So...why hate SLR's?

I agree, we probably all shoot SLRs. It's just a joke. I have 7 or 8 SLRs, 7 RFs, and probably 7 scale focus. Each and everyone gives me pleasure in some way (even my AF,AE 35mm cameras). This forum is about RF gear, and film use (with a little digital thrown in). I would come here if I didn't even have an RF camera. Sit back, relax and enjoy the members (and their knowledge).
 
I agree that the nice thing about this place is that it doesn't revolve around SLR's ... 'cause we do love our Leicas, Kievs, Hexars, Ikons etc etc ... but deep down we all know in our hearts that they're actually a better design than a rangefinder and can do anything a rangefinder does with capabilities to spare!

Look through the viewfinder of an Olympus OM with a fresh bright screen, check the size and weight against any of your rangefinders and tell me it's not true! :p
 
BigSteveG said:
Slr's are great....they're very useful....really....they make great doorstops....targets for range practice...paperweights....projectiles to throw at my idiot neighbors....dog toys...fishing weights....impromptu hammers...oh yeah, they can used to make images. Sometimes I forget.
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You forgot neck exercisers.
 
I actually find thatmy 35mm SLR(nikon fm2n) is being neglected a lot since I got the leica m4 with 35 summicron. Now I use my new bronica sqai more and more for my slr needs.
 
While my first love will always be rangefinders, I do enjoy some quality time with an SLR. Currently, that's a Pentax K10D, used with a few older m42 lenses (including the 85/1.8 takumar and a 135/3.5 zeiss).
I like working with the M8 and the K10D at the same time - the M8 loaded with a 28mm or 35mm and the Pentax loaded with a telephoto. I feel like it takes advantage of the strengths of both camera types.
 
I don't get it either. I also don't get all the mean comments and general low class sniping that occurs on this forum. A camera is just a tool, and some perform their function better than others. One would think that these forums would be a place to learn something about photography. Instead we are stuck w/ a lot of off the wall "personalities". They should rename the site to Ego Maniac Forum.
 
blw, "Zut alors!" .... uh what's that Francais all about ;D

mabelsound "That's not to say I don't feel extra hip shooting with a Robot Star" you should be talking that camera and stop worrying about us dangerfielding SLR's

Personally I'd like to take this to another level.... no respect for 35mm. I'm going whole hog into 120, no more puny film for me! So stand back SLR people.
 
myoptic3 said:
I don't get it either. I also don't get all the mean comments and general low class sniping that occurs on this forum. A camera is just a tool, and some perform their function better than others. One would think that these forums would be a place to learn something about photography. Instead we are stuck w/ a lot of off the wall "personalities". They should rename the site to Ego Maniac Forum.
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First you bemoan the "mean comments and general low class sniping" and then you go on to label the forum and its members as ego maniacs. Sounds like a case of "do as I say, not as I do" syndrome. Lighten up.
 
I have several SLR's and love them dearly. The Contaflex & T90 are both insanely great classic cameras even if in rather different ways.

That said, it's my Contax II that I carry everywhere. And when the passion strikes for something else, it's almost always one of my LF cameras that goes out before the SLR's.

It's not "hate" by any means but, rather, the fact that the folks who hang out here tend to prefer to shoot in ways that use an RF's strengths rather than those of an SLR. There are many very good reasons to use a SLR &, in the modern world, a DSLR probably makes even more sense (can I have an FD compatable one please, Mr. K-san?) OTOH, I love the old CZJ glass I get to use.

HTH,

William
 
It's funny how much RFF'ers hate SLR's. Every time I list a Nikon F for sale they are clamoring to take it off my hands - thoughtful of them :)

BTW here's my most recent list of SLR's with superb viewfinders:

Olympus OM-1 (and variants)- especially with the Beattie Intenscreen

Contax RTS (version II as I recall)

Nikon F2 (breathtaking really)

I just bought a Bessaflex TM, but not had a chance to rate it, but I have high hopes. I'm certain there are others!
 
I hate all cameras because there is no such a thing as a perfect camera. RF, SLR, view camera, TLR... they're nothing but nuisance that one has to put up with in order to make pictures.
 
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