Research on RFF's Influence on RF Camera Usage

Research on RFF's Influence on RF Camera Usage

  • Yes

    Votes: 5 17.2%

  • No

    Votes: 12 41.4%

  • Partially

    Votes: 12 41.4%
  • Total voters
    29
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Peter

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Dear All,

Does RFF influence you to give up on other types of camera and only use rangefinder cameras for your photography?

Regards,
Peter:D
 
Frank's post got me thinking about it and I'd have to say 'partially'. I used to go out more with my Rollei TLR and Olympus OM-1's, but RFF has kept me so interested in RF's I shoot them most of the time now, when I'm shooting film.

Gene
 
Absolutely!

I found RFF while surfing for info on Bessa-R's, just cause they sounded like the answer to my photography requirements as they stood then.
After buying the R, I found I loved the RF style of photography, and the way it forced me to think.
RFF has just kept that interest focussed, stopped me moving to different equipment.

Of course, it's been bloody ruinous on my finances, but hey.......
;)

tim
 
I had started to do most of my shooting with RF's before joining RFF. I moved away from AF SLR's because of the time-lag; and away from manual focus SLR's because I found it easier to focus the RF under existing light-conditions. The latency is lower on the RF. Much of this has to do with having a "kid" and subject of photography turning away from wildlife photography and airshows. When I grab a camera for those subjects, it is almost always an SLR.
 
definitely. I have a roll of NPZ loaded in my SLR body for two months already, and it's still at...frame number Two!:eek:

I did use one of my TLR's though (the realigned Yashica D, "to check if it's ok" hehe. Two frames that i really really like were the result.)

However, i miss a bit the Wide Angle Fun, so i'll use the 17mm (and probably the 24 too) on the SLR soon.
 
I just think the photography that I do, family/child/taking the boy some place fun, fits RF photography very well. I have not used a 35mm SLR in a very long time. When I go out to walk around by myself and try to do "other" photography I take my Hasselblad, and have the RF in the bag. I find TLR photography very similar to RFF, just a little slower focusing, so my Yashicamat gets some work too.
 
I still shoot quite a bit of digital in my work, but when shooting for myself, it works out to about 70% RF and 30% SLR. I think this is prmarily because I always have an XA with me. Not having to carry a bag with the OM-1 bodies and lenses has been quite liberating.
 
Partially.

I still use the SLR for my work, so it gets excercised far more than the RFs do. I also grab the SLR when I don't want any limitations while photographing. But then that also means that I am dragging along a small arsenal of multiple bodies, lenses, flash, filters, tripod, etc.

When I go out for 'recreation photography', I usually take both the R2 (or QL17, S3, etc depending on mood) and a small dgital P&S. I use the P&S for playing around and experimenting, and use the R2 when I find something worthy of more effort. Typically, I'd only take one lens, or possibly two at most, and a couple rolls of film. The combination of the R2 and the digital P&S allow me to travel very light. This outfit comes with me most of the time I'm out of the house, where I would normally leave the SLR's behind. So its expanded my photography time by filling in when I normally wouldn't carry a camera. And I've gotten a lot of nice shots because of this.

When I want to go really really light, and still have a camera available, its the digital P&S in the front pants pocket. Very small, very light, and excellent quality for what it is. I can record up to the equiv of 4 rolls of film all with excellent 8x10 print quality. Not bad for something that is smaller than a 1/2 pack of smokes.
 
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Here here Rover,

My trusty 1957 Hasselblad 500C still gets taken out, in fact it's seen more film since Rover's Bessa R arrived <blush>.

I'm very much the right tools for the right job kinda of guy.
I looked at a Fuji 645 RF last year and the only thing that stopped me from buying it was I couldn't see a use for it. Simple as that. I've taken few architectual shots on my RFs, but being trainned with large format view cameras I find myself picking holes in my work ("that vertical is not right", "DOF could be better", "ergh!, grain" etc).

Plus I've never taken my Bessa Rs or Canonets into the studio, so I have no idea if the PC sockets work or not!

So in short, no, RFF influence does not make me give up on other types of camera.

Stu :)
 
Peter, your queston was the point of my post. Since joining up here at RFF, I have definitely selected a RF camera to take with me more often instead of my MF cameras that I really should be using to get those bigger negatives to print. There are times though that a RF camera is the best choice, like going to the fair or downtown for people photography.
 
Stu :) said:
Proud User of:
Two Bessa Rs, Canonet QL17, Hasselblad 500c, Polaroid 180 & 120, Linhof Technika IV and a Toyo 810G
Click to expand...

I loved shooting with the Toyo810G. I used one while doing work for a museum and art dealer. It was fun work until he told me how much some of the paintings I was photographing were worth (many north of $5m each). I immediately increased my insurance :)

But staring at a 8x10 transparency is something to behold!! Even after many many shots, it was still exciting to see the transparencies each time I opend the box.
 
i can honestly say that rff has had no influence on what i shoot with.
i have not owned a slr for many years now, even my medium format was a rf.

it has, however, influenced how often i shoot, in that, i am shooting more now than i have in awhile. been invigorated by my new cameras and youse guys.

joe
 
No, I had already made the switch. The trigger event for me was a comprehensive failure of batteries on my Nikon F3/MD-4 rig and panic grabbing of the RF+90mm lens for a Christmas card portrait session. I got some great pictures out of the session and that sealed the deal. Haven't used the F3 since.
 
Like Joe, RFF has no influence at all on what I'm shooting with. I grab the camera based on what I will be shooting and what else I'm going to carry that day. I still consider SLR as my main camera. Now, I've got 13 slots in my PM Inbox so, quick, be the first 13 to send your hate message to me! :D
 
You obviously haven't seen the other posts about how great the people are here. Your hate mail just won't arrive.

(although, I'll send you one if it will make you feel better, as long as you understand that I won't mean it!)
 
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