Comments on: The ‘Match Technical’ Advantage http://www.ultrasomething.com/photography/2009/10/the-match-technical-advantage/ Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:07:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Egor http://www.ultrasomething.com/photography/2009/10/the-match-technical-advantage/comment-page-1/#comment-5079 Egor Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:47:41 +0000 http://www.ultrasomething.com/photography/?p=3965#comment-5079 Hi Jason: I tend to close my left eye when using a rangefinder. The main reasons are probably: 1) habit 2) my Leica M's all have a 0.72x viewfinder magnification, so it's kind of discombobulating to have one eye viewing the world at 'normal' size and the other eye viewing it at 0.72x size. If I had a Leica M3 (with a .91x magnification) or a Voigtlander Bessa R3A (which has 1x magnification), I'd probably be more inclined to try and train myself to keep both eyes open. 3) unlike an SLR (which requires a lot of peering through the viewfinder prior to shooting), I only look through a rangefinder's viewfinder for a second or so before shooting. I guess, with an SLR, I'm always looking through it like a telescope and surveying the scene. But with a rangefinder, I'm always using both eyes to scope out the shot, and only raise the camera to my eye at the last possible second. Hi Jason:

I tend to close my left eye when using a rangefinder. The main reasons are probably:

1) habit

2) my Leica M’s all have a 0.72x viewfinder magnification, so it’s kind of discombobulating to have one eye viewing the world at ‘normal’ size and the other eye viewing it at 0.72x size. If I had a Leica M3 (with a .91x magnification) or a Voigtlander Bessa R3A (which has 1x magnification), I’d probably be more inclined to try and train myself to keep both eyes open.

3) unlike an SLR (which requires a lot of peering through the viewfinder prior to shooting), I only look through a rangefinder’s viewfinder for a second or so before shooting. I guess, with an SLR, I’m always looking through it like a telescope and surveying the scene. But with a rangefinder, I’m always using both eyes to scope out the shot, and only raise the camera to my eye at the last possible second.

]]> By: Jason http://www.ultrasomething.com/photography/2009/10/the-match-technical-advantage/comment-page-1/#comment-5078 Jason Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:24:43 +0000 http://www.ultrasomething.com/photography/?p=3965#comment-5078 Some what late to this party but you know I am working my way through past posts. You have just blown my mind. Different contact lens for near and far at the same time. Wow. You also part answered a question I am only just asking. You say you shoot left eye SLR right eye rangefinder. When you shoot with the M8 do you keep both eys open? Right eye on viewfinder left eye on suroundings. As an observation be it real or imagined. I am convinced when shooting SLR if I keep my left eye open I can hold a steady(r) shot than when left eye is closed. Just the fact that when the mirror goes up and the viewfinder goes black I am still in visual contact with the subject. Obviously not a problem on a rangefinder. A year out of date but had to comment. Jason Some what late to this party but you know I am working my way through past posts.
You have just blown my mind.
Different contact lens for near and far at the same time. Wow.
You also part answered a question I am only just asking.
You say you shoot left eye SLR right eye rangefinder.
When you shoot with the M8 do you keep both eys open? Right eye on viewfinder left eye on suroundings.
As an observation be it real or imagined. I am convinced when shooting SLR if I keep my left eye open I can hold a steady(r) shot than when left eye is closed. Just the fact that when the mirror goes up and the viewfinder goes black I am still in visual contact with the subject. Obviously not a problem on a rangefinder.
A year out of date but had to comment.
Jason

]]> By: Sheldan Collilns http://www.ultrasomething.com/photography/2009/10/the-match-technical-advantage/comment-page-1/#comment-2151 Sheldan Collilns Wed, 20 Oct 2010 19:49:42 +0000 http://www.ultrasomething.com/photography/?p=3965#comment-2151 Thanks for reviewing Thumbs Up and the Bip. I just returned from a 10,000 - exposure trip to Tuscany, and sure wish I had known about these two products before going! Nice photos on your site - keep up the good work! Sheldan Thanks for reviewing Thumbs Up and the Bip. I just returned from a 10,000 – exposure trip to Tuscany, and sure wish I had known about these two products before going!

Nice photos on your site – keep up the good work!

Sheldan

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