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Vivek
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I feel that way about all cameras. Too much hassle.Sure, I could compose, shoot, re-compose, shoot, re-compose, shoot...but it sucks the joy out of making images.
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I feel that way about all cameras. Too much hassle.Sure, I could compose, shoot, re-compose, shoot, re-compose, shoot...but it sucks the joy out of making images.
Thanks, but I'm not into 'point shoot and fix it later'.
I sincerely hope they don't mess with the optical-mechanical rangefinder - it is the very essence of the system. The great lenses come as a bonus.Having said that I am hoping that the M10 will have the means to check for critical framing and focusing pre-capture.
Believe me, I'm not alone.
Sixty years of common sense is a positive though. Visualise the scene you want to record and compose with regards to any crop needed later. Seeing in your minds eye the photograph you want to create was common practice when you could only imagine what your exposure and development would produce from the negative. It was only a simple step to do the same with composition. Perhaps it is a skill that is dying out with the insistence on immediate results? And I'm not saying an architectural shot shouldn't be accurately framed/cropped, but for the rest of life's work with a rangefinder I like the happy accidents that can happen at the edge of a busy frame, they can keep things fresh and dynamic rather than rigidly formal.Sixty years of inaccurate framing is a positive?
I don't believe they will. The means to determine critical framing and focus pre-capture is more likely to be additional to the rangefinder.I sincerely hope they don't mess with the optical-mechanical rangefinder - it is the very essence of the system. The great lenses come as a bonus.
Exactly what I've been doing for the last forty plus years as a painter and photographer.Seeing in your minds eye the photograph you want to create was common practice when you could only imagine what your exposure and development would produce from the negative. It was only a simple step to do the same with composition. Perhaps it is a skill that is dying out with the insistence on immediate results?
I've compared the frameline coverage with 35, 50, 90 and 135 mm lenses between my M9 and M4-2. The M9 framelines are ever so slightly tighter compared to the M4-2 ... You'd never notice it unless you were looking for it.... when I shot with M4's and M5's years ago, I am fairly certain the viewfinder frame lines were much closer to the lens coverage than this new M9P camera.
Why the restriction, the M10 could be so much more than merely a rangefinder camera. The addition of an EVF or high res screen and Liveview would open up so many more possibilities.As others have said, use whichever tool is appropriate to your purposes. I have SLR, electronic TTL and rangefinder cameras for this reason. No one camera is perfect for everything.
...hmm, that sounds exactly like the 'good enough' or the 'point, shoot and fix later' society.In a fast food type of society people have a problem these days if anything takes a bit of effort...
What restriction are you referring to?Why the restriction, the M10 could be so much more than merely a rangefinder camera. The addition of an EVF or high res screen and Liveview would open up so many more possibilities.
?No one is saying that you must buy or even want a Leica M.
I have Live View on the GXR. Works great.?
I didn't think for a moment think they were.
You might not like it but the M10 could well be dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st Century with a CMOS sensor, Liveview and high res screen. If it has those capabilities I may well buy.