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November 6th 06, 12:45 PM
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Two-Eyed Viewfinders
For years I always took pictures using one eye looking through a viewfinder.
Now I have a Panasonic TZ1 that has no viewfinder and I find that I take better pictures using the display screen. I am able to evaluate the scene on the screen more objectively using both eyes. I look at it more like I would look at the final print. I will never go back to using a one-eyed viewfinder! NM 
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November 6th 06, 01:00 PM
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Two-Eyed Viewfinders
~~NoMad~~ wrote: For years I always took pictures using one eye looking through a viewfinder. Now I have a Panasonic TZ1 that has no viewfinder and I find that I take better pictures using the display screen. I am able to evaluate the scene on the screen more objectively using both eyes. I look at it more like I would look at the final print. I will never go back to using a one-eyed viewfinder! NM The trade-off you make is stability. Hold a camera next to you and look through a viewfinder and you are pretty stable. Hold it out 2 feet to see the viewfinder and you have introduced lots of shake.. It's okay for some stuff, esp. small prints and snapshots. But you wouldn't want to be holding a 300 mm lens like that.
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#3
November 6th 06, 01:09 PM
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Two-Eyed Viewfinders
"Pat" wrote in message oups.com... ~~NoMad~~ wrote: For years I always took pictures using one eye looking through a viewfinder. Now I have a Panasonic TZ1 that has no viewfinder and I find that I take better pictures using the display screen. I am able to evaluate the scene on the screen more objectively using both eyes. I look at it more like I would look at the final print. I will never go back to using a one-eyed viewfinder! NM The trade-off you make is stability. Hold a camera next to you and look through a viewfinder and you are pretty stable. Hold it out 2 feet to see the viewfinder and you have introduced lots of shake.. It's okay for some stuff, esp. small prints and snapshots. But you wouldn't want to be holding a 300 mm lens like that. My Panasonic TZ1 has the equivalent of a 420mm lens with image stabilization and works very well held at an arms length. No blurry pictures and Good Composition to boot! NM
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#4
November 6th 06, 01:39 PM
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Two-Eyed Viewfinders
On Mon, 6 Nov 2006 05:09:53 -0800, ~~NoMad~~ wrote:
"Pat" wrote in message oups.com... ~~NoMad~~ wrote: For years I always took pictures using one eye looking through a viewfinder. Now I have a Panasonic TZ1 that has no viewfinder and I find that I take better pictures using the display screen. I am able to evaluate the scene on the screen more objectively using both eyes. I look at it more like I would look at the final print. I will never go back to using a one-eyed viewfinder! NM The trade-off you make is stability. Hold a camera next to you and look through a viewfinder and you are pretty stable. Hold it out 2 feet to see the viewfinder and you have introduced lots of shake.. It's okay for some stuff, esp. small prints and snapshots. But you wouldn't want to be holding a 300 mm lens like that. My Panasonic TZ1 has the equivalent of a 420mm lens with image stabilization and works very well held at an arms length. No blurry pictures and Good Composition to boot! Now try it in bright back-lit sunlight, when that LCD is washed out from the glare. I sometimes use the LCD for framing, especially if I want to take shots at odd angles where eye-to-viewfinder is inconvenient, but mostly I use the (electronic) finder on my FZ5. Two reasons: 1. As mentioned, stability. The image stabilizer is nice, but it works best if you keep the camera fairly steady to begin with 2. Fewer visual distractions. I see what the camera is seeing, and nothing else, especially if I close the eye that isn't being used to look through the finder. -dms
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#5
November 6th 06, 01:35 PM
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Two-Eyed Viewfinders
"~~NoMad~~" wrote in
: "Pat" wrote in message oups.com... ~~NoMad~~ wrote: For years I always took pictures using one eye looking through a viewfinder. Now I have a Panasonic TZ1 that has no viewfinder and I find that I take better pictures using the display screen. I am able to evaluate the scene on the screen more objectively using both eyes. I look at it more like I would look at the final print. I will never go back to using a one-eyed viewfinder! NM The trade-off you make is stability. Hold a camera next to you and look through a viewfinder and you are pretty stable. Hold it out 2 feet to see the viewfinder and you have introduced lots of shake.. It's okay for some stuff, esp. small prints and snapshots. But you wouldn't want to be holding a 300 mm lens like that. My Panasonic TZ1 has the equivalent of a 420mm lens with image stabilization and works very well held at an arms length. No blurry pictures and Good Composition to boot! Conversely, I find I take much _worse_ pictures when using the display rather than the viewfinder. YMMV. -- Rich Hanson Music: http://www.richardhanson.me.uk/ http://www.myspace.com/richhanson Local: http://www.borstal.org.uk/ Other: http://www.plompy.co.uk/
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#6
November 17th 06, 07:58 PM
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Two-Eyed Viewfinders
On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 08:35:23 -0500, RPH
