Going to do street shooting for the first time

[Mikey_Rotten]

So Im going to go to do some treet photography for the first time at my homeplace Kokkola Finland (population about 50.000) and maybe do somekind of a slideshow from those photos to youtube.

I have planned to do my shoots at sunrise. Film Im going to use is 5x Kodak Tmax 400's

But what RF should I pick? I have stripped down these options:

Canonet QL 17
Minolta Hi-Matic 7s
Yashica Electro 35 GTN
Yashica Minister 700

😎

ps. sorry for my bad english!

 

[Roger Hicks]

Whichever one you're most comfortable with.

Cheers,

R.

 

[FrankS]

Good luck with your project!

 

[johannielscom]

They're all fine cameras, no sweat there.

I'd pick the widest lens, because it provides more Depth of Focus and prevents focusing errors.

Simple tricks: if you set the lens to a distance which is 100 times longer than the focal length of the used lens, the size of the scene will be 100 times bigger than the negative: (negative 36mm x 24mm) x100 = (scene 3.6mtrs x 2.4mtrs)

In general, that will cover most if not all people from head to toe easily. And using a smaller aperture will provide depth of focus from approx. 2 to 5 mtrs, the distance that you can take peoples picture without 'being in their space' and annoying them.

Trick #2: remember to try and keep shutter at or above 1/60th when someone approaches straight on, at or above 1/125th when someone crosses diagonally and at or above 1/250th when someone crosses at 90º angle, to avoid motion blur.

Have fun, most of all!

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

I'd be more worried about which streets than which camera.

Sorry, but it's a bit like going on to write a thesis, and asking which pen or keyboard to use. Really: whichever you're most comfortable using for what you want to do 🙂

 

[haempe]

You planning a slideshow on youtube before you shot any picture?
That's self-confidence! 😉

But anyway, good luck.

 

[Tompas]

Where I live, there is noone on the streets at sunrise... 🙂

Use the camera you're most comfortable with.

 

[efirmage]

I'd go with the Yashica, such a fun camera.

 

[Gereonb]

The problem with the Electro35 is that it takes too long to setup a shot, the ergonomics and viewfinder are not really handy for snapshots, i'd go with the canon.

 

[gho]

Does not really matter. Take the one that you feel most comfortable with. Or take all four and forget about shooting. ;-)

 

[redisburning]

missed focus? bokeh
motion blur? bure
hurridly framed way off kilter? are

these are your three magic words lol

just shoot anything that interests you. I find hard light works better for b&w personally and prefer to shoot at lunchtime but that's me. hard to get the high level of contrast I like for it in the soft morning light.

 

[DamenS]

Whichever has the best high ISO 🙂 (sorry - couldn't resist ....)