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Re: [OM] OT: external viewfinder on my GF-1

Subject: Re: [OM] OT: external viewfinder on my GF-1
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 22:12:55 +0100
Hmmm, you might be right, Chuck.  It was a long way off, but it might have been 
parallax for at least part of it.

I'll check again.

Thanks

Chris
On 2 May 2010, at 21:12, Chuck Norcutt wrote:

> Are you sure you're not just dealing with parallax error?  Sounds like 
> you were up close and personal with those bluebells and I doubt that any 
> auxiliary optical finder to fit the hot shoe is going to suit for macro 
> photography or near macro.  Have you maybe forgotten what it was like to 
> use a rangefinder up close?  Remember the parallax correction marks for 
> near focus where "near" was probably defined as about a meter.
> 
> A 25mm finder is going to have an easier job of pointing the camera up 
> close than something designed for a longer focal length.

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