wrote: "~~NoMad~~" wrote in : "Pat" wrote in message oups.com... ~~NoMad~~ wrote: For years I always took pictures using one eye looking through a viewfinder. Now I have a Panasonic TZ1 that has no viewfinder and I find that I take better pictures using the display screen. I am able to evaluate the scene on the screen more objectively using both eyes. I look at it more like I would look at the final print. I will never go back to using a one-eyed viewfinder! NM The trade-off you make is stability. Hold a camera next to you and look through a viewfinder and you are pretty stable. Hold it out 2 feet to see the viewfinder and you have introduced lots of shake.. It's okay for some stuff, esp. small prints and snapshots. But you wouldn't want to be holding a 300 mm lens like that. My Panasonic TZ1 has the equivalent of a 420mm lens with image stabilization and works very well held at an arms length. No blurry pictures and Good Composition to boot! Conversely, I find I take much _worse_ pictures when using the display rather than the viewfinder. YMMV. i think I predicted it would end for this reason cos of an article I read about people complaining it was too hard work. not for ratings but for laziness
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#7
November 6th 06, 06:56 PM
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Two-Eyed Viewfinders
On Mon, 6 Nov 2006 05:09:53 -0800, "~~NoMad~~"
wrote: "Pat" wrote in message roups.com... ~~NoMad~~ wrote: For years I always took pictures using one eye looking through a viewfinder. Now I have a Panasonic TZ1 that has no viewfinder and I find that I take better pictures using the display screen. I am able to evaluate the scene on the screen more objectively using both eyes. I look at it more like I would look at the final print. I will never go back to using a one-eyed viewfinder! NM The trade-off you make is stability. Hold a camera next to you and look through a viewfinder and you are pretty stable. Hold it out 2 feet to see the viewfinder and you have introduced lots of shake.. It's okay for some stuff, esp. small prints and snapshots. But you wouldn't want to be holding a 300 mm lens like that. My Panasonic TZ1 has the equivalent of a 420mm lens with image stabilization and works very well held at an arms length. Shouldn't that be a 350mm equilivent? http://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs...000000 005702 or: http://tinyurl.com/gv37f Unless, of course, you lower resolution. No blurry pictures and Good Composition to boot! NM -- Bill Funk replace "g" with "a"
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#8
November 17th 06, 07:56 PM
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Two-Eyed Viewfinders
On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 08:09:53 -0500, ~~NoMad~~
wrote: "Pat" wrote in message oups.com... ~~NoMad~~ wrote: For years I always took pictures using one eye looking through a viewfinder. Now I have a Panasonic TZ1 that has no viewfinder and I find that I take better pictures using the display screen. I am able to evaluate the scene on the screen more objectively using both eyes. I look at it more like I would look at the final print. I will never go back to using a one-eyed viewfinder! NM The trade-off you make is stability. Hold a camera next to you and look through a viewfinder and you are pretty stable. Hold it out 2 feet to see the viewfinder and you have introduced lots of shake.. It's okay for some stuff, esp. small prints and snapshots. But you wouldn't want to be holding a 300 mm lens like that. My Panasonic TZ1 has the equivalent of a 420mm lens with image stabilization and works very well held at an arms length. sadlyn they do this in real life. I have been the victim of hearing this crap on more than one occasion No blurry pictures and Good Composition to boot! and all that happened was I was at a party and I wasn't even talking and they started making these snide comments and kicking with boots. Fortunately the host heard it and made them stop
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#9
November 6th 06, 09:12 PM
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Two-Eyed Viewfinders
"Pat" wrote in message oups.com... ~~NoMad~~ wrote: For years I always took pictures using one eye looking through a viewfinder. Now I have a Panasonic TZ1 that has no viewfinder and I find that I take better pictures using the display screen. I am able to evaluate the scene on the screen more objectively using both eyes. I look at it more like I would look at the final print. I will never go back to using a one-eyed viewfinder! NM The trade-off you make is stability. Hold a camera next to you and look through a viewfinder and you are pretty stable. Hold it out 2 feet to see the viewfinder and you have introduced lots of shake.. It's okay for some stuff, esp. small prints and snapshots. But you wouldn't want to be holding a 300 mm lens like that. Good post. The stability difference is significant (it does vary with age and physical condition, of course).
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#10
November 17th 06, 07:52 PM
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Two-Eyed Viewfinders
On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 08:00:05 -0500, Pat
wrote: ~~NoMad~~ wrote: For years I always took pictures using one eye looking through a viewfinder. Now I have a Panasonic TZ1 that has no viewfinder and I find that I take better pictures using the display screen. I am able to evaluate the scene on the screen more objectively using both eyes. I look at it more like I would look at the final print. I will never go back to using a one-eyed viewfinder! NM The trade-off you make is stability. looks like a trend Hold a camera next to you and look through a viewfinder and you are pretty stable. Hold it out 2 feet to see the viewfinder and you have introduced lots of shake.. It's okay for some stuff, esp. small prints and snapshots. But you wouldn't want to be holding a 300 mm lens like that.
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