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    great small rangefinder suggestion

    in Leica and Rangefinders

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    akward = awkward<p>

    <i>best possible compromise in ergonomics, lens quality and dimensions</i><p>

    Marco, there is no such thing as a best compromise - only you can decide which compromise works best for *you*. I suggest you make a priority list. And, again, why is "manual focus" important to you? All the Rollei's (35S, etc.) are outstandingly compact, sharp and... manual. But if you need fast, reliable focussing you're better of with an AF.

    great small rangefinder suggestion

    in Leica and Rangefinders

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    Don't know why manual focus is important to you, but the Konica Hexar AF (with an excellent AF, that can be mastered - and, if needed, in a slightly akward way manually overridden...) is a true alternative, otherwise.<p>

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    Black and White Street Photography.

    in Street & Documentary

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    Hi Eugene, while I'm happy about our offline shortcut I politely wish to open the "case" once again. I doubt there is _one_ truth about color vs. b&w, there are as many as there are individuals, both photographers and viewers, blessed with a visual sensitivity, taste and education. I guess that, for instance, among those who started out in photography in the digital age when the availability and workability of color became a veritable non-issue, who, so to speak, "skipped" both, the analog as well as the b&w upbringing, there are many who see little point in looking back, i.e. getting involved in techniques that, at first sight, appear antiquated, limiting and cumbersome.<p>On the other hand, who, like myself, has been initiated to the miracle of photography at age 14, in a wet b&w darkroom, ultimately becoming the creator of an image throughout it's entire process from seeing it, taking it, developing it to printing it, it's a slightly different matter. It is deeply routed in the way I _can_ (but don't necessarily need to) actually see, perceive, relate. And not a cliche.<p> For me, each evolution in photography that has happened ever since has been welcomed as an addendum, a broadening of view, not a substitute. Color photography, in the form of slides I used to develop myself, has been with me ever since the Seventies, from before Egglestone had even started being published, let alone famed in Europe. And the perfection of digital capture with all its obvious advantages has been tried and tested throughout its evolution and partly adopted in my everyday work.<p>To sum it up, I'm happy about the technical choices available nowadays, as much as about the heritage that I have had a chance to develop amongst (and against). I humbly believe that I can see and create both, color as b&w pictures, simply because of this personal background of mine. And I doubt that I am so much unique in this. ;-)<p>Another thing, though, that I have been observing whenever out in the street with a camera. I tend to see just the pictures that my camera/emulsion will be best at capturing, somehow filtering out the rest. I rarely see a color shot when out on Neopan 400, or a b&w shot when the Lumix is in my pocket. But, basically, on my retina there are receptors for both... :-)<p>

     

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    Black and White Street Photography.

    in Street & Documentary

    Posted

    yada, yada...<p>

    <i>Jeff Spirerphoto.net hero photo.net patron, Nov 20, 2007; 12:40 p.m.

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    I find that the amount of black and white street photography that is shown makes the good color work really stand out.</i><p>

    I find that the amount of bad to average street photography makes the good work really stand out - perfectly independent from color or monochrome. There's bad color street photography as well as bad b&w street photography. And there is good work in both media (I prefer that term to "technology"). To think of b&w as cliche'd is cliche'd. To think of color as plain and simple is plain and simplistic. Prefering one over the other is a matter of style, taste and sensitivity. Some people can see and work in both.

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