Well said, Sir Moose.
However, I was thinking of the magnifying eyepiece that easily replaced
the prism on my Nikon F... Yea verily l misspoke, "waist level."
Mea culpa
On Apr 18, 2016 4:47 PM, "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 4/18/2016 6:24 AM, Rick Beckrich wrote:
>>
>> BIG SCORE! Congrats.
>>
>> (I think there are times when we all miss those old waist level
>> viewfinders... Or "ground level" in this case.)
>
>
> Some of us with tilt or fully articulated LCDs on mirrorless bodies don't
miss them at all.
>
> This small flower (maybe 1/2") was facing horizontally almost on the
ground, so I flipped the screen to an angle, neither H nor V, where I could
see while the camera was pointed directly at the subject. <
http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=SFBayArea/Walks_With_Margaret/Tilden_Park&image=_B003640croofm.jpg>
>
> With later bodies, one may go further, using a smartphone or tablet as
remote screen and controller. Here is an iPad acting as remote screen and
controller for an upside down camera. <
http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=14126>
>
> I found the VF on the Praktiflex FX to be almost useless. The larger
Rolleicord IV was usable, esp. after I added a Fresnel screen. OTOH, levels
of magnitude poorer than the LCDs on contemporary cameras.
>
> L. C. D. Moose
>
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