Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Rangefinder

My attempt and inspiration to test a rangefinder comes after looking at the works of HCB (mentioned in my first post) and several others famous street photographers. A friend of mine suggested some posts on online photography magazines that talk about improving digital photography skills by using a rangefinder for a year as a teacher. One of them posted on Online Photographer, talks about using Leica film rangefinder using a prime lens for an entire year, and guarantees the learner to be a better photographer. Another post, talks about using any rangefinder (in his case Contax IIa film) and experiment to become a better street photographer.

I wasn't fortunate enough to afford the pricey Leica M7, but one of my friends was kind to let me borrow his Konica Auto S2 film rangefinder. I am yet to develop my first roll to explore if this is what I've been really looking for. I am super excited about this opportunity to shoot film

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