On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 01:15:00AM -0700, Joseph McAllister wrote: > On Oct 21, 2013, at 20:42 , Boris Liberman wrote: > > The only thing that I don't like about K-01 is that you cannot attach a EVF > > to it - you absolutely have to focus/compose by the screen. In the bright > > light this may prove an issue. You could buy this accessory that attaches > > to the back of the camera and blocks the stray light, but it would make > > your camera significantly bigger. > > > Regards non-slr cameras with LCD screens. > > I am thinking of buying a large and long bill'd baseball type hat and wearing > my flip-up 7.00x close-up watchmaker type plastic lenses that clip on to my > regular trifocals. I've tried the combo indoors and outdoors with a normal > baseball cap on an overcast day, and they were great. In the sun the unrimmed > plastic magnifiers may catch some light which may interfere.
Joe, you may have just elevated photo-nerdery to an artform. > > It would depend on the magnification of your flip-ups, but with my 1.25 > drugstore 67mm readers and my 7.00x flip-ups, the LCD of my Pentax Q is in > focus from ~ 6 inches to ~7.5 inches measuring from my eyebrow, and > completely fills the immediate field of vision of the glasses. Bonus: You can > read the letters and symbols on the back of the camera without holding it at > arms length! And with my trifocal glasses, it's even better. > > Flip the added lenses up and they are completely out of the way as would be > clip-on sunglasses. > > Tracking birds or critters in the wild you are still better off with a red > dot scope at arms length because you can see around the camera to spot your > target with your spare eye. No need to look at the LCD; find target, place > the red dot on it (or usually just under or over it so it'd not be centered, > giving you some room to crop. > > > Joseph McAllister > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
