Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 04/17/2001 12:05:50 PM, you wrote: <<A waist level viewfinder such as i use on my Rolleiflex 2.8 F TLR and Hasselblads has me shooting from the hip in a way which frees me from burying my head in a camera box. In many ways i get shots and so in effect shoot faster than i do with any eye level camera, format aside. Nothing beats being face to face with what one is shooting.>> I am confused by this, Mark. Doesn't "face to face" describe viewing through a direct (Leica-like) finder? <<When they're coming at you from all directions; when the pies are in the air: waist level viewfinder cameras are where I'd like to be. You can see em coming and either go for the shot or duck. >> My Rollei TLR technique when surrounded by unruly and sometime hazardous events was to use the sports finder. I felt it safer, if less precise, to view directly without any ground glass or other intermediary. A 35 mm RF would also have been satisfactory, but in Olden Days I didn't always have one, being a serial camera owner then. Allen Zak