VinceC
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>>That would be David Burnett. Here's one of the articles on him http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-sr...iper/040226.htm<<
Thanks, Kin.
Thanks, Kin.
Rangefinder vs SLR "seeing"
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Issy
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Image quality has nothing to do with SLR vs. RF
It does if, like me, you prefer the viewfinder of a SLR, and want the quality of a 50 Summicron or a Contax Planar 45. Prime to prime, I can see the difference, even on 4x6 prints from the local 1-hour place.
I know sharpness does not make a "good" photo, but on those days when you get the decisive moment and it's tack sharp.... wow. Unlike, I guess, many of you, the lenses are one of the driving factors for me shooting RF.
I wait in interest for the Nikon-mount ZM lenses to be introduced. 🙂
It does if, like me, you prefer the viewfinder of a SLR, and want the quality of a 50 Summicron or a Contax Planar 45. Prime to prime, I can see the difference, even on 4x6 prints from the local 1-hour place.
I know sharpness does not make a "good" photo, but on those days when you get the decisive moment and it's tack sharp.... wow. Unlike, I guess, many of you, the lenses are one of the driving factors for me shooting RF.
I wait in interest for the Nikon-mount ZM lenses to be introduced. 🙂
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Kin Lau
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You're welcome Vince.
Stories like David is one of the reasons why I want to play with Speed Graphics.
If I can ever tear myself away from chasing winter owls, eagles and ducks, I'd get out and shoot some "street" with the SG.
Stories like David is one of the reasons why I want to play with Speed Graphics.
If I can ever tear myself away from chasing winter owls, eagles and ducks, I'd get out and shoot some "street" with the SG.
payasam
a.k.a. Mukul Dube
Walker said it: camera as extension of eye. You think less and fiddle less, you work fast and inconspicuously. Not a consideration for landscape or architectural photographers, of course: but with people, the difference between a picture and no picture. No real difference between SLRs, TLRs, RFDRs. Work with any one, or any two or three, long enough and that's that.
Rico
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I cut my teeth on fixed-lens VF cameras (Instamatic, Halina Paulette, '46 Franka 6x6 folder: didn't touch an SLR until a decade later, and an RF two decades after that. Therefore, my instinct and preference with all camera types is to scale-focus right off!
My current diet is mixed (SLR, DSLR, RF, P&S), although I try use one at a time. Based on my stable...
RF likes: no lag, no VF blackout, no motors, quiet, small. SLR likes: use of any optical rig (fisheye, bellows, supertele), no parallax, off-axis focussing.
My current diet is mixed (SLR, DSLR, RF, P&S), although I try use one at a time. Based on my stable...
RF likes: no lag, no VF blackout, no motors, quiet, small. SLR likes: use of any optical rig (fisheye, bellows, supertele), no parallax, off-axis focussing.
