general info on rangefinders?

[Yoricko]

i shoot a bit of everything but mainly sports with my current dslr setup...
will head out and have a look around for a cheap rangefinder this weekend i think...

Remember not sell off your dSLR, rangefinders maximum focal length is only 135mm, and focusing in high speed action is hard (not impossible).

Visit the B&S page and check out used camera shops (tad a bit pricier).

 

[Yoricko]

Just watched all 6 episodes of the documentary and I can see why you're into this Leica hype.
Almost all the photographers (modern ones of course) uses a Leica. Be it a LTM (Leica Thread Mount) or the modern M mount.
And large format is pretty!

Article for you - http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2009/05/a-leica-year.html

 

[rgy1993]

Just watched all 6 episodes of the documentary and I can see why you're into this Leica hype.
Almost all the photographers (modern ones of course) uses a Leica. Be it a LTM (Leica Thread Mount) or the modern M mount.
And large format is pretty!

Article for you - http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2009/05/a-leica-year.html

cheers for the info buddy

very interesting article...
reminds me of how i started off with my old yashica slr... completely manual.. teaches you all the fundementals of shooting since you only really get like one shot at everything haha

 

[Royale With Cheese]

thanks for the info buddy...
um the series was called the genius of photography originally on national geographic channel, but i have the episodes on my computer...
basically goes through the history of photography from degarro types all the way to the modern dslr... and the leica is a big part as it was used for a long time to cover things like wars and stuff...

anyway..
back on topic..
what about a minolta hi matic f? i've seen a few around quite cheap...
dont really want to spend much money on a rangefinder for me... just more of a toy to play with at this stage... but never know maybe in the future could be a proud owner of a m8

I would recommand the Canon QL17, excellent camera to start with into entry level RF.

Try it out for a year getting use to the RF system. On a standard sunny day in Singapore, technically the RF can be focusing faster than DSLR easily by using depth of field.

Am not really a fan of the M8 though, perfer films, M7 would be my choice should I have the $$$

Can give the Minolta CL a try if you wanna fork out more $$

 

[rgy1993]

sorry to gravedig a thread...

but yeh little update im getting myself a canonet 28 pretty soon.. any tips for this camera?

cheers..