LX3 for street photography - viewfinder

[Peter T44178]

The LX3 sounds like it would be good for street photography except perhaps for the LCD viewfinder. How is the viewfinder working out for the street shooters.

 

[kristian2000]

I've heard this comment before, I am curious, what is it about the LCD that makes it undesirable about street shooting? I've done more street shooting the last two weeks than I have the last two years with a DSLR.

When I'm about on the street, I don't want to hold a camera up to my eye. The LCD allows me to frame very unobtrusively, and no I'm not talking about standing straight up with the camera at arms length.

The LX3 sounds like it would be good for street photography except
perhaps for the LCD viewfinder. How is the viewfinder working out for
the street shooters.

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Kristian Farren

 

[Peter T44178]

standing straight up with the camera at arms length

That is how I envision one would have to shoot with an LCD viewfinder.

How do you do it unobtrusively and get good composition?

 

[mackey1001]

standing straight up with the camera at arms length

That is how I envision one would have to shoot with an LCD viewfinder.
How do you do it unobtrusively and get good composition?

With some practice, it's actually pretty easy. I routinely have it at arms length, turned at angles away from me, down low at waist like level or overhead. The LCD visibility is that good (and even better than my already good TZ5 LCD screen).

A few shots from my LX3 (LARGE pics) are in the below post.
-M1
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1033&message=29768801

 

[Robert P Miller]

Sure wish the camera had a tilt and swivel LCD. The wide angle helps a lot in catching a decent composition from the waiste, but a tiltable LCD would really make me a happier LX3 user.

Oh well, still looking for the perfect small digicam. The LX3 has most of what I want, and I'm happy using it.

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Best,
Robert

 

[larsbc]

The LX3 sounds like it would be good for street photography except
perhaps for the LCD viewfinder. How is the viewfinder working out for
the street shooters.

I find it fairly easy to guess the framing when it's hanging around my neck and I shoot from chest-height. Other times, I can hold it low and slightly forward and still see enough of the LCD image to frame the shot with some accuracy.

I wish it had a flip/twist LCD like my last two P&S's but it's not an insurmountable obstacle for street photography.

More annoying is the camera timing out and going to sleep after a max. of 10 min. When it wakes up, it will default back to 24mm (35 equiv) and infinity focus (if in MF).

larsbc

 

[bk262960]

The LX3 sounds like it would be good for street photography except
perhaps for the LCD viewfinder. How is the viewfinder working out for
the street shooters.

The LX3 sounds like it would be good for street photography except
perhaps for the LCD viewfinder. How is the viewfinder working out for
the street shooters.

You use the viewfinder for street photography composition ONLY when the camera doesn't need to be invisible.

Else I don't use neither viewfinder nor LCD, hyperfocale set for length, say 35 mm, manual focus, continuous shutter half pressing so that the camera does not loose focale settings, spare battery at hand.
No viewfinder, no LCD:

Black camera on black suits, camera hangs on neckstrap, left hand pushes down for stability, righthand shoots OR camera hangs on right hand wrist strap, apparently loose, along the black coat, and right thumb shoots OR if sitting camera lies on/under left arm (black pullover of course) for stability and right hand shoots.

Have some fellow street photographers excited by loden type coats (main pockets go all the way through to the inside of the coat!) for totally invisible shooting from hip.

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[Ed Bigelow]

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