I'm primarily a film shooter using lenses in the 24-85mm range myself. If you normally use 2-3 primes and spend most of your time with a 35 or 50mm lens and switch to the wider or longer lens on occasion, the RF is just about ideal unless you do a lot of close-up work. Note a 24mm lens needs an auxilliary finder on most RF's, generally the widest framelines are 28mm or 35mm. You want your widest framelines to match your first or second most heavily used lens.
I actually do shoot an RF, I've got a Voigtlander Bessa R with 35, 50 and 85mm lenses (I use the 90mm framelines for the 85). I'll probably add a CV 25/4 at some point to that kit. Right now I shoot probably 20 rolls a year with it (out of 90 or so rolls of 35mm a year). If you tend to use more lenses in that range or shoot mostly within the 60-85mm range I'd stick with an SLR. An RF;s 75 & 90mm framelines tend to be a little small and working with longer than 50mm lenses is better left to a SLR if done in large doses. Additionally RF's are more accurate at focusing the wider the lens is and SLR's are the opposite. -Adam On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 1:39 AM, Andrew Allen <[email protected]> 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. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
