i am a die hard rf man...but what if?

back alley

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what if rangefinders really did eventually die off?

leica bites the dust...

no film to be found anywhere...

all the rd1 bodies are dead...

a few m11s in the hands of billionaire collectors...

what would i do? carry on for one thing!!

should the horrible happen i think i might be prepared to carry on with what we are being offered these days...cameras like the fuji xp-1 might be able to satisfy the soul as well as a rangefinder...given time.
the x100, the rx100...make fine images and fit the hand nicely.

we would have to change the name of this forum...;)

i would hate for this to happen in my lifetime...i grew up with rangefinders, they fit me and way of doing things...
 
I wonder if Polaroid shooters felt the same way when it appeared that supplies would become limited.

RFF and other similar-minded fora are precisely why RF's (and film) are not going anywhere just yet. There is money to be made; businesses change hands all the time and re-generate. I posted something similar a few minutes ago: I say this without any proof but I really think RF gear is here to stay, in its digital version or using good old film (under whatever brand).
 
Um, go large format and "coat your own"?

Even if Leica bites the dust, there are lots of cameras available.

But much harder to deal with, if film can't be found.

Maybe someone will finally make a digital back for Leica film M and Nikon F/RF.
 
I mainly use film because I prefer the simlicity of mechanical cameras but most importantly I prefer the film results over digital, if digital can one day match film then I dont mind switching to it completely - one day I hope there will be a digital back for my M3 and Nikon F like there is for my Hasselblad (edit - haha I see Vickko has beat me with this comment :)), then I can continue to use these cameras for the rest of my life and not some fancy smartphone/app-ridden auto this-auto that camera.

Cheers,
Richard
 
autofocus is no go.

I don't like digital output but perhaps I will find the money for a full frame camera that has a proper manual focusing system.

I really hope that someone finds a solution to digitize our legacy 35mm cameras.
 
i am into both.
i love photography and rangefinders...you guys are missing my point!
if the rf died i would carry on with something else.
 
back alley said:
i am into both.
i love photography and rangefinders...you guys are missing my point!
if the rf died i would carry on with something else.
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Do you mean you'd give up photography if you could not use rf cameras and only use SLR cameras, film and digital? Really?
 
I have a greater "loyalty" or affinity to film cameras of any type over digital cameras of any type, than I do to rf cameras vs. SLR cameras.
 
I interpreted backalley's original and subsequent posts as saying the exact opposite. He would carry on with another type of camera if RFs were gone but is speculating as to what that camera would look like.

With yet another online misunderstanding clarified, I believe my job here is done. Good night. :p

FrankS said:
Do you mean you'd give up photography if you could not use rf cameras and only use SLR cameras, film and digital? Really?
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v_roma said:
I interpreted backalley's original and subsequent posts as saying the exact opposite. He would carry on with another type of camera if RFs were gone but is speculating as to what that camera would look like.

With yet another online misunderstanding clarified, I believe my job here is done. Good night. :p
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thanks!


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Incidentally, and not to side-track the op, I'm having somewhat of an identity crisis and realizing that I am not a RF guy but a big honking SLR guy... I'm also decidedly a film guy at heart even if I' shoot more digital than film these days.
 
shoot what you like.

life is like this: there are people who can tell a difference and those who cant, between two types of things, amongst others.

the people who can tell the difference attack anyone who can't because they don't want to think it's all in their heads and they wasted a bunch of money and are very silly indeed.

then there are people who can't tell the difference and they attack anyone who can because it makes them feel small and insecure that they can't tell so they very badly want there to not be a difference.

then there are some people who can tell but don't think it matters, and they generally don't attack anyone except for that they have a hair trigger when they think someone is questioning their impartiality.

then there are some people who can't tell but believe there is a difference, and they are generally the loudest because they have to keep up the illusion that they "get it" and are part of the us rather than the them.

tl;dr everyone sucks. shoot what you like.
 
redisburning said:
autofocus is no go.

I don't like digital output but perhaps I will find the money for a full frame camera that has a proper manual focusing system.

I really hope that someone finds a solution to digitize our legacy 35mm cameras.
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Same here. What's important for me is 35mm format and manual focusing. I prefer film, but can live with digital.
 
Unexpectedly an old touristic motor coach did a short stop at my commuter station in Zurich, just yesterday. A few adults, but many youths aimed for this uncommon train with their cell phones. I was a little slower hauling out my Hexar RF from my bag and I made a few images too. From the crowd of boys near me I heard the sentence (loud and exalted): Hey! Look, look at him: He has a real camera! :cool:

If RF would die completly, I would also miss experiencies like this one.
 
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