[rollei_list] Re: OT / prove it !
- From: "Ruben" <ruben@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 22:18:20 +0200
No Jerry - not on a tripod - just hand held - I move my face away so it is
no longer behind the camera but besides the camera - some way the M -
cameras seem to stay at the target :-) all the best Ruben
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Lehrer" <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 6:54 PM
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: OT / prove it !
> Ruben,
>
> If I assume that your camera is on a tripod when you move away, well
> then you can do this with any camera. I do this all the time with Rollei
> TLRs, H'blads, Leicas und Nikon. I used to do that with a 4x5 view
> camera.
>
> Jerry
>
> Ruben wrote:
>
>> I have found one thing that i can do with leica M that I am not able to
>> do
>> with SLRs (canon eos)
>> When i shoot a portrait I sometimes feel that it is important to have
>> full
>> eye contact with the subject.
>> After adjusting distansce and framing I can move a way for the Leica M
>> viewfinder and look directly at the person without the camera moving and
>> while gette a stranong eye - to ye contact iI can press the shutter - So
>> far
>> I have not missed a frame! The method is very good with Children as you
>> can
>> get them to ignore the camera and act more naturally. The second thing I
>> love with my leicas is that I can see more than what gets on the
>> picturer -
>> shooting SLR is like a racinghorse with "Blinds"
>> imho - fyi - etc and a :-) - ruben
>
>
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