ludoo
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I got recently interested in photography again after more than 20 years (I am 43 now), after reading something about 70s rangefinder cameras. I got a few of those, then broadened my interests and got a couple of folders and a few zone focus cameras, then started thinking about LTM cameras and got a FED-2 and a few lenses.
Along the way I also picked up a Fujica ST605n, it was my first camera when I was 13 or 14, I loved it and even bought a second one used (which I promptly lost when moving) after I left the first one with an ex girlfriend. I received it last Friday, and on Saturday I loaded a roll of film and suddenly felt right at home again. No more fiddling with hard to see rf patches and a separate meter: a bright viewfinder where you can actually see what's going on without squinting, shutter speeds displayed on the side of the vf, a precise meter that goes up to 3200ASA with a simple to use analog needle, all in a smallish, cheap, solidly built camera with interchangeable lenses.
The only things I'm missing from some of my other cameras is their small size, that allows me to carry them in my cargo pants pockets, and their quiet shutters. I am starting to think SLRs are better for me than rangefinders, with the exception of the Mamiya 135 I carry around as my everyday ps.
But maybe I just spent my money in all the wrong places, and even though I find some of my cameras exceptionally beautiful objects (the Super Silette, Vito B, etc) if I had bought a Bessa R or a Canon 7s instead of squandering my money on a dozen different cameras, I might feel differently.
What do you think?
Along the way I also picked up a Fujica ST605n, it was my first camera when I was 13 or 14, I loved it and even bought a second one used (which I promptly lost when moving) after I left the first one with an ex girlfriend. I received it last Friday, and on Saturday I loaded a roll of film and suddenly felt right at home again. No more fiddling with hard to see rf patches and a separate meter: a bright viewfinder where you can actually see what's going on without squinting, shutter speeds displayed on the side of the vf, a precise meter that goes up to 3200ASA with a simple to use analog needle, all in a smallish, cheap, solidly built camera with interchangeable lenses.
The only things I'm missing from some of my other cameras is their small size, that allows me to carry them in my cargo pants pockets, and their quiet shutters. I am starting to think SLRs are better for me than rangefinders, with the exception of the Mamiya 135 I carry around as my everyday ps.
But maybe I just spent my money in all the wrong places, and even though I find some of my cameras exceptionally beautiful objects (the Super Silette, Vito B, etc) if I had bought a Bessa R or a Canon 7s instead of squandering my money on a dozen different cameras, I might feel differently.
What do you think?
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