My first camera was a Voigtlander Vito CD, fixed 50mm lens, with built-in selenium meter and rangefinder. Fine camera, solidly built and with a decent but not exceptional lens. Used that exclusively for about a year, then was introduced to the wonders of SLR photography by a Spotmatic user, so got an SV. For the first five years of my photographic life I never had more than one lens, plus a TC for the SV, and I used B&W film far more than colour. Great training, but I am not sure now that I could assess a scene as well as I did then - one gets out of practice after using modern "wunderkameras" (thanks Adam for that!) for so long.
I still do take an SV with a prime lens, a Russian rangefinder, or a Rolleicord, for a walk now and then, just to keep my hand in. John in Brisbane -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of William Robb Sent: Monday, 1 June 2009 1:58 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: The Leica as a Teacher My first camera was a Fujica 35-ML rangefinder, and I still have it. It's a little gem of a camera dating from the mid 1950s. Since it is a non interchangable lens camera, I was forced into the one lens philosophy of learning composition. I think I am a better photographer for it too. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
