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[doxx]

If I'm not mistaken Leica was the first rangefinder, which paved the way for the photojournalism wave in Eu back in those days right??

All the well known (street) photographers like Cartier-Bresson and
Winogrand have used Leicas

 

[danalec99]

If I'm not mistaken Leica was the first rangefinder, which paved the way for the photojournalism wave in Eu back in those days right??

All the well known (street) photographers like Cartier-Bresson and
Winogrand have used Leicas

I'm ignorant. Does the Leica have lenses like 50mm, 28mm, wide, normal, zoom etc as they have for a SLR?

Did Cartier-Bresson take all those portraits with a rangefinder?

 

[voodoocat]

If I'm not mistaken Leica was the first rangefinder, which paved the way for the photojournalism wave in Eu back in those days right??

All the well known (street) photographers like Cartier-Bresson and
Winogrand have used Leicas

I'm ignorant. Does the Leica have lenses like 50mm, 28mm, wide, normal, zoom etc as they have for a SLR?

Did Cartier-Bresson take all those portraits with a rangefinder?

Yes, there are interchangable lenses. Sometimes the viewfinder will have coverage for wide angle, 50mm and maybe telephoto so you can compose. Otherwise you will need an eyepiece to compensate for the field of view for that lens.

 

[doxx]

As far as I know, Bresson has never used anything else
than a Leica, mostlikely with a 50mm lens.

There are many lenses for Leica available, the M6 with a .72
viewfinder has framelines 35mm, 50mm, and 90mm.

For other lenses with different focal lenghts (wide, super-wide
and telephoto) you'll need to use external viewfinders to frame
the shot.

Honestly a rangefinder performs best with a 35mm or 50mm lens.
Wide is ok, because it's not critical. Long lenses can be a problem
because the image in the viewfinder (it shows just as a fraction
of the viewfinder) is just too small to focus properly. This is SLR
terrain anyway.

There is a Leica zoom lens available, but it's not common at all.

 

[danalec99]

As far as I know, Bresson has never used anything else
than a Leica, mostlikely with a 50mm lens.

There are many lenses for Leica available, the M6 with a .72
viewfinder has framelines 35mm, 50mm, and 90mm.

For other lenses with different focal lenghts (wide, super-wide
and telephoto) you'll need to use external viewfinders to frame
the shot.

Honestly a rangefinder performs best with a 35mm or 50mm lens.
Wide is ok, because it's not critical. Long lenses can be a problem
because the image in the viewfinder (it shows just as a fraction
of the viewfinder) is just too small to focus properly. This is SLR
terrain anyway.

There is a Leica zoom lens available, but it's not common at all.

I adore Bresson's portraits!

Thanks for the info re. the mm. It was merely out of curiousity.

Cheers!

 

[ksmattfish]

I just aquired my first Leica, a Leica III(F) made in 1935. I'm using it with a 3.5cm (before they refered to focal length by mm) f/3.5 Leitz Elmar. I put the first test roll of Tri-X in it about an hour ago, and took a few test shots. You have to modify the film leader to load the camera, and it has these old, European f/stops which are about 1/2 way between the standardized numbers used today. Odd shutter speeds too, but I'm more used to that in other old cameras.

 

[doxx]

hey ks - let's see your Leica pic.s..
How is the 3.5cm Elmar performing?

 

[Jeff Canes]

So, the Leica has not come out with a 'digital rangefinder' yet?

I think Contax will be releasing the first true digital rangefinder. It takes leica mount lenses. will be a 6 megapixel aps sized sensor.

Saw this article about a new D-rangefinder by Cosina/Espon. Whose parent company are they :?:

Digital Rangefinder article for Shutterbug July 2004
http://www.shutterbug.com/features/0704sb_first/

 

[doxx]

The Body is based on the Cosina/Voigtlander Bessa,
it will cost about $2,300. A bit much IMO :shock:

 

[voodoocat]

Ahh Cosina... had that mixed up with Contax.

 

[danalec99]

What type of film is used in Leica M series?

 

[doxx]

35mm

 

[danalec99]

Thanks