taildraggin Posted December 7, 2009 Share #1 Â Posted December 7, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SiOnara Posted December 7, 2009 Share #2 Â Posted December 7, 2009 Wonder what the LCD is like on that model Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted December 7, 2009 Share #3 Â Posted December 7, 2009 Must be hard to chimp with this thing. Wonder how HCB and others could take photographs w/o holding their cams at arm's length like everybody. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
khanosu Posted December 7, 2009 Share #4  Posted December 7, 2009 Must be hard to chimp with this thing  Awkward but doable.To chimp after making a picture, keep the shutter open, look at the recorded image through the lens and also shine a flash-light through the lens (brighter the better, it is awfully dark in there). During bright sunshine days just angle the lens towards the sun and simply peek in.  Take care  Furrukh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsrockit Posted December 8, 2009 Share #5 Â Posted December 8, 2009 Love how the X1 is the modern version of this... very cool! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
taildraggin Posted December 8, 2009 Author Share #6 Â Posted December 8, 2009 Genau... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grober Posted December 8, 2009 Share #7 Â Posted December 8, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) It would be fun to see if an X1 could fit in this decades-old Leica leather case. Â -g Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted December 9, 2009 Share #8 Â Posted December 9, 2009 Shame they dropped the optical finder isn't it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted December 9, 2009 Share #9 Â Posted December 9, 2009 Looks like HCB's first Leica BTW. Â Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leica_m4p Posted December 9, 2009 Share #10  Posted December 9, 2009 It would be fun to see if an X1 could fit in this decades-old Leica leather case. -g  It would be fun to see if they could fit X1 gubbins into this old body! Ultimate retro Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsrockit Posted December 9, 2009 Share #11 Â Posted December 9, 2009 Shame they dropped the optical finder isn't it. Â They didn't ... you just have to pay extra. Plus, back then, that was all you got. At least the X1 gives you two options to view... we've come a long way in 70 or so years! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted December 9, 2009 Share #12 Â Posted December 9, 2009 ... we've come a long way in 70 or so years! Not obvious to me i must say. Shooting at arms length is a regression IMHO. One could use external viewfinders in the past but there was a built-in one in most cameras at least. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsrockit Posted December 9, 2009 Share #13 Â Posted December 9, 2009 Not obvious to me i must say. Shooting at arms length is a regression IMHO. One could use external viewfinders in the past but there was a built-in one in most cameras at least. Â You took me serious? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted December 9, 2009 Share #14 Â Posted December 9, 2009 You took me serious? I always do! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
taildraggin Posted December 9, 2009 Author Share #15 Â Posted December 9, 2009 If I could bolt that little 4 screw viewfinder to the X1, I'd call it done. Â Hotshoe viewfinders and EVF look vulnerable and snaggy. Â - Charlie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted December 9, 2009 Share #16  Posted December 9, 2009 If I could bolt that little 4 screw viewfinder to the X1, I'd call it done.  Hotshoe viewfinders and EVF look vulnerable and snaggy.  - Charlie  Not to mention that since the invention of bulb and electronic flash you can't fit a flash to the shoe and a finder at the same time!! (yes the X1 has a built in flash but if you want to use a proper finder and a more powerful flash at the same time....you can't). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsrockit Posted December 10, 2009 Share #17 Â Posted December 10, 2009 How accurate were those viewfinders? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
taildraggin Posted December 10, 2009 Author Share #18 Â Posted December 10, 2009 How accurate were those viewfinders? Â Â Framing would be pretty good, as it's designed for the fixed lens. You'll need faith in the AF LED indicator, or MF zone, for focusing... It was good enough for HCB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted December 10, 2009 Share #19 Â Posted December 10, 2009 Ever used an Olympus Trip? 10,000,000 users can't be wrong... Â Regards, Â Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsrockit Posted December 10, 2009 Share #20  Posted December 10, 2009 Ever used an Olympus Trip? 10,000,000 users can't be wrong...  Regards,  Bill  How many of them were serious enough to care how accurate the viewfinder was... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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