Street Camera

[GoodPhotos]

I have and love a Canon S90, but in my 'working life' I use Nikon DSLRs. I'm thinking a lot about a P7000. All of the great IQ pluses of my S90, but with HD, an optical finder, a much longer lens and the option to use Nikon's CLS flash system.

 

[Roger Hicks]

I never understood the logic of bringing inferior cameras because you are afraid of them getting stolen..

Same here.

Cheers,

R.

 

[Colin Corneau]

Solution 1: I don't switch from film. I either wetprint or do a hybrid process.

Solution 2: Seems the X100 is the way to go. An RD-1 also.

Solution 3: Cringe if you will but I really like the images I get from my iPhone4 (with the Hipstamatic app). Very unobtrusive.

 

[Juan Valdenebro]

I use my M9, I just make sure I have damn good insurance for all my gear. I never understood the logic of bringing inferior cameras because you are afraid of them getting stolen..

Hi Renzsu,

In my case, I do it for the possible stolen images, not for the possible stolen gear... There's no insurance for stolen images...

And the stolen images include two different ones: a stolen roll inside a stolen camera, and (what I care a lot more about...) a stolen opportunity to keep shooting in a place after you've been seen with an attractive camera...

So, if I don't get my gear stolen, I can photograph, and if I don't attract people, I can photograph. It's about getting more images and more time for them, and being less noticed to keep scenes as natural as possible...

Anyway, if I work at f/8 as I usually do, what's the image quality difference between a superior and an inferior camera? 1%? 0,1%? I mean, considering it's not a tripod sharpness test but handheld fast street shooting... In most cases the difference has no relevance at all in the final result: no decent camera will make an image better or worse... It's the photographer...

My XA can make better images than my Leica or my Hasselblad many times, and that's why my XA is a superior camera many times.

Cheers,

Juan

 

[arnulf]

The M9 is the one I enjoy using the most, not surprisingly. I used to have a G11 and it's a good camera, but after I got an X1 that's the one I end up taking with me the most. It has its weaknesses, no doubt about it, but the iq is fabulous. From what I hear the X100 beats the Leica brother in most areas but I've never tried it.

If Leica could develop a manual focus system for the X2 that is as useable as on the m-system, I would be the first in line to buy it. The X1 is so great to carry around. Very small and unobtrusive.

 

[ampguy]

How about a D700 with 300/f2 lens??

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photo of Jeffrey w/setup:

 

[kbg32]

I use and have used a variety of cameras Leica M ( both digital and film), Ricoh GRD and GX100, Panasonic Lumix LX1, LX3, GF1, and G1. The GF1, GX100, and M9 get used the most these days. Noise doesn't bother me. I compare it to film grain.

 

[arnulf]

How about a D700 with 300/f2 lens??

http://regex.info/blog/

photo of Jeffrey w/setup:

Subtle!.... 😀

 

[mrware]

I'm trying to imagine the fella with the 300 f/2 using Bruce Gilden's technique 😉

 

[RFH]

For digital street shots I mostly use my R-D1, which is amazing, even with my cheap FSU lenses. With the Summicrons the images are beyond par.

Just sold my Ricoh GX100 recently, but for low-ISO images and fast snapshots, it's a great performer with a lot of nice features. And the people at Ricoh sure know how to pick their glass, I can tell you that. Anyway, those tiny sensors have plenty of limitations, and the image quality tends to decrease rapidly once you run into them.

 

[Colin Corneau]

Forgot to add the Lumix LX-3 or LX-5...a really great quality P&S, with great files, and the ability to manual focus (and thereby zone focus, I suppose) and wide angle out to 24mm equivalent.