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Wildife Photography with a Rangefinder


rory_edge1

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I used a Leica double stroke M3 with 135mm lens (at 1/1000 sec) and a Mamiya 7

with 150mm lens (at 1/500 sec) to photograph some whales last week. No doubt

this kind of photography is normally done with a digital camera/zoom lens that

can shoot several frames per second. I used what I have, and was surprised to

discover that the Leica and Mamiya worked pretty well. I think that the biggest

challenge was the fact that I hadn't tried photographing whales before, not the

gear.

 

I'd love to see examples of other rangefinder photographs of fast-moving,

unpredictable wildlife to get a sense of what the limits are, or aren't.

 

<center><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/6361414-md.jpg"></center>

<center>Leica</center>

 

<center><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/6361362-md.jpg"></center>

<center>Mamiya</center>

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This may not qualify. Taken from a bridge with Leica's new 28mm f2.8 ASPH lens and Leica M8. First image shows the full frame. The goose had just taken off from the log on the right and I just had time to take a quick photo. So, this qualifies as a quick wildlife photo. Rather boring, though. The second photo to come is a severe crop of the same image, showing how well cropping works with a good lens in place of zooming with a medium quality lens. Serious cropping hardly ever comes up as a way of capturing widelife with a rangefinder camera and wide angle lens. Lens works well, by the way.<div>00MPUm-38257484.jpg.980655907d423fd4409820f303d79515.jpg</div>
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