bill Posted August 10, 2009 Share #1 Posted August 10, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) I wouldn't normally start a thread to "self-advertise", but I think my latest ramblings may find some resonance here: Rangefound Regards, Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Michael Hiles Posted August 10, 2009 Share #2 Posted August 10, 2009 Bill, I enjoyed your ramblings. Well written. I also do not like the viewfinders of current DSLRs. The point of the viewfinder, at least for me, is to subtly outline the limits of the picture frame. Everything else is a distraction and annoyance. Happily, the rangefinder is somewhat minimal, supporting the same unified goal. This is why, in my view, the M3 and M2 (and successor) viewfinders simply have not been improved upon. I also like the single frame showing (35 or 50 or 90) - and I am not keen on the additional frames in later viewfinders. Thus my somewhat unbalanced love for my M2 and M3. Regarding Sunny 16 - around here (Québec) it is more like Sunny 8 or maybe 11. On a quite bright day I start with f5.6 and 250th and adjust from there, using XP2 (which I expose for ASA 200). I get pretty solid negatives this way. Cheers, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JE Posted August 10, 2009 Share #3 Posted August 10, 2009 Bill, my IIIF and I enjoyed your latest post. I've never known photography with a meter. Aside from shooting friends dslrs or point and shoot cameras I've only really known my pocketable Leica...(I have had a brief encounter with a Panleica that I quite enjoyed). I remember four years ago finding the IIIF in a box in my uncle's attic along with a Mamiya 330. I'd never heard of either of them, but the choice was simple. The smaller, lighter camera went into my jacket pocket that afternoon. In any case, keep writing and I'll keep reading and nodding along. Jon I Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalkadan Posted August 11, 2009 Share #4 Posted August 11, 2009 Bill - some superb prose. I particularly liked: "It winked at me through the window like a rascally old lady - past her prime but still full of charm, fun and joie de vivre." As the years advance one can only hope to meet such a rascally old lady ;-) Your explanation of the joys of unmetered Leica shooting struck a chord, even though in my case it is a meterless M4 - a modern monster. I am sure that to load one of the III series I shall have to grow another arm. Dan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted August 11, 2009 Author Share #5 Posted August 11, 2009 Thank you for the kind words, gentlemen. I think that simplicity is a much-underrated virtue in today's rush, rush, hurry, hurry, automation is best, world. Regards, Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
masjah Posted August 12, 2009 Share #6 Posted August 12, 2009 Thank you for the kind words, gentlemen. I think that simplicity is a much-underrated virtue in today's rush, rush, hurry, hurry, automation is best, world. Regards, Bill Bill Was it Henri Thoreau who said "Our life is frittered away by detail; simplify, simplify, simplify!"? PS: I agree about the Sunny 16 rule - I use Sunny 11. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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