Hi Vic
I would add a 5bis:
5bis A good Prosumer camera with orientable LCD screen.
contra: quality of viewfinder (improving), expensive, no compatibility
with *any* lenses, small sensor (improving)
pros: very convenient for awkward shooting angles. Macro made easy. All
other pros you can find in a prosumer camera.
I'm not too much enthusiastic with P&S LCD viewfinders vs reflex
finders, but there are times I wish I could frame with the low-res LCD
with my *ist DS. Be it orientable, the better!
My brother owns a Fuji Finepix S9500, and I wouldn't change my *ist DS
for it. But I must admit I'm quite envious when he does really difficult
angles (like very close to the ground) single-handed, while I'm forced
to lie in the mud to frame a similar picture. Of course it's also very
handy for waist-level framing.
Patrice
Vic Mortelmans a écrit :
Hi pdml!
this question may be off-topic, though this depends on the outcome of
the answers.
Currently I have a number of Pentax camera's (Spotmatic SP, ES,
SuperA) and a number of rangefander camera's (Canonet QL17 GIII, Zorki
4).
None of these camera's offer waist-level viewing.
I'd like to try waist-level viewing, because I know from experience
that a low angle viewpoint gives better pictures (also, I'm quite tall).
These are the possibilities I am considering:
1 Pentax LX with waist-level viewfinder
2 Asahiflex (maybe still with the M39 thread?)
3 flash-shoe waist level viewfinder (Leica has some models), to be
used on SLR or rangefinder camera's
4 TLR camera
5 I know there are some regular SLR camera's and even point-and-shoots
that have additionally a (small) built-in waist-level viewfinder
Do you know about more options?
About the pro's and contra's:
1 contra expensive; pro compatible with my current lens system
2 contra quality of the viewfinder?; pro/contra? is it compatible with
M42 lenses?
3 contra expensive; pro can be used on any of my camera's
4 contra only with 120 film; pro people will be staring at me (or is
this contra?)
5 contra probably low quality viewfinders; I've lost the references...
Can you add to this from your experience?
Groeten,
VIc
