RealXenuis
Officious Intermeddler
Hi all,
Very new to the forums here, for the obvious reasons. So, I've acquired my first rangefinder (film and digital - x-pro1 is preordered) and I have a few questions, which probably span several threads, so brief answers, suggestions, and/or referrals to the appropriate threads are all much, much appreciated!
Briefly: I've shot a couple of SLR's (including an APS Canon which I loved!), a few DSLRs, and recently started dabbling in MF (wife's Bronica). I've briefly used a couple of RFs but in no way long enough to become very familiar or comfy with them. I very recently sold my d7000 to move to a smaller, less..."aggressive"...looking kit. I liked using the RFs that I've tried and am to some degree blindly wading in. Lucky you!
First thing: I have seen different techniques to physically focus lenses on RFs. I purchased a Voigt 15 II, but never having used a lens with a focus nub (nomenclature?) I tend to hold the left bottom of the cam body resting on the top of my middle left finger, left side of body against left thumb, while focusing with my left index finger. Am I way off on this?
Secondly, just wanted confirmation here that when using fully manual, the meter led's in the viewfinder AREN't supposed to light up, correct?
Thirdly, I'm considering workflows for film. I recently had one roll of 120 and one 35 processed, both digitized, both with fancy scans. It cost me something like $24, and thats not including purchase of the film (expired film). To avoid the fancy scan prices, I've been researching scanners. I would still have my local (I live in Austin, there are two very good ones here luckily) shops process:
As far as processing, is there an obvious and great difference btwn the local shops, the chains, and sending them off to reputable mail order shops? (I always brought it to these shops when I shot SLRs, but that was before I got into digital and I never scrutinized the negatives nor printed larger than say 4x6)
As far as scanning, will the fancy scans from the shops generally always be a lot better than a good scan from a consumer machine?
I will mostly be digitizing 35 (slide, b&w, and neg) and would entertain the idea of MF as well, but the priority would be affordable 35 scanning. I'd privilege quality over speed, as I'm not looking to archive years of photos or anything.
If I can get pretty good quality from a consumer scanner, which models should I be looking at, given my aforementioned criteria?
I'm sorry for sort of mashing this up into one post, but I figure there are many of you out there who could point me in the right direction. Thanks in advance for any help!
Very new to the forums here, for the obvious reasons. So, I've acquired my first rangefinder (film and digital - x-pro1 is preordered) and I have a few questions, which probably span several threads, so brief answers, suggestions, and/or referrals to the appropriate threads are all much, much appreciated!
Briefly: I've shot a couple of SLR's (including an APS Canon which I loved!), a few DSLRs, and recently started dabbling in MF (wife's Bronica). I've briefly used a couple of RFs but in no way long enough to become very familiar or comfy with them. I very recently sold my d7000 to move to a smaller, less..."aggressive"...looking kit. I liked using the RFs that I've tried and am to some degree blindly wading in. Lucky you!
First thing: I have seen different techniques to physically focus lenses on RFs. I purchased a Voigt 15 II, but never having used a lens with a focus nub (nomenclature?) I tend to hold the left bottom of the cam body resting on the top of my middle left finger, left side of body against left thumb, while focusing with my left index finger. Am I way off on this?
Secondly, just wanted confirmation here that when using fully manual, the meter led's in the viewfinder AREN't supposed to light up, correct?
Thirdly, I'm considering workflows for film. I recently had one roll of 120 and one 35 processed, both digitized, both with fancy scans. It cost me something like $24, and thats not including purchase of the film (expired film). To avoid the fancy scan prices, I've been researching scanners. I would still have my local (I live in Austin, there are two very good ones here luckily) shops process:
As far as processing, is there an obvious and great difference btwn the local shops, the chains, and sending them off to reputable mail order shops? (I always brought it to these shops when I shot SLRs, but that was before I got into digital and I never scrutinized the negatives nor printed larger than say 4x6)
As far as scanning, will the fancy scans from the shops generally always be a lot better than a good scan from a consumer machine?
I will mostly be digitizing 35 (slide, b&w, and neg) and would entertain the idea of MF as well, but the priority would be affordable 35 scanning. I'd privilege quality over speed, as I'm not looking to archive years of photos or anything.
If I can get pretty good quality from a consumer scanner, which models should I be looking at, given my aforementioned criteria?
I'm sorry for sort of mashing this up into one post, but I figure there are many of you out there who could point me in the right direction. Thanks in advance for any help!
