Vic,
I am going to keep this post. I will try to address this again after
shooting the IIIf for a while.
I still have a b/w roll in an LX I have to finish,
César
Panama City, Florida
Vic Mortelmans wrote:
Hard to pin down. It's more like a feeling. Rangefinders are more
elementary. In principle, a camera is a body with a shutter holding
film and a lens mounted on it. Of course that's not sufficient for
practical photography (this is basically the definition of a Bessa L).
You need some auxiliaries, like a viewfinder that will show you the
field of view, a rangefinder that will help you estimating subject
distance and a meter that will help you estimating light intensity. In
a rangefinder, the 'auxiliaries' are kept more separate from the
principle camera.
When photographing with a SLR (even be it as simple as a Spotmatic F),
I have the feeling that the camera is taking a picture, when
photographing with a rangefinder, I have more the feeling that I'm
taking the picture myself.
Don't think too much about it, it's probably all instigated by
emotional perceptions....
Groeten,
VIc
Kenneth Waller wrote:
Vic, unleashed this and more...
I think rangefinders are more 'natural' photography equipment.
Interesting comment.
In what way are they more 'natural' photography equipment.
Kenneth Waller
