Out On The Range
Posted by sepial at December 19th, 2006
Yes, I do often ramble on about what I believe to be the superiority of film cameras for candid portraiture, but if I were a sincere snob I’d discard my electronically enhanced SLRs for rangefinders instead and develop all my own film. This post is an excuse to revisit one of my favourite gallery sites.
The rangefinders used by the real masters of street photography, of which the most famous are those made by Leica aren’t just small and light; they’re amazingly quiet. But you really need to know your stuff to handle one of them with confidence. (There are also photographers who are skeptical about the claimed advantages of going old-time.)
The guys on this site, however, do know their stuff and do believe the hype. They make their case with some lovely galleries of magical images they capture with their anachronistic tools. This, for example, is a beauty, but some of my other favourites [note that links might be slow to respond] are here, here, here, here [Not Safe For Work], here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.