I'd agree. The flip-out LCD and live view are the E-3 features that I'd really like to see on a Pentax. I would prefer a true 640x480 LCD instead of the lower-resolution unit on all but the new Nikon's and Sony's, but I don't need 3". 2.5" is just fine as long as it has the extra pixels.
-Adam On 12/16/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
