HCB Appreciation

snusmumriken · 2025-12-05T04:03:05-0500

Don_ih said:
Cartier-Bresson moved on to more practical viewfinders as they became available.

Indeed he did:

Or none at all:

Don_ih · 2025-12-05T05:38:08-0500

Clive is right about the VIDOM, though. It is a very cool viewfinder and can be used to refine your compositions by forcing you to look harder at the entire scene.

Alan Edward Klein · 2025-12-05T09:02:06-0500

snusmumriken said:
Indeed he did:
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Or none at all:

In that first picture, he;s looking through the camera's viewfinder, not the external one. So what does that mean regarding how he composes a picture??

warden · 2025-12-05T10:09:25-0500

Alan Edward Klein said:
In that first picture, he;s looking through the camera's viewfinder, not the external one. So what does that mean regarding how he composes a picture??

There's a clue is in the image. His left hand is focusing while he looks through the camera's viewfinder (where the rangefinder is). Then he can switch to the accessory viewfinder if he wishes.

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