Do people use RF for studio photos?

[ivzhao]

i am still waiting for my R2A with 35mm skopar color to arrive.

can i use it to shoot studio? or do i need another lens.

anyway, do people ever use rangefinders to do studio shots?

 

[bmattock]

Certainly you can use it for studio shots. Most people probably don't. In portraiture, precise framing is important, and an SLR may exceed at that, depending on the task at hand. 35mm is usually considered too wide for portraiture, but others have demonstrated convincingly that it can be done. Given that I have a choice of RF or SLR for studio portraiture, I tend to select SLR for that. YMMV.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

PS - Congrats on the Bessa!

 

[Byuphoto]

I have used my Mamiya 7II but only when the Beronica ETRSi was down

 

[jlw]

do people ever use rangefinders to do studio shots?

Sure. A lot of my studio shooting involves action and strobe lights -- it's a HUGE advantage to be able to see whether the strobes went off while watching through the viewfinder!

I also find focusing more positive with an RF camera, important since the modeling lamps of strobes aren't very bright.

There's no reason you can't do the same. If you're going to shoot people, you eventually might want to invest in a longer lens so you'll be able to leave them more "personal space" (having more working distance also makes it easier to position your lights.) My personal opinion would be that a 75mm would be a nice complement to the lens you already have.

I couldn't quickly lay hand on any of my more recent RF studio shots, but am attaching some I shot with a Contax G2 during a workshop I took with Lois Greenfield five years ago. I hope these will demonstrate that an RF (or at least non-SLR) camera can be used successfully in the studio.

 

[Skinny McGee]

JWL

Nice shots!

 

[cary]

I use my M3 with 90mm Rokkor for portraits with my Broncolor strobes.