, shouldn't I? Or (more likely, IMHO), it's a way of announcing to the world that they have a digital camera.
Re: PAW: Use Yer Viewfinder, Muscle-boy!
Hi, Thursday, January 13, 2005, 12:00:30 AM, Shel wrote: The viewfinders in many of these digicams are terrible, and the only way you have even a clue as to what you're gonna capture is to look at the display on the back - that is, if the glare from the sun or the brightness of the day doesn't make viewing the screen near impossible. You (Us, we?) film camera users that have good viewfinders don't know how well off we are until we look through the finders of some of the newer cameras, digi or otherwise. Plus, some of the digicams don't even have a viewfinder, so looking at the TV screen is the only way to determine what the pic may be like. I have a little 2 megapixel digicam. The parallax is all over the place when you use the viewfinder. The only way to get accurate framing is to use the cinemascope on the back. Fortunately I live in England, so there's never any glare from the sun, and no bright daylight. -- Cheers, Bob
Re: PAW: Use Yer Viewfinder, Muscle-boy!
On Wednesday 12 January 2005 18:45, frank theriault wrote: On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 10:47:51 -0500 (EST), wendy beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you Frank. Brightened up my day vbg Knowing that I brightened yours, brightens mine. Title made me smile too I don't know why, but I always find it amusing to see touristos wandering about, camera at arm's length from their faces, staring at the LCD screen. I guess they feel more comfortable that way? Or they figure, they spent all that money putting this little TV on the back, I really should use it, shouldn't I? Or (more likely, IMHO), it's a way of announcing to the world that they have a digital camera. The truth of it, frank, is that compact digicam viewfinders--Pentax ones included--suck. They don't show nearly enough of the frame, you have no idea what precisely you're focusing or metering on (no crosshairs, like the olympus film compacts), and they're dim and squinty. The LCD is full-coverage, so from a composition standpoint, much much much easier. -Luigi http://www.livejournal.com/users/ouij Photos, rants, raves
Re: PAW: Use Yer Viewfinder, Muscle-boy!
Quoting Luigi de Guzman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The truth of it, frank, is that compact digicam viewfinders--Pentax ones included--suck. They don't show nearly enough of the frame, you have no idea what precisely you're focusing or metering on (no crosshairs, like the olympus film compacts), and they're dim and squinty. The LCD is full-coverage, so from a composition standpoint, much much much easier. Then again, people's experiences differ. I choose the viewfinder instead of the LCD of my Optio 550 except when I need to check the focus, or when shooting a really close close-up as that's when the parallax error becomes a big problem. My main argument with the viewfinder is that the sliding diopter adjustment switch slides too easily ... Otherwise, a very usable viewfinder from my point of view. ERNR
PAW: Use Yer Viewfinder, Muscle-boy!
Just a fun snap I took last summer. A bit of beefcake for you ladies (and gentlemen who are so inclined g): http://www.leica-camera.com/discus_e/messages/11/106396.jpg Comments are always welcome. Thanks! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: PAW: Use Yer Viewfinder, Muscle-boy!
Sure looks like an Optio S4 to me! keith frank theriault wrote: Just a fun snap I took last summer. A bit of beefcake for you ladies (and gentlemen who are so inclined g): http://www.leica-camera.com/discus_e/messages/11/106396.jpg Comments are always welcome. Thanks! cheers, frank
Re: PAW: Use Yer Viewfinder, Muscle-boy!
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:48:30 -0800, Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sure looks like an Optio S4 to me! That's what I was thinking. I'm glad there was some Pentax content in the photo (even if it wasn't at my end VBG). cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: PAW: Use Yer Viewfinder, Muscle-boy!
Nicely captured, I'm waiting for the street car... frank theriault wrote: Just a fun snap I took last summer. A bit of beefcake for you ladies (and gentlemen who are so inclined g): http://www.leica-camera.com/discus_e/messages/11/106396.jpg Comments are always welcome. Thanks! cheers, frank -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during peacetime. --P.J. O'Rourke
