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Old 08-27-25 | 08:40 AM
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jamesdak
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Just a sort of OT comment that others may find helpful/interesting. As I mentioned in earlier posts, I mainly shoot modern DSLR's with vintage adapted lenses. As my eyes aged and reading glasses became necessary I started having more and more trouble seeing to manually focus. This even with the diopters on the viewfinders adjusted to their strongest setting. Heck I even have a replacement matte screen in the old Canon 5D to help since it's my primary camera for this purpose. I also will use the magnified capability of live view via the back display to do critical focusing. Anyway, I finally decided to step into the dark-side and check out mirrorless. Specifically an first version Leica SL (Type 601) because of it's supposedly awesome EVF. The camera came in yesterday and initial impressions are that I am blown away but the EVF. It's so bright and clear. I have the diopter dialed in about 1/2 of it's + range and everything is super sharp. Plenty more to go if my eyesight continues to deteriorate. Plus you can magnify it to really nail your point of critical focus. It's also much easier now to see that your exposure is correct. A lot of the adapted lenses did not accurately meter on the body so I was always dealing with manual metering and exposure compensation. I am so stoked to start using this. As with the other cameras, I'm using an adapter to match up my old Leica R lenses for use on this. It's been raining since I got it (needed drought busting rain) but a few test shots gave me easy focusing with super sharp details and great color. I feel like I'm back in the game again! Woo Hoo! Several years ago I broke down and got several AF EOS lenses to cover most of the range I needed and now I wish I had been smarter and gone this route instead. Anyway, just wanted to share this little bit of info in case it's helpful to anyone else. I will say this camera is one heavy beast of a body. I may be able to stop carrying bear spray in the wilds and just use this camera to bash any charging grizzly bears. It's sure to knock them silly, LOL!
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