[Leica] OT: bronica 645 RF?

[bruent at shaw.ca (Bruce)]

On Nov 13, 2005, Luis Miguel Casta wrote:
> Handheld low-light photography isn't practical with MF as you fall
> into slow speeds quite easily and even a f2.8 lens will require any
> sort of camera support. Under 1/30 your chances to get a handheld
> sharp image are almost null, perhaps a bit higher with the big wides.

While the usual TLR (or RF MF) lens is slower than the typical primes 
used on a 35mm RF, the larger image area and the steadiness of a 
Rolleiflex (or similar camera) makes these less unsuited to low light 
than you imply, and as long as the subject is not moving too much, 
objects on scene (furniture, walls, or a table tripod) extend the lower 
range further This also works with a faster lensed 35mm camera, but it 
is often easier to view with a"braced" TLR. Not strictly hand held, but 
low light and not too restricted for it. In really low light like 
streets at night I would rather use an RF with something faster than 
f/2, but if things are not so dim a MF (at least non-SLR) goes quite 
far.