You know you're a rangefinder nut when...

[back alley]

you have 2 sp cams and one of them is black!!!???

i think i'm green with envy!

joe

 

[Rich Silfver]

🙂

Here is a 'legend' for those that are curious about what is what:

1 Olympus 35 LC

2 Olympus 35 LC

3 Olympus 35 DC

4 Olympus 35 SP (chrome)

5 Olympus 35 SP (black)

6 Olympus 35 Trip (chrome, metal shutter release)

7 Olympus 35 Trip (black)

8 Olympus 35 ECR

9 Olympus 35 EC2

10 Olympus 35 EC (chrome)

11 Olympus 35 EC (black)

12 Olympus 35 ED

13 Olympus XA-2

14 Olympus 35 RC

15 Olympus Quickmatic EEM

 

[oftheherd]

You know you're a rangefinder nut when you buy a camera accessory for a camera you don't have - because you know that sooner or later, you will have it.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

Wow. I was posting in another forum and realized I had done something similar. About 15 years ago I bought a 7/15 "spot" attachment and an enlarging attachment for the Gossen Luna Pro. I didn't go ahead and get one as I still had a working Sekonic l28c2 (you know, they just don't make things like they used to. All I did was drop it).

Welll, I recently acquired a Gossen Luna Pro for a song and dance (amazing when you consider I dont sing or dance). I don't imagine I will ever have a darkroom again, but who knows. So, bmattock, don't dispair, WE know what we are doing, whether our wives do or not.😀

 

[Oldprof]

🙂

Here is a 'legend' for those that are curious about what is what:

1 Olympus 35 LC
2 Olympus 35 LC
3 Olympus 35 DC
4 Olympus 35 SP (chrome)
5 Olympus 35 SP (black)
6 Olympus 35 Trip (chrome, metal shutter release)
7 Olympus 35 Trip (black)
8 Olympus 35 ECR
9 Olympus 35 EC2
10 Olympus 35 EC (chrome)
11 Olympus 35 EC (black)
12 Olympus 35 ED
13 Olympus XA-2
14 Olympus 35 RC
15 Olympus Quickmatic EEM

You are one sick puppy! 😀

 

[SolaresLarrave]

More traits that reveal you're a RF nut:

You get up in the middle of the night to "exercise" the shutters of your cameras.

You're watching a movie and let out a cry of "What a beautiful bokeh!" when you see a good head shot (that has it!).

You relish the attention you get because nobody can figure out your camera... or because some (few) can.

(As a funny experience, when I was in Barcelona, a fairly attractive young woman stared at me, a bit more intensely than I would have imagined. I felt great 🙂! However, as I walked, I noticed she was rather looking at my chest, where I had my black Leica, sporting the old Elmar lens that makes it look a bit anachronistic... Oh, well... 🙁)

 

[bmattock]

More traits that reveal you're a RF nut:

(As a funny experience, when I was in Barcelona, a fairly attractive young woman stared at me, a bit more intensely than I would have imagined. I felt great 🙂! However, as I walked, I noticed she was rather looking at my chest, where I had my black Leica, sporting the old Elmar lens that makes it look a bit anachronistic... Oh, well... 🙁)

I get stared at all the time - I can never figure out why!

 

[SolaresLarrave]

Hey, good bokeh, Bill!!! 😛

 

[taffer]

(As a funny experience, when I was in Barcelona, a fairly attractive young woman stared at me, a bit more intensely than I would have imagined. I felt great 🙂! However, as I walked, I noticed she was rather looking at my chest, where I had my black Leica, sporting the old Elmar lens that makes it look a bit anachronistic... Oh, well... 🙁)

Well I must say I've had not too much luck with classic cameras as babe magnets... that's of course 'cos I haven't used a lot my Rolleicord yet, so girls, be prepared, here I go 😎

Oscar

 

[SolaresLarrave]

Oscar, all it takes is to walk nonchalantly, act like the world is yours and just hold your camera very casually, very naturally. They won't fail to spot it!

And how about spotting the camera holder? That's another story, it seems... 🙂

 

[wierdcollector]

Hi Francisco,
Not sure if even that works. Yesterday I used my Exa w/Meritar, the day before my Retina ll w/Ektar, and today my Mir w/Jupiter 8. All classics and although I spoke to several women each day, all they noticed was the 85 pounds of pure spoiled rotten canine trotting along beside me. Oh well, at least they stopped to chat about something. Shhh, don't tell my wife.

 

[SolaresLarrave]

Talk about conflictive attention sources here... A nice dog and an interesting camera. Not a winning combination, Curt.

Yeah, sure, and this is the expert talking... 😱

 

[taffer]

returning to the original thread... you know you're a rf nut when...

... you're in abstract calculus models class this afternoon, the teacher projects a slide, starring Alan Turing as an introduction to his Turing Machine. But I was already trying to figure out what kind of camera could have been used to take that portrait...

they won't ask that on the exam, I'm afraid 😛

Francisco, I don't know if I'll be able to remember your advices and still take pictures, seems difficult to do both things at a time 😀

 

[Oldprof]

You are a rangefinder nut if you have learned how to frame your shots to correct for parallax errors with closeup subjects. 😎

 

[Oldprof]

You are a rangefinder nut if you have learned how to frame your shots to correct for parallax errors with closeup subjects. 😎

Gee Oldprof, that was the truest and most perceptive response so far. The vast majority of rangefinder photographers will be able to relate to that! You must be a real rangefinder nut!

 

[back alley]

hhhmmm, you may be an rf nut when you start talkin to yourself about rf nuts.😉

joe😀

 

[Wayne R. Scott]

You know you are a RF nut when your wife has your photo on her desk and it looks like this:

Wayne

 

[Doug]

Good comment, Oldprof! It could be rephrased something like "You're a real RF nut when you've learned not to lop off important parts of the subject at short distances!"

On the Babe Magnet issue, I can't offer anything useful except to note the Fuji GS645S's unusual "roo-guard" crash bar around the lens does draw some attention, but just from other guys with cameras! :-(

 

[bmattock]

Brian, you're right! Only a true rangefinder nut would know that instinctively. And only a special kind of RF nut at that - gotta be into the Nikon/Contax rare air.

Congratulations, my fine young cannibal; you're a true RF nut!

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

 

[SolaresLarrave]

You're a true RF nut when you can figure out the subtle differences between lens mounts, like Brian did above.

Or... when you get to really like bokeh and try to get it against all odds!

 

[bmattock]

You're a true RF nut when you can figure out the subtle differences between lens mounts, like Brian did above.

Or... when you get to really like bokeh and try to get it against all odds!

I have to agree with your last statement as well!

I am just a babe in the woods when it comes to photography - I have so much to learn! But I am finally past that part where one strives for correct exposure. I am working on good composition, which of course is the next step. Then, as things progress, I find that I can concentrate on things like 3 dimensional thinking - which includes intentionally rendering backgrounds out-of-focus.

But at the moment, I find I still have portraits of people with lamps and trees growing out of their heads! Bad Bill! Bad Bill!

Best Regards,

Bill (Lampshade) Mattocks