That is a good idea for an OM 1n! Will try that as soon as I get one.
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From: Olympus <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Rangefinder?
> My friend has a Leica M6, and one of his favorite things to do is to take
> candid shots. The camera is small enough and if the lens is wide enough,
> you can take a snapshot without looking through the viewfinder.. for those
> waist level candid shots since the M6 is so quiet..
>
> Well... I have tried that a few times, cranked the focus out to infinity,
> mirror lockup, and now my OM1n is about as quiet as any other
rangefinder...
> I've taken a few candid shots like that, which have turned out great...
>
> Mirror lockup is wonderful, I don't know why most cameras don't have it..
>
> Albert
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Brokaw" <jbrokaw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2001 6:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] Rangefinder?
>
>
> > on 11/24/01 6:16 AM, Henrik Dahl at hdahl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > > Could someone explain the Rangefinder philosophy/technique in simple
> > > phrases ;-)
> > > I know what they look like and so, but what's good/bad/special with
> them?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Henrik Dahl
> >
> > You need to take a look through a Leica M6 viewfinder and fiddle with
the
> > focus, then this will become more clear. Rangefinder shows you the frame
> > with some of the surroundings, so you can see 'outside the frame' and
> decide
> > if you want to recompose the picture.
> >
> > The rangefinder (high quality rangefinders mostly) allows you to focus
by
> > superimposing the two images in the focusing frame, or by using the
> 'break'
> > in the image at the edge of the focus frame. Note that this is highly
> > dependent on the quality and alignment of the rangefinder, but a Leica
> will
> > almost always allow both methods.
> >
> > In very low light environments the rangefinder can be easier to focus
than
> > an SLR viewfinder, especially where you are using a relatively slow SLR
> > lens. Focusing a 28mm 2.8 on an SLR in low light is fussy, but a
> rangefinder
> > with a 28mm 2.8 will have a viewfinder very much like looking through a
> > glass window. Very little light loss through the viewfinder... The
> downside
> > is that even with so narrow a lens as a 28mm you will likely need an
> > auxiliary viewfinder for composing the image. You still use the regular
> > viewfinder to focus, but then you have to change finders to compose the
> > picture. Therefore most rangefinders are suitable for only moderate
> > wide-angle to moderate telephoto lenses, typically 35mm wide to 135mm
> > telephoto.
> >
> > At the telephoto end of the range you can run into possible focusing
> > inaccuracy due to insufficient rangefinder 'base length'. Base length
> > directly correlates to the accuracy of focusing... and it is limited by
> the
> > size of the camera body. Here again, Leica is about the best you are
going
> > to get... but even Leica fans will admit that the accuracy in the long
> focal
> > lengths is not as good as an SLR.
> >
> > Rangefinder cameras can be MUCH quieter than an SLR because there is so
> much
> > less happening... no mirror flipping around and no aperture closing and
> > opening. For this reason they can be useful for candid picture taking.
For
> > portraiture where you might be using a short telephoto lens, the
> viewfinder
> > being 'on' all the time means you see the expression *during* the
> exposure,
> > so you know if somebody blinked.
> >
> > I love my OM's but I would someday like to have a nice Leica system as
> > well...
> > --
> >
> > Jim Brokaw
> > OM-1's, -2's, -4's, (no -3's yet) and no OM-oney...
> >
> >
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