The problem with rangefinders is that >

[markjwyatt]

The problem with rangefinders....long lenses are a bitch to use. And by long, 90mm and above.

True. I just got a pre-war Zeiss Jena 135mm f4 Sonnar, and it is unbelievably heavy. I find it too long for most of my shooting, so that is less of an issue for me for most purposes.

 

[GarageBoy]

Mamiya 7 is close to no sound as possible

I always worry if it's working

The Nikon F6 is the humble elder of the SLR world - snap and a quiet white

Want to hear agricultural equipment? Pick up anything Warsaw bloc

 

[mpaniagua]

... I can't hear my Retina IIa out of my right ear at all these days, and my left probably isn't far behind.
Phil Forrest

LOL sadly I'm on that wagon 🙂 Eyes and ears getting a bit worse each yeah.

 

[Bill Clark]

Flash sync with focal plane shutter leaves a little to be desired.

 

[markjwyatt]

Flash sync with focal plane shutter leaves a little to be desired.

For that purpose Kodak Retina's are good. I have a Reflex IV, but a IIIc/C/ would be better. Leaf shutter SLR with interchangeable lenses.

 

[oftheherd]

All the shipboard US Navy photographers mates used Pentax 67s for aerial shots from helicopters since the late 80s. Hanging out a helo door a thousand feet from the water is one of those places where the 67 doesn't sound loud at all...
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I hope they at least gave you a monkey strap. Or maybe when I had to hang out the back of a Chinook, the US Army crew was just more anxious to avoid the ton of paperwork they would have had to generate if I fell out. 😡

I was using a Fujica ST 901 so it was easy compared to that cannonball you were carrying.

The problem with rangefinders is.....you can take a photograph with the lens cap on.

Some of my best photographs have been made under those same circumstances. 😀

The problem with rangefinders....long lenses are a bitch to use. And by long, 90mm and above.

Ever try a Pentax SLR 1000mm lens. Fine photo takers but are best used when mounted to a jeep. 😛

 

[ornate_wrasse]

I find the most annoying sounding shutter of all my cameras is the one on my Nikon FM2N.
-Tim

I am in total agreement with your comment that the shutter of the Nikon FM2N is annoying. In fact, its loud sound is so annoying to me that I stopped using it when I got my first Leica. I find that I prefer a quiet shutter to a loud one

 

[peterm1]

> they don't make enough NOISE during the shot to give the photographer a sense of accomplishment.

I've been shooting mostly my fixed lens rangefinders lately, with the leaf shutters built into the lenses.

Yesterday, I took delivery a Nikon FG. Today, I went out and shot a roll with it. After having gotten used the fixed lens rangefinders, this thing felt loud and shakey! It's like: CHUCK-CHUCK! instead of *click*.

No WONDER folks like Pentax 67s so much! 😀

Maybe someone will invent an app for that. 🙂
Just press the button on your iphone as you press the shutter button. CLICK. CLACK. CLONK. Whatever sound you select. Jingle Bells maybe 😛😛😛

 

[Highway 61]

The problem with rangefinders is.....you can take a photograph with the lens cap on.

Rangefinder lenses rule #1 : lenses hoods always on (plus some good multicoated UV filters if you fear for your lenses front elements eventually).

Rangefinder lenses rule #2 : front lenses caps stored at home, in a drawer, and never put on the lenses.

 

[Muggins]

The shutter on my Nikkormat ELW sounds so like a guillotine I keep waiting for the plop as the head falls in the basket.

 

[rumbliegeos]

The shutter on my Nikkormat ELW sounds so like a guillotine I keep waiting for the plop as the head falls in the basket.

And a little Konica Autoreflex C I inherited from my father has a shutter and mirror sound like two quick strokes of a large chef's knife on a sharpening steel!