I had a question; I know due to the lack of a mirror flip-up and
causing kind of a micro jerk on your part, and because it's a focal
plane blade shutter, it's easier to hold a rangefinder steady. The
OM's are compact but have "heft" and so it's not too bad to hold
steady.
My question is, do you think I can hold a camera for at least 1
fstop or more because it's a rangefinder vs. an SLR??
I can hold 1/30th on my 50mm very well, (probably comes from all
those years of shootin' a gun, steady hands) but I'm wondering if I
can dip down to say, 1/15th if it were a rangefinder instead of a
SLR.
I have held 1/15th on my 28mm with no problem, the 1/8th speed was a
bit much and came out soft..
I was looking to buy an Xpan, but now that I have had time to
rethink it, it seems a bit of a hype and gimmick, for a lot of $$$..
I was thinking, hey, if I were to buy an xpan, why not just buy a
Mamiya 7??? But since it's fastest shutter speed is 1/500th, and
the lenses (medium format) start generally around f/4, I thought
there would be situations (with something like ISO100 film) that
would really drop that shutter speed way down.
I can generally on my OM, hold my camera steady for 1 stop below the
1/focal length rule, but that's about it.
Let me know what you guys think of the Mamiya 7, and rangefinders
vs. SLR's in general with respect to how slow of a shutter speed can
be handled on each.
My gf can't hold 1/125th steady... so....
Albert
With an SLR you have mirror, shutter, and automatic aperture in
motion. With a rangefinder, just the shutter. I think a leaf
shutter in the lens is less of a disturbance than a focal plane
shutter. You can feel a little jerk even with a Leica. You are
lucky to even hear a modern leaf shutter. Probably the bigger and
heavier the camera the less disturbance from the shutter, although
the lenses may be slower erasing some of the advantage.
--
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California
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