The long and difficult learning of rangefinder shooting.

[Richard Black]

Good habits or routines can prevent these most of the time. Like mentioned before, take the cap off and put in your shirt or what have you. The focus issue trips me up more often than not and I considering the hyperfocal method of focusing to avoid this issue. Any practitioners of that method?

 

[Pherdinand]

Happened to me several times, that I took the lenscap off and put it in my shirt pocket, it stayed there for a few hours and then I was so sad that I have lost it!!! :bang:

 

[Pherdinand]

The best thing invented so far, to avoid finger in the frame is a lens hood, by the way.

 

[MCTuomey]

AFTER reading this thread yesterday, I just shot half a roll at one of my son's school functions through my R2A with the wrong framelines up. Changed right away from a 35mm to a 50mm and just kept shooting. After about 15 photos, it kinda sweeps over me, "Gee, things feel kinda wide with this 50." Doh.

I'm hopeless.

But the real story is that my son told me not to take "the big cameras" with me. He was nervous about making a presentation on Edvard Munch and getting photographed. He then said it'd be okay if I brought "the little black one." That's my boy!

 

[Nikon Bob]

Another one for I left the lens cap on and just today too. That getting into a routine of removing the lens cap when you pick the camera up is good advice. Someday I may remember it.

Bob

 

[Huck Finn]

Guilty as charged. :bang:

 

[back alley]

this is why i don't use lens caps.

keep a hood on at all times, even in the camera bag. 'nuff protection that way.

joe

 

[Nikon Bob]

Joe

A 21 CV has precious little in the way of a lens hood so I'll just have to get into a routine.

Bob

 

[kbg32]

I avoid all this by using the hyperfocal distance at the aperature I need and shooting with one hand!

 

[Theo-Prof]

My problem is that I am always trying to meter through the lens cap. However, it soon occurs to me what is wrong and I feel so stupid. This problem is certainly a better one to have than actually shooting with the cap on.

As far as focusing is concerned I am a firm believer in hyperfocal focusing. I started doing this several years ago with my landscape photography and it has just stayed with me. Granted, I only have the 35/2.5 and 15/4.5 lenses for my Bessa-R. If I had a 50, 75, or 90 I would probably forget to focus too.

Kevin

 

[BJ Bignell]

My problem is that I am always trying to meter through the lens cap. However, it soon occurs to me what is wrong and I feel so stupid. This problem is certainly a better one to have than actually shooting with the cap on.

Hah, I do this all the time. Never shot with the lens cap on, though. Had a few fingers in the way with the 21, too. Never screwed up the framelines. The only time I forget to focus is with the 21. I usually set the metering using the Bessa RF, and then switch to the 21mm VF for framing. Everything looks good, so I shoot! :bang: I'm trying to make a habit of setting the focus to 1m (indoors) or 1.3/2m (outdoors) as soon as I mount the lens, so I'm somewhat covered.

I've only had this camera since December. It's likely that I'll begin doing these silly things soon, now that I've declared that I don't have these problems. 😱