[Leica] Ted's park bench advice

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

Simpler to use the Nikon F series with a waist level finder if you still
shoot film. An F3 goes for throwaway prices nowadays...
Cheers
Jayanand

On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 4:47 AM, Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at 
gmail.com>wrote:

> Ted' s advice for park bench deception is sage and undoubtedly will lead to
> great street photographs. But for lazy photographers the right angle
> viewfinder is a convenient shortcut. Just about every camera made since
> 1900
> has an available right angle viewfinder. Even Leica. In fact a vintage
> Leitz
> made WINTU finder is currently offered by Green Mountain Camera for $124.
>
> <http://www.gmcamera.com/servlet/the-4200/Leitz-Leica-Wintu-Right/Detail>
>
>
> Many cameras came with right angle finders built in. Robot cameras had a
> viewfinder which would either swivel or could be adjusted for right angle
> viewing by moving a small lever. Leica and most other quality German
> cameras
> had several aftermarket waist level and right angle viewfinders, some of
> which are still available at KEH.
>
> <http://www.nemeng.com/leica/027b.shtml>
>
> I have a tiny right angle finder that fits to the top of my Minox when I
> want to be really sneaky.
>
> Shahn took a number of memorable street type photos using a Leica right
> angle finder during the depression.
>
> <
>
> http://johnedwinmason.typepad.com/john_edwin_mason_photogra/2010/03/shahn-leica-right-angle-viewfinder.html
> >
>
>
> The downside of using these finders is that few permit you to focus the
> camera when shooting to the side. This is hardly a great liability since
> the
> wide angle lenses usually used for street photography have sufficient depth
> of field for guess focusing. But if you really want to avoid most of these
> problems, just use a Rolliflex and turn it sideways.
>
> Larry Z
>
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