Work or Play

Work or Play

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Do you use your rangeifnder for work or play? or perhaps both?
I have been thinking more and more of trying my hand at some professional photography. at least taking some classes. I have not made any sort of investment in tools yet and am curious what people use their rangefinders for. is it mostly hobby, family photos, art, stock photos... I just always wondered where or if a rangefinder would fit in the professional world of photography.
Adam
 
While I do shoot professionally - it's very rare that I use my 35mm RF's for work. They are for me to have fun with. Every once in a while, I get to use them for work - but most of what I shoot doesn't lend itself to RF's, and certainly not 35mm film.

For the most part though, I'm shooting products and architecture - using 120 and 4x5 film, so it makes sense that an RF would be at a disadvantage.

If I were shooting environmental portraits, weddings, documentary, etc. the RF would have more traction.
 
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My camera is used far more for play than it is work. However, I have used it on a few wedding gigs when the occasion has warranted. It's nice to have a discreet option sometimes when the other cameras would be too obvious or inappropriate.
 
On numerous occasions for me, play has become work and vice-versa. Photos I've taken for myself wound up being published a few times, and I've often had a ball on paid gigs. And, in the last five years, my RFs have been my Main Axe.

Frank: galfriend and I have been together long enough that people in these parts regularly refer to her as my "wife." Does that count? 😛


- Barrett
 
For me being an amateur is being free to follow my own interests, not at all second class.

A neighbor and friend is a professional photographer, and he has to photograph what the client wants. In his spare time he takes personal photos, but they are always nice scenics with smiling people. He cannot bring himself to photograph derelict buildings and so on even out of hours.

I don't mind 'pretty' but I also like 'grotty' and I can photograph either as the mood takes me, not as the client tells me.
 
A RF camera is a camera, after all, and so can be used for most things where a camera is needed. When work or play involves close-ups or wildlife, for example, other types of camera are more useful.
 
I don't shoot professionally but I do shoot events and such because I'm asked to and because I like to do it. I take these assignments on for the experience and to get my shots published. 🙂

My experience is that for these assignments I mostly use a dSLR, not my R-D1. That mostly has to do with the availability of zoom lenses, which are plentiful for dSLRs. I prefer to shoot my R-D1, though, as I can focus it quicker and better than the auto-focus on a dSLR, and because my R-D1 lets me adjust my settings on the camera and lens instead of on a display or menu. I'd love a dSLR that's nothing more than a manual film camera with a digital sensor, for a similar price as a film SLR. 🙂
 
Strictly play for me. I truly enjoy my career but the photography is nothing I ever want to do for pay. Positively selfish. Or, selfishly positive.
Rob
 
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