Fortunately for me, most of what I shoot can be captured in the 40mm-55mm range (in 35mm camera terms).
There are a lot of reasons to use an RF for street photography, including smaller size, quieter shutter, no shutter lag, and quick manual focusing on a spot that you want to be in focus. As for film type RFs out there now, there are only a few...Leica, Zeiss, and Voigtlander. The latter two are made by Cosina in Japan. Stephen Gandy's web site is a great resource for RF cameras. www.cameraquest.com Jeffery On Dec 24, 2010, at 12:39 AM, Andrew Allen wrote: > First, let me say thank you to those who e-mailed me with suggestions > on how to enjoy this mailing list and send some specific messages > straight to the circular file. That being said, I suppose one must > have a thick skin when dealing with any 'open' internet forum. > > Back to photography, I was wondering if anyone has the same affliction > I do; that is, using certain focal lengths almost exclusively. I find > that 90% of my needs are covered by the rough range of 24mm - 85mm > (this being a 35mm equivalent range). That is wide through portrait - > clearly, I don't do any birding or serious sports work. Recently, I > had a friend told me I should try out a RF for my needs - of course > I'd love an M9 - but I've yet to win the lottery. Any thoughts on > this focal length constriction, and the use of a RF for street > shooting versus a DSLR? > > -- > Andrew Allen > Freelance Photographer and Writer > www.andrewallenphoto.com > > -- > 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. -- 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.
