RudivanS
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"DSLR's are the new Leica"
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It's not what I expected, and Leica owners might beg to differ with his conclusions. But despite it's length, I found it entertaining. I especially like the guy's self-effacing manner and his sometimes tongue-in-cheek interviews/interactions with friends with Leica cameras. I wouldn't be surprised if he's shooting another camera or brand a year from now, but kind of fun to watch for those with time on their hands.
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RudivanS
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Thanks Alan, I found the video entertaining and informative - well worth the watch.
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Ha. In one sense this video is Exhibit A as to the dumbing-down of civilisation we're seeing as reading and considering written thought and analysis is abandoned in favor of passive viewing of blabbered on-camera content. As with most of it, this was about 15% content and 85% dross. And much forward clicking was necessarily simply to bear it.
But in another sense, one couldn't help smiling at this wacky character (yes, he'll probably be on to some other mania in a year or so). There is something endearing about a person deciding in the mirrorless era to use a big DSLR Leica-style with small manual-focus or other compact primes. His love of the OVF today is probably like the love of the rangefinder by OVF/DSLR-resistant types in the DSLR era.
There was a lot of sense in his larger point, which was that the original appeal of the Leica paradigm was about small, light, compact, mobile, with high IQ and tons of settings control, and you can get that today with any number of digital cameras that are lighter-weight, faster, far easier and more accurate to focus, and much cheaper, than digital Leicas. Which is why I predict he'll get sick of lugging that big 850 around.
But in another sense, one couldn't help smiling at this wacky character (yes, he'll probably be on to some other mania in a year or so). There is something endearing about a person deciding in the mirrorless era to use a big DSLR Leica-style with small manual-focus or other compact primes. His love of the OVF today is probably like the love of the rangefinder by OVF/DSLR-resistant types in the DSLR era.
There was a lot of sense in his larger point, which was that the original appeal of the Leica paradigm was about small, light, compact, mobile, with high IQ and tons of settings control, and you can get that today with any number of digital cameras that are lighter-weight, faster, far easier and more accurate to focus, and much cheaper, than digital Leicas. Which is why I predict he'll get sick of lugging that big 850 around.
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Your comments are spot-on from the 15% to 85% useful/useless content to the endearing wackiness of the narrator.
voider
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You may be right but for me the OVF was and will always be the special thing about SLRs/DSLRs. Having to view everything over a monitor is for me not even close the same. There are advantages to both but looking through the lens was and is always what an SLR is. It is something utterly different to view the picture on a monitor IMHO. But hey that is apparently where the future is and I hope my D850/D6 will last until I die
voider
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Just watched it. The d850 is just the perfect camera and I totally agree that looking through the lens in real time and seeing the reality and not a picture on a monitor where the camera adjusted WB and lots of other stuff is just sth. different. For me OVF are still the best solution.
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This isn't really a new idea--plenty have used DSLRs this way and still do. Though, preferring the compact and light component of the "Leica" shooting model, I've used a D3500 with a prime. An overlooked gem for this type of shooting.
Now I do it with a Z5 fullframe and a Z 50mm or 40mm. But ironically, though the camera body is smaller and lighter, with the Z lens the setup weighs about the same as one of the 24mp FF DSLRs and an F prime. I've actually had my eye out for a pristine D750 or D610 for when I'm in the OVF mood. Don't need the high-mp models and don't want the weight/bulk. I certainly have enough F mount nifty-fiftys accumulated for my FMs.
Now I do it with a Z5 fullframe and a Z 50mm or 40mm. But ironically, though the camera body is smaller and lighter, with the Z lens the setup weighs about the same as one of the 24mp FF DSLRs and an F prime. I've actually had my eye out for a pristine D750 or D610 for when I'm in the OVF mood. Don't need the high-mp models and don't want the weight/bulk. I certainly have enough F mount nifty-fiftys accumulated for my FMs.
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