JeffWright Posted November 12, 2012 Share #41 Posted November 12, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Oh, that he could make a living using, instead of his masturbating* over, all of that fantastic gear:D I suppose it's available used at quite a discount.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
honcho Posted November 12, 2012 Share #42 Posted November 12, 2012 Threads like this only serve to perpetuate the drivel that emanates from these 'reviewers'. Life's too short, time is better spent elsewhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 12, 2012 Share #43 Posted November 12, 2012 Resisting the temptation to call that a troll, but would instead refer you to the priceless pic earlier in the thread of Stanley Kubrick using a loupe to visualize a scene. One could hardly argue his mastery of optics, composition, and visualization. Yet he still found the tool useful in his work. I've known some excellent fine art photographers that carry an empty slide mount about with them to assist in framing, all with decades of experience (or at least old enough to remember slide film). Not being one of them at all I let occasionally the right thumb's tip touch the left index' tip and the left thumb's tip touch the the right index' tip to form a frame. Or not the whole frame but just the long side of the previsualized picture (in landscape and portrait mode alike) with the streched left thumb and index with the last falanges flexed (same gesture as in the joke: why can't women park a car) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgk Posted November 12, 2012 Share #44 Posted November 12, 2012 Hey, so I'm a lame, part-time shooter who has made a living from photography for the last 20 years, so what do I know? I must be rubbish though, 'cos I do sometimes use that preview lever thing on the front. Perhaps I should take up reviewing cameras....... KR's not an alias for a well known motoring personality by any chance? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted November 12, 2012 Share #45 Posted November 12, 2012 Resisting the temptation to call that a troll, but would instead refer you to the priceless pic earlier in the thread of Stanley Kubrick using a loupe to visualize a scene. One could hardly argue his mastery of optics, composition, and visualization. Yet he still found the tool useful in his work. I've known some excellent fine art photographers that carry an empty slide mount about with them to assist in framing, all with decades of experience (or at least old enough to remember slide film). The directors viewfinder serves other purposes than merely 'previewing' a frameline. The director is err, directing the cameramen/women and so he can use the directors viewfinder to accurately instruct said cameramen/women, including when to zoom in/out, speed etc. It's not really the same thing. I've never used the frame lever on an M apart from when I had a Leicameter. I tend to know before I take a shot if I want a wide/standard/tele lens, but if others find it a help then great, and I understand feeling annoyed that it's no longer available. I was shocked when Leica omitted the flash pc socket on the M8, yet I was told no one used it on the earlier M's (but I do!). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted November 12, 2012 Share #46 Posted November 12, 2012 Resisting the temptation to call that a troll, but would instead refer you to the priceless pic earlier in the thread of Stanley Kubrick using a loupe to visualize a scene. One could hardly argue his mastery of optics, composition, and visualization. Yet he still found the tool useful in his work. I've known some excellent fine art photographers that carry an empty slide mount about with them to assist in framing, all with decades of experience (or at least old enough to remember slide film). That's not the same. Anyway, for all we know Kubrick was staring at some extras' arse, or just looking directorial... I am reminded of Alan Wicker writing about Lord Montgomery - whenever he sensed a camera nearby he started pointing heroically into the middle distance with a steey glint in his eye because that was what he thought was expected of him. Let me put it this way. If the ability to change frame lines was so useful, and so wonderful how has SLR users managed all those years? The frame line lever is like a vestigial appendix - precious little use and not much of an ornament. I have used Ms for nearly 20 years and only remember fiddling with it once per camera bought secondhand, to ensure that all the lines came up. Perhaps that's it - a "demo mode" to show off the framelines in the shop. Regards, Bill Sent from another Galaxy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkP Posted November 12, 2012 Share #47 Posted November 12, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Let me put it this way. If the ability to change frame lines was so useful, and so wonderful how has SLR users managed all those years? Sent from another Galaxy They use zoom lenses:rolleyes: Again though I do find the preview lever helpful on the rare occasion, but so infrequently that I'd not miss it if it wasn't there. I think may well be useful for people who are learning photography and to help them visualise the FOV of different focal length lenses. Then again, how many how many learners nowadays start with a Leica RF. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
giordano Posted November 12, 2012 Share #48 Posted November 12, 2012 If the ability to change frame lines was so useful, and so wonderful how has SLR users managed all those years? That's why they invented zoom lenses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted November 12, 2012 Share #49 Posted November 12, 2012 Some people are so literal... Regards, Bill Sent from another Galaxy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted November 12, 2012 Author Share #50 Posted November 12, 2012 SLR users see what they are shooting... I so wish Leica still made an SLR that didn't cost as much as my car. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted November 12, 2012 Share #51 Posted November 12, 2012 Some people are so literal... Regards, Bill Sent from another Galaxy Umm ... nah, never mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted November 12, 2012 Share #52 Posted November 12, 2012 Trust me, I don't. Sent from another Galaxy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted November 13, 2012 Share #53 Posted November 13, 2012 SLR users see what they are shooting... I so wish Leica still made an SLR that didn't cost as much as my car. So buy a more expensive car... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted November 13, 2012 Share #54 Posted November 13, 2012 I so wish Leica still made an SLR that didn't cost as much as my car. Buy a cheaper car. Then you can afford a more expensive camera. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swamiji Posted November 13, 2012 Share #55 Posted November 13, 2012 I so wish Leica still made an SLR that didn't cost as much as my car. I sold my car... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJP Posted November 13, 2012 Share #56 Posted November 13, 2012 priorities, priorities SWMBO may have a different take on this although in my case camera stuff is preferred above wheels. I love her for that ..... and other things, like putting up with me despite many failings.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted November 13, 2012 Share #57 Posted November 13, 2012 What a joker He actually likes playing that role. From his site... "... I have the energy and sense of humor of a three-year old, so remember, this is a personal website, and never presented as fact. I enjoy making things up for fun, as does The Onion, and I publish them here — even on this page..." He's laughing all the way to the bank, with our help. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted November 13, 2012 Share #58 Posted November 13, 2012 It's odd that he pretends that he now lives in NYC. He even tosses in a few sentences about living in NY (and about the recent storm, but with no pictures of course.) He still lives in Carlsbad CA (north of San Diego) in a poncy gated community at the Aviara Golf Club. See above. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thighslapper Posted November 13, 2012 Share #59 Posted November 13, 2012 Kens perfectly entitled to his opinions...... It's his own website and he can be as idiotic as he wants to be. I wouldn't have even bothered to look unless this thread had provoked me because of the equally crass postings complaining about it.... This is just the sort of publicity he is after..... So maybe he's not so stupid after all Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted November 16, 2012 Share #60 Posted November 16, 2012 Label me as a part-time lame photographer. I am good with that. Now let us define lame. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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