Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 31/7/00 11:58 am, BOB KRAMER at BobKramer@COOPERCARRY.com wrote: > [BOB KRAMER] If you actually try this, you might be surprised at > how quickly you are challenged as to why you are taking a picture. You > very likely will be perceived as trying to hide the fact you are taking > pictures, and that will sound a major alarm to many people. Even when > looking down into a waist level finder, you still are working the controls > of the camera, so your intent is very obvious. Please do not try this > technique Dan. We like you and don't want to see you get your butt kicked! > :-) > > Bob (been shooting in the street for 20 years and hasn't been > smacked yet) Kramer I think there is good advice on both sides here. I certainly agree that if you are using a WLF it is important to be very open about what you are doing... don't sneak behind a lamp-post. That's one of the reasons I wouldn't use a WLF with a Leica. However, on a Rollei it's the way the darn thing works, and it's an interesting old fashioned looking camera, so I think you might get good results from just basically standing in the middle of the street photographing. For example, I find it next to impossible to photograph people waiting at bus stops from the front, because they all turn away when you do it. I suspect that with a Rollei they would look at you with slightly bemused interest. - -- Johnny 'never been smacked HARD while street shooting' Deadman http://www.pinkheadedbug.com