And I confess to some morbid curiosity about trying my Crown Graphic on the street, handheld. I think if I'm pushing some 400 speed film 1 or 2 stops I can make a go of it (hyperfocal being more elusive with LF film at lower speeds)
Contax TVS
Ausgezeichnet!I just wrote that my favorite is M3, but favorite P&S is definitely Contax TVS. Pictures from last weekend visit to Berlin, with VTS:
And I confess to some morbid curiosity about trying my Crown Graphic on the street, handheld. I think if I'm pushing some 400 speed film 1 or 2 stops I can make a go of it (hyperfocal being more elusive with LF film at lower speeds)
It worked for Weegee. F8 and be there.
I bought a new one from Chestnut photo in San Fran this July. Just because they were selling new ones! It is a very weird interesting camera, but the only issue I have with it is locating the vf when I bring the camera to eye!
It takes a while..
ECX-1 a magical camera in some ways!
f8 and be there works great on 35mm film. On 4x5 sheets it’ll give me less than a meter DOF at 3m distance. Even at f/22 my DOF will be barely over 2m from a 3m distance.
That's all Weegee had. I can't imagine him holding a Leica.
Andy
I'm not so sure of that:
https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/objects/self-portrait-19
Just when you think you've seen it all....
Still, his fame and portfolio were built on hand held Speed Graphic shots. I use him as an inspiration whenever someone tells me I shouldn't take mine out without a tripod and focusing cloth. I've shot mine many times handheld with rangefinder focus.
Andy
I'm guessing that he used 35mm for at least some of the stills he shot for Dr. Strangelove.Just when you think you've seen it all....
Still, his fame and portfolio were built on hand held Speed Graphic shots. I use him as an inspiration whenever someone tells me I shouldn't take mine out without a tripod and focusing cloth. I've shot mine many times handheld with rangefinder focus.
Andy
I'm guessing that he used 35mm for at least some of the stills he shot for Dr. Strangelove.
This photo confirms it! https://www.straight.com/movies/394076/kubrick-weegee-and-strangelove-meet-again
By the way, the 2013 exhibition reviewed in that article was wonderful!
I took a 1951 Crown Graphic with no rangefinder to the Galapagos and have a couple boxes of chromes to prove that it works just fine hand held. In fact, my Avatar here is a photo of me taken by my companion on that trip.
Here's an example from the Crown Graphic....
Quito - from front of la Basilica del voto nacional
My backup for the trip was a Spotmatic with 50mm f/1.8 S-M-C Takumar. - which I ended up not using at all. I loaned it out to a field biologist on the first day when he dropped and destroyed his camera.
The S3 is a great choice for sure. What lens do you have?I’ll use just about anything I have film in for street photography but I do have some favorites: For years I was very fond of a Petri Color Corrected Super 1.9 (a late-fifties Japanese fixed-lens RF) as my main street shooter. Then I used a Kiev 4a for a while. Then a Nikon S3 became the favorite. A recently acquired Leica M3 might dethrone the Nikon, but we’ll have to see.
For SLRs, I’m fond of the small and quiet Minolta XD-11, East German Pentacon F and Praktina FX and, as Magnus919 mentioned, any TLR is good, too.
All subject to change based upon whim, what I had for breakfast, what’s on top of the pile, etc....
Try Pentax Espio 200, it is even better
50/1.4; the lens that was on it when I bought it. It’s a fantastic lens. At some point I’d like to investigate the other S-mount Nikkors and Voigtlanders but, for now, the 50 is all I have for that camera.The S3 is a great choice for sure. What lens do you have?
I consider myself very lucky to have picked up a Trip in near mint condition for £10-it must have sat in somebody's garage or attic for years , but I've certainly been giving it plenty of use!I have used a variety of 35mm and medium format cameras for SP. But for candids I prefer something small. I have used, with good success, a Canon rangefinder, a Canon QL-17, a Canon ML35 (Super Sure Shot), a Canon FTb and a Canon F-1, a Leica M3, a Nikon F2, an Oly Trip 35, an Oly XA, a Pentax KX, a couple different TLRs -- Rolleiflex and Yashica Mat -- and a Zeiss Super Ikonta B.
If I had to choose from the above for candids, I think I'd prefer either the Oly Trip 35 or the Oly XA. Light, compact, easy to use, and excellent results.
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