04-30-2012, 07:48 AM
[quote name='thw' timestamp='1335742330' post='17868']
Thanks for sharing the photos. They are very nice.
Live view focusing is NOT a must for landscape photographers. Otherwise, how did photographers survive in the pre-live-view era? (Having said that, I should point out Ansel Adams used a loupe to magnify the image in the optical viewfinder for critical focusing.) And there are only particular instances when focusing becomes very critical, such as the shot I used for illustration. But once we start to use live view to check focusing, it becomes an addiction 'cos it's really really convenient. <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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Let me reiterate: RAW shooters (and I believe all landscape photographers work with RAW) can easily work around the poor live-view implementation in D800. It's not the end of the world. <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />
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Hmm.. Ansel Adams and "optical view finder"? What kind of camera do you think Ansel Adams used?
A hint:
![[Image: ansel1.jpg]](http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/ansel1.jpg)
(this type of large format camera is basically one big TS camera).
On mr. Merklinger... he just says to focus in the main subject to get critical sharpness in the most important part, instead of messing around with the nonsense of DOF calculators. Merklinger would for sure LOVE live view to get the main subject of the scene in critical focus, and let the rest of the scene be more or less sharp by selecting the appropriate aperture.
It is very clear that to serious landscape photographers, live view is an asset, just like it is to macro shooters who shoot from a tripod.
Of course, one could not use live view before it existed, so of course landscape photos were always made without when it was not available yet. And, of course, if a camera has badly implemented live view, it is less attractive to a photographer who values live view than a camera with well implemented live view.
Thanks for sharing the photos. They are very nice.
Live view focusing is NOT a must for landscape photographers. Otherwise, how did photographers survive in the pre-live-view era? (Having said that, I should point out Ansel Adams used a loupe to magnify the image in the optical viewfinder for critical focusing.) And there are only particular instances when focusing becomes very critical, such as the shot I used for illustration. But once we start to use live view to check focusing, it becomes an addiction 'cos it's really really convenient. <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />Let me reiterate: RAW shooters (and I believe all landscape photographers work with RAW) can easily work around the poor live-view implementation in D800. It's not the end of the world. <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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Hmm.. Ansel Adams and "optical view finder"? What kind of camera do you think Ansel Adams used?
A hint:
(this type of large format camera is basically one big TS camera).
On mr. Merklinger... he just says to focus in the main subject to get critical sharpness in the most important part, instead of messing around with the nonsense of DOF calculators. Merklinger would for sure LOVE live view to get the main subject of the scene in critical focus, and let the rest of the scene be more or less sharp by selecting the appropriate aperture.
It is very clear that to serious landscape photographers, live view is an asset, just like it is to macro shooters who shoot from a tripod.
Of course, one could not use live view before it existed, so of course landscape photos were always made without when it was not available yet. And, of course, if a camera has badly implemented live view, it is less attractive to a photographer who values live view than a camera with well implemented live view.