Why do we shoot 35mm rangefinders?

[dostacos]

because I can!

I am in a Photography class that is mostly digital. They all tend to get a little slack jawed when I talk of pictures without batteries [Pentax S1a, and a meter that has no batteries] and they totally freak out when I mention rangefinders 😀 :dance:

 

[dostacos]

:bang:
No problem. But as far as movies if it does not star Tom Selleck, Sam Elliot, Mel Gibson or Tommie Lee Jones I don't even consider it. Since the era of the great Western matinees wnet out 😡 there are only a hand full of movies I have seen. The best are, IMHO, Quigley down Under, The Sacketts, TR, Lonesome Dove, The last of the Mohicans The Patriot and Braveheart. As you can see I don't do comedy 😉

I found Quigley Down Under VERY funny.... "don't kown where we're goin', but there is no sense in being later geitin' there" Matthew Quigley 😱

 

[Frank Granovski]

Re: "why do you shoot a rangefinder 35mm in today's megapixel world of photography?"

Mainly because they're simple and sharp and no the slapping sound. I guess I grew up with them so nothing else matters except 3 other things. 😎

 

[sf]

why?

why?

Why do we drink fine wine, and smoke fine cigars in a world of Hi-C and Marlboro Ultra Lights? WHy do we buy McConells ice cream when we can buy fat free soy frozen dessert? Or for those of culinary virtues that avoid the vices, why do we still build fires with wood when we have electric heat and on-screen fireplaces? Why do we put our savings into that vintange Corvette when it sucks up so much gas, and Honda makes a cheap, low operating cost, fast little car? Because, we prefer the real thing. That's why.

Like implants. They seem like a good idea, until you find out thet are certainly not.

 

[Pherdinand]

Like implants.They seem like a good idea, until you find out thet are certainly not.

Huh? at this point i lost it...why are they not a good thing? I mean the best thing when the original component does not work properly anymore, and a CLA proves to be insufficient? My sister can walk again due to an implant in her knee. True, the first few months were horrible but things actually did make a u-turn and now it's better and better.

 

[Pherdinand]

By the way...film and gasoline can produce an interesting competition of which will resist longer🙂 or, film rangefinders and corvettes. What do you think?

 

[RObert Budding]

I'll take this as a "Why do you shoot film?" question because I mostly shoot medium format.

The answer, in a word, is workflow. I like to process my own B&W. And I've always loved seing an image magically appear on paper when I'm in the darkroom.

Besides, I use computers during the day. Why would I want to add endless hours in Photoshop to the 30+ hours of weekly screen time that I already log?

Robert

 

[foon]

Huh? at this point i lost it...why are they not a good thing? I mean the best thing when the original component does not work properly anymore, and a CLA proves to be insufficient? My sister can walk again due to an implant in her knee. True, the first few months were horrible but things actually did make a u-turn and now it's better and better.

maybe he means a boob job

 

[Richard Black]

I think it has been said before in this thread but it bears repeating, "because we can". I don't defend my choices on cameras, cars, pipe tobacco, or anything else. I gave that up with adolesence.