On safari with a rangefinder, two 35mm P&S's and a digi P&S

[cjm]

Well, sort of. My wife and I went to the San Diego Wild Animal Park last week. I took my Canon QL19, Olympus XA2, Vivitar Ultra Wide and Konica Minolta Z2.

It was overcast and there were sudden downpours, but we had a great time. I highly recommend taking the "photo caravan" tour.

I'm really glad I used a rangefinder instead of an SLR with a long zoom (nothing to do with the fact that I don't have a long zoom lens). I wanted a different perspective on things and I think it worked because of how close I was able to get to the animals.

Here are some pictures:

Canon QL19, Acros 100, HC-110, dilution B, 68 degrees, 5.5 minutes:

Olympus XA2, Kodak E100VS:

Vivitar Ultra Wide, XP2:

Konica Minolta Z2:

 

[Bingley]

Nice images! I love the ostrich one in particular.

 

[lawnpotter]

I love your compositions

I love your compositions

Especially the lone giraffe and tree. Your people shots are great, however I would have liked to see them shot with TriX, I have not warmed up to Xp2 yet. I am waiting for my xa2 to arrive in the mail, I like what you did with it using colour. Do you prefer xa2 with colour?

 

[ampguy]

very nice! I like the really wide angle ones. I might post some of my "safari" photos soon...

 

[FrankS]

I love that second last giraffe with leaning tree trunk shot! Very graphic.

 

[Morca007]

Very nice photos.
That's quite the assortment of cameras to bring!

 

[cjm]

Thank you for the kind comments. 🙂

ampguy - I am most impressed by the Vivitar Ultra Wide, an $8 all plastic camera with a 22mm lens and no batteries.

lawnpotter - I do tend to use the XA2 more for color because I had some bad experiences with B&W early on. But, I think that was just the way the lab developed the film. I shot a recent roll of HP5 at 800 (self developed) and I liked the results very much.

 

[hjfischer]

I like the leopard shot best but your others are great composition. Now, with the $6000+ that you saved by not going on safari go for a zoom!

 

[photogdave]

I really like the results from the Vivitar. The vignetting effect looks cool. Who says vignetting is undesirable?!