Comfy?

[reagan]

I recently rescued a copy of Leica Manual, 12th Edition, 1951, from a second hand store. Here are a couple of interesting quotes from articles in the Manual.

"When you go off on an expedition, be sure that your camera, your extra lenses and filters, and even your film and light meter fit you like a glove. Be sure that you can use them all easily and naturally." ~ Julien Bryan​

and...

"I like to photograph people and things as much as possible the way I find them, choosing for my pictures their most expressive attitudes. This calls for watchful observation coordinated with the immediate availability of my camera. My Leica has become so much a part of me - virtually an extension of my hands - that the camera and I work as a unit. My reactions are instantly relayed to the shutter, almost always enabling me to get a picture very like my mental vision of what I want to capture on film." ~ Alfred Eisenstaedt​

For several months now I've been using mostly my Leica.IIIs and Zorki.1s which are very simple cameras and have become quite at ease using them. I don't have to spend to much time deciding exposure settings, etc. using the same speed film most of the time. So how comfortable are you with your favorite gear? Are you able to focus on the subject and how you want to capture it, or do you spend more time putzing with the adjustments and gizmos of the mechanics? Any tips or thoughts to improve making one's camera "virtually an extension of one's hands?"

reagan

 

[Stephanie Brim]

I love my Canon P. I love everything about it. I love my lenses, my hood, my filters, everything. And I'm very comfortable with it.