kenneth darling soerensen Posted January 21, 2002 Share Posted January 21, 2002 I just discovered this forum 3 days ago after being a reader (mostly) of photo.net for little over a year. I am a great admirerer of the street photography pictures displayed, for instance: <p> http://www.photo.net/photo/427313&size=lg http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=007T0l http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=005sdF <p> I'd like to venture into this kind of photography and have a question regarding equipment. I already have an AF SLR outfit but find it too obtrusive and big to use for this. However I have no intention of investing in further cameras to try this out, so I was thinking of using one of my 70's rangefinders. Some of these have auto-exposure and some have shutter-prority, but what I need is actually aperture-priority, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan engelhardt Posted January 21, 2002 Share Posted January 21, 2002 <p>Kenneth,</p> <p>You don't <em>need</em> aperture priority or anything else. I often use my Voightlander which is manual mode only: pre-set the distance and check the exposure reasonably frequently. Use print-film, of course. <p>That being said, I'd go for aperture-priority of full automatic if I had to use my SLR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grant_. Posted January 21, 2002 Share Posted January 21, 2002 any camera will do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike dixon Posted January 22, 2002 Share Posted January 22, 2002 Any camera that you're comfortable using should work well. I think people notice your behavior more than they do on the kind of camera that you use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenneth darling soerensen Posted January 22, 2002 Author Share Posted January 22, 2002 Thanks for the replies! I'll take one of the RF's and put a roll of Tri-x in it and have a look at what I come by :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd frederick Posted January 23, 2002 Share Posted January 23, 2002 Thinking about street photography, if I ever really get into it, I think I would take my first edition Yashica Electro and use that. It's quiet and really doesn't look quite like a camera! I'm very timid about this and just don't want to be noticed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grant_. Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 recently, ive been using a vivitar focus free that i got in the salvation army for 1.50... film costs more than the camera! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_cunningham2 Posted January 28, 2002 Share Posted January 28, 2002 First of all, it was an honor to see one of my shots come up when I looked at the three photographs you used as your examples. Thank you. <p> As for my advice, just take that 70s rangefinder (whatever it may be), load it with some Tri-X and go out and shoot. <p> For what it's worth, I try to meter off of something "general" in the area I'm shooting and then preset the focus for a distance I'm feeling comfortable with that day, and shoot. The hardest part for me is not feeling "obtrusive." Somedays I feel invisible, other days I feel like everyone within a hyndred yards is staring at me. <p> Good luck, enjoy, and post some results. <p> David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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