<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm doing some research on the topic of street photography and
the question has several parts. The first, to keep it on topic,
is what Pentax camera and lens(es) make the best street shooting
combo and why? Pop Photo just did and article on street
photography and mentioned the K1000 and a 50mm f2, if I remember
correctly, as a good option if you can't run out and buy a Leica
M7.
Hi Jim and all,
First, thanks to Frank, Tan, Tom and Shel (and others?) for
mentioning me, you made my day!
Second, back to Jim's questions. I think somebody already
mentioned the MX+40/2.8 combo, a very good and small way to do
street (or whatever you may call it) photography. About the
K-1000, for a very long time it and a 50/1.7 were my main,
carry-everywhere, equipment, although I have to say that 90% of
the pictures I take in the streets are (and were) made with a
Yashica T5 (T4 Super, a T4 before then), which is unbeatable due
to its waist level finder. Sometimes I do avoid completely to
use any of its finders and simply point the camera in the
direction of the scene, I have enough experience to know quite
well what will be in the frame.
The level of noise from the camera is not that important unless
you live in a very silent city...
I wouldn't compare directly a rangefinder camera to an SLR. An
interesting advantage of the Leicas (and other 'ancient looking'
cameras) is their unconspicuous look.
> The second part would be who is your favorite street shooter,
past or present, and why?
I would be guilty not mentioning HCB and Robert Doisneau, but I
must say that a photographer that inspired me when I was
beginning is Alain Volut, a Naples-based French photographer,
with its work 'Dietro l'angolo', literally 'Around the Corner'.
Why? Well, I guess the way he was able to catch the soul of the
streets of Naples, without being rhetorical.
Ciao,
Gianfranco
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