GarethC Posted June 28, 2007 Share #1 Posted June 28, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) This isn't me, it's a friend of mine. He goes out and buys himself an M8 then gets caught with the bug and buys the CV15, CV 75, summicron 50/2 and he already has the 28/2.8 Elmarit Asph attached to the camera. Loves it. Stopped weight training to carry his 5D around. Loves the situational part of rangefinder photography with respect to framing. But the framelines seem to almost match on everything and where exactly do they match and for what lens and how do I....I mean he....remember all that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rbaron Posted June 28, 2007 Share #2 Posted June 28, 2007 Approximately speaking: 1. Buy a Voigtlander 21mm viewfinder for the CV 15. I happen to know that Rich Pinto at PhotoVillage has some in stock. 2. Look at page 103 of the M8 Comprehensive Instructions manual for the 'sets' of framelines and commit the pairs to memory. 3. Don't worry too much beyond that. It's all approximate, it's all digital and it can all be fixed in the computer.....which, come to think of it, is where you are going to wind up anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethC Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share #3 Posted June 28, 2007 It's all approximate, it's all digital and it can all be fixed in the computer. and tha tmay be where I'm falling down, I'm used to more precision I guess. so you sor tof guesstimate some/most/all the framing? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbaron Posted June 28, 2007 Share #4 Posted June 28, 2007 I'm an imprecise personality type I guess. I try to get close but allow a little extra and crop in the computer. It's not like shooting color slide film anymore. ;-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean_reid Posted June 28, 2007 Share #5 Posted June 28, 2007 The M8 frame lines are optimized for close focus framing. Many of us would prefer that they were set for a focus distance of about two meters. Either way, I recommend "learning" each lens on the M8. Work with a given lens for a period of time (comparing the frame line view to the LCD view) until you get a sense of how the two relate. With practice, one can come to frame quite precisely with the M8 but it requires internalizing how each lens will see (at various focus distances) when it is on the camera. For many lenses, this framing sense has become second nature to me. Granted, I've been using rangefinders for a long time but it doesn't take years to get the knack of things. Cheers, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philinflash Posted June 28, 2007 Share #6 Posted June 28, 2007 and tha tmay be where I'm falling down, I'm used to more precision I guess. so you sor tof guesstimate some/most/all the framing? Get closer (over-frame the finder lines) and do your final framing in post where you have much more control. Don't forget, you can manage the perspective and merge images in PhotoShop so shoot a lot and put them together back at "the lab." One of the advantates of the imprecision of rangefinder frame lines is that you can see what is outside the frame lines except for the widest-angle glass. In a DSLR, you only get what you see. Think of the extra image acreage as a bonus. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tummydoc Posted June 29, 2007 Share #7 Posted June 29, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) It's all approximate, it's all digital and it can all be fixed in the computer Maybe it's just me but after paying almost $5000 for a 10MP camera I'd rather not crop 2-3MP off of every shot rather than learn to compensate for the framelines as Sean does. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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