Thanks Edward, ken.vs.ryu, KL, Akul, Peter & Wayne!
trdonja wrote:
I don\'t have any experience with Leica Mx, but are you saying that same shots that you made, can not be made with Canon 5D? If that is true, what is the technical explanation of that?
No, the other way around. There shots that I could have made with a DSLR that I couldn\'t with an M9. I was for instance limited to 75mm. The longest Leica M lens available is 135mm.
ken.vs.ryu wrote:What bag did you use to carry your gear?
A Domke F-803.
wayne seltzer wrote:
I don\'t understand your comment about the rangefinder allowing you to find different compositions than a DSLR.
Think of it as equivalent to a zoom vs prime thing. Using a prime forces you to move around and you will subsequently find new angles - something that you would not have bothered with a zoom. Same thing here. The focal lenght limitations, the focusing style, the approximate framing with framelines etc all force you to use the camera in a different way than you would a DSLR. So the nature of the camera leads you to take somewhat different photos. On a different level, when you are photographing people you also get very different responses if you point a huge camera at them or a small one.
Jan 10, 2011 at 02:59 AM
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