Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Francesco - What you have to do is take a deep breath, and realize that street photography with an M - or any camera - is an entirely different art form from studio or location controlled shooting. It is possible to frame well - as you note Eric's PJ work attests. Actually, the frame lines of the rangefinder - even with the 35 - make it much more suitable to street shooting than a reflex, because you are reminded to frame! You can see what's in the frame, and what isn't. Cropping isn't for street shooting. Cropping is for people who forget to frame properly, which is to say it's basically a crutch....(and that doesn't mean it's not a crutch I don't use once and a while ;-) ) B. D. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Francesco > Sanfilippo > Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 9:39 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: [Leica] using my M6HM > > > I guess street shooting is just inherently less controlled, since > obviously you have no control over subject or situation or > lighting. Maybe that's what cropping is for! It just seems that > PJs like Eric Welch can shoot with something like a 19mm-R and > almost always end up with near-perfet composition....that is > my goal. > > Francesco Sanfilippo > francesco@incsystems.com > Webmaster & Network Administrator, > InContact Systems, MentorU.Com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Nathan > > Wajsman > > Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 2:08 PM > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: Re: [Leica] using my M6HM > > > > > > Dan, > > > > I wonder if Francesco's problem has more to do with the > > changed style of > > photography. The glamour that he was doing before provides > > a lot of control--you > > pose the model, arrange the lights etc. Now he is shooting > > on the street, and of > > course you cannot have the same level of control, and you > > do not have the time > > either. This weekend I participated in a landscape photo > > workshop. I was using > > my M6 on a tripod, taking the time to really look at the > > scene in the finder, > > move the camera around to get things just right etc.--this > > kind of very > > deliberate working mode is very new to me. So Francesco may > > be experiencing the > > reverse of that. > > > > Nathan > > > > Dan S wrote: > > > > > Francesco, I have had the same experiece with my M6. The > > accuracy of the > > > frame lines in the 35mm setting leaves a bit to be > > desired. You have to get > > > used to moving in a little farther than the viewfinder > > indicates to get the > > > shot you are looking for. > > > > > > I have taken to using an old Imarect finder when I shoot > > with a 35. Its > > > image is more "accurate" and it better represents the diminishing > > > perspective that a wide angle lens gives. The M > > viewfinders just don't > > > communicate that perspective as well (opinion). > > > > > > Best Wishes > > > Dan States > > > > > > > > > > >Hi all...... > > > > > > > >I have not been making photographs as much as I used to. > > > >As you know, I used to do glamour photography for a living > > > >before I got this new position as Internet Developer. Now > > > >I barely have time to go out shooting even on weekends. > > > >When I do go out, I can sense the lack of practice and I > > > >can see it in my results. I shot a few rolls at the local > > > >street fair 2 weekends ago, and this past weekend I shot > > > >some rolls at a sidewalk painting charity event AND a > > > >local Oktoberfest event. > > > > > > > >I have been shooting exclusively with an M6HM and a 35/2 ASPH > > > >and I am finding too much fluff and garbage around the edges of > > > >my negatives. Feet, arms, halves of other bodies, > > halves of trees, > > > >pieces of trash on the ground, you get the idea....... > > > >Essentially I am wondering if the problem is with me not > > scoping out > > > >the frame completely enough or not moving in tight > > enough? Should > > > >I move to a 50/2 lens as my one, single lens? Is it > > easier to quickly > > > >study the frame with the 50 since the frame window is smaller and > > > >centrally located? > > > > > > > >Francesco Sanfilippo > > > >francesco@incsystems.com > > > >Webmaster & Network Administrator, > > > >InContact Systems, MentorU.Com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > > > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > -- > > Nathan Wajsman > > Overijse, Belgium > > > > General photo site: http://belgiangator.tripod.com/ > > Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/ > > Motorcycle site: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/1704/ > > > > > > >