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Re: [OM] Rangefinders and reflexes

Subject: Re: [OM] Rangefinders and reflexes
From: Tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 23:18:30 -0500
I like the OM for portraits, especially wide aperture. Holding the camera 
vertically, I'm not hiding much of my face behind it, and it's up & down as 
I talk and interact.

tOM

On Monday, January 21, 2002 at 22:46, Skip Williams 
<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote re "Re: [OM] Rangefinders and reflexes" saying:

> Well said.  I find also that using a rangefinder lets me work with the 
> subject more, rather than hiding behind the camera, which is how I feel with 
> an SLR.  But using a RF for landscape somehow isn't very satisfying.  I 
> really need to see the picture with that black frame, just like a 
> transparancy.
> 
> So I like the RF's for candid, people, and GP photography.  And the SLR's 
> for pictorial, macro, landscape, and abstract.
> 
> Skip
> 
> 
> >From: Tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [OM] Rangefinders and reflexes
> >Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 11:42:29 -0500
> >
> >I find rangefinders concentrate your attention on the subject and feel more
> >airy.
> >
> >Reflexes are more liquid, because of the focusing effects, and my attention
> >is more on the picture and the frame and less on the subject.
> >
> >tOM

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