Henri Cartier-Bresson Perspective 50mm

[BrianV]

Some old threads on Photo.net stated that HCB used a 5cm F1.5 Sonnar converted to Leica mount. I found those recently searching for some Sonnar history.

There are a lot of inexpensive RF's out there with parallax-corrected viewfinders. The Yashica Lynx 1000 has a 45/1.8 len and all-manual exposure. Goes for cheaper than the 35 lens for the Canon.

The Walz 35 is another all-manual fixed lens RF, the only one that I know of with a classic (7/3) Sonnar formula lens. 48/19, very sharp.

 

[Solarflare]

Watch this video [...] you will see that he does not have his camera hanging round his neck most of the time it is hidden until he sees the shot, if you go round with an SLR round your neck people will behave different

I only wished I would understand french better lol unfortunately what I learned about that language in school is long lost now.