DSLRs at the Athens Olympics

You may have noticed the crowd of sports photographers trying to get a
photo of the female Russian pole-jumping final winner while she hugs the
trainer five minutes ago.

Perhaps two dozen photographers surrounding her - impossible to frame
with the viewfinder and indeed most photographers were just blindly
pointing the camera to her and pressing the shutter. That's a situation
where a swivelable LCD screen with live preview would have been very
helpful. By the way, the DSLRs used looked like Canons.
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Alfred Molon
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"Alfred Molon" wrote in message
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You may have noticed the crowd of sports photographers trying to get a
photo of the female Russian pole-jumping final winner while she hugs the
trainer five minutes ago.

Perhaps two dozen photographers surrounding her - impossible to frame
with the viewfinder and indeed most photographers were just blindly
pointing the camera to her and pressing the shutter. That's a situation
where a swivelable LCD screen with live preview would have been very
helpful. By the way, the DSLRs used looked like Canons.


What, no Sigmas? I'm shocked!

"Alfred Molon" wrote in message
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You may have noticed the crowd of sports photographers trying to get a
photo of the female Russian pole-jumping final winner while she hugs the
trainer five minutes ago.

Perhaps two dozen photographers surrounding her - impossible to frame
with the viewfinder and indeed most photographers were just blindly
pointing the camera to her and pressing the shutter. That's a situation
where a swivelable LCD screen with live preview would have been very
helpful. By the way, the DSLRs used looked like Canons.


What, no Sigmas? I'm shocked!

Alfred Molon writes:

Perhaps two dozen photographers surrounding her - impossible to frame
with the viewfinder and indeed most photographers were just blindly
pointing the camera to her and pressing the shutter. That's a situation
where a swivelable LCD screen with live preview would have been very
helpful.

Well, I used to have a twin-lens reflex that I held upside down over my
head and framed shots over the heads of the madding crowds. But, it wasn't
digital.

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Alfred Molon writes:

Perhaps two dozen photographers surrounding her - impossible to frame
with the viewfinder and indeed most photographers were just blindly
pointing the camera to her and pressing the shutter. That's a situation
where a swivelable LCD screen with live preview would have been very
helpful.

Well, I used to have a twin-lens reflex that I held upside down over my
head and framed shots over the heads of the madding crowds. But, it wasn't
digital.

--
Philip Stripling | email to the replyto address is presumed
Legal Assistance on the Web | spam and read later. email to philip@
http://www.PhilipStripling.com/ | my domain is read daily.

Alfred Molon wrote:
You may have noticed the crowd of sports photographers trying to get a
photo of the female Russian pole-jumping final winner while she hugs
the trainer five minutes ago.

Perhaps two dozen photographers surrounding her - impossible to frame
with the viewfinder and indeed most photographers were just blindly
pointing the camera to her and pressing the shutter. That's a
situation where a swivelable LCD screen with live preview would have
been very helpful. By the way, the DSLRs used looked like Canons.

Sometimes all you can do is put the camera above your head and shoot
blindly. Sure, not the best thing to do when shooting with an dSLR, but if
you have a wide angle it's not hard to crop later. Having a swivel LCD on an
dSLR would be revolutionary, but I doubt we'll see anything like that
anytime soon. Until somebody at Canon / Nikon / Fuji or whoever figures out
a way to have a separate ccd that would enable live preview...

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Alfred Molon wrote:
You may have noticed the crowd of sports photographers trying to get a
photo of the female Russian pole-jumping final winner while she hugs
the trainer five minutes ago.

Perhaps two dozen photographers surrounding her - impossible to frame
with the viewfinder and indeed most photographers were just blindly
pointing the camera to her and pressing the shutter. That's a
situation where a swivelable LCD screen with live preview would have
been very helpful. By the way, the DSLRs used looked like Canons.

Sometimes all you can do is put the camera above your head and shoot
blindly. Sure, not the best thing to do when shooting with an dSLR, but if
you have a wide angle it's not hard to crop later. Having a swivel LCD on an
dSLR would be revolutionary, but I doubt we'll see anything like that
anytime soon. Until somebody at Canon / Nikon / Fuji or whoever figures out
a way to have a separate ccd that would enable live preview...

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online photo portfolio
www.stojcic.com

" If you saw a man drowning and you could either save him or photograph
the event, what film would you use?" - Anonymous

In article ,
says...
Until somebody at Canon / Nikon / Fuji or whoever figures out
a way to have a separate ccd that would enable live preview...

Instead of the mirror have a CCD or CMOS chip? It would have to be
really, really light to work properly... or maybe not. If you put the
sensor in the space currently occupied by the prism and viewfinder, you
could keep it stationary. But - say goodbye to doing things the old
fashioned way, you're stuck with one method, like it or not.
Resolution, gamma and color would be other issues - the viewing sensor
would have to match the main one so results don't vary from LCD
composition to final shot.

I'd like a LCD live preview because, frankly, my eyes suck. Right now
I'm willing to live with the viewfinder because it's the only way to get
the performance and quality I want from a digital camera.
--
http://www.pbase.com/bcbaird/

In article ,
says...
Until somebody at Canon / Nikon / Fuji or whoever figures out
a way to have a separate ccd that would enable live preview...

Instead of the mirror have a CCD or CMOS chip? It would have to be
really, really light to work properly... or maybe not. If you put the
sensor in the space currently occupied by the prism and viewfinder, you
could keep it stationary. But - say goodbye to doing things the old
fashioned way, you're stuck with one method, like it or not.
Resolution, gamma and color would be other issues - the viewing sensor
would have to match the main one so results don't vary from LCD
composition to final shot.

I'd like a LCD live preview because, frankly, my eyes suck. Right now
I'm willing to live with the viewfinder because it's the only way to get
the performance and quality I want from a digital camera.
--
http://www.pbase.com/bcbaird/

In article ,
Alfred Molon wrote:

Perhaps two dozen photographers surrounding her - impossible to frame
with the viewfinder and indeed most photographers were just blindly
pointing the camera to her and pressing the shutter. That's a situation
where a swivelable LCD screen with live preview would have been very
helpful.

Indeed. The shots of the pole, falling back down, would surely be magnificent.