{"id":292,"date":"2016-05-11T12:33:19","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T11:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iangrandjean.com\/blog\/?p=292"},"modified":"2016-06-16T14:12:04","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T13:12:04","slug":"helping-the-blind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iangrandjean.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/11\/helping-the-blind\/","title":{"rendered":"Helping the Blind"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Leica-M-D-Typ-262-camera\"<\/a>Firstly I must state that I have a huge respect for blind people, and the people who help them – as a photographer I understand how crushing it must be to lose a sense, and can only imagine what it must be like to try to live in todays complicated world.<\/p>\n

This said, I do think that it’s a bit of a piss-take on the part of Leica<\/strong> to bring out the Leica M-D<\/strong> (Typ 262) This is a ‘modern’ digital rangefinder with a state-of-the-art full frame 24mp sensor – but it seems it has been designed for a minority group – the blind.<\/p>\n

So why am I led to think this? Well, when I’ve taken my picture and I take the camera away from my eye to have a look at the result on the rear screen, well, I can’t – they forgot to\u00a0build one in. You would be forgiven for thinking that for the price of 5900\u20ac (Body only) they could have included a screen, but no – Leica<\/strong> have decided, in their wisdom, that ‘real’ (Ken Rockwell?) and \/ or blind photographers don’t need a screen.<\/p>\n

Is it any wonder that these people are in a ‘niche’ market…?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Firstly I must state that I have a huge respect for blind people, and the people who help them – as a photographer I understand how crushing it must be to lose a sense, and can only imagine what it must be like to try to live in todays complicated world. This said, I do … <\/p>\n

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