These days you are most likely to find me wandering the streets of London with a Leica M Monochrom hanging from my neck. This is not to say that you cannot be a street photographer without a rangefinder camera or, transversely, that you cannot shoot anything but the streets with a Leica.
It is simply that this style of camera is the preferred tool of the serious street photographer. You are presented, within the viewfinder, 2 overlapping versions of the scene and as you turn the lens to find focus, the overlapping images merge together into one, at which point you are focused!
It does raise the question of why use a Leica rangefinder once you realize the camera is pretty much manual. Focusing, especially, is an entirely manual exercise. My camera will struggle to reach 4 fps. The viewfinder is essentially just a viewing frame where the image does not travel through the lens and is not related to the focal length either.
And the cost?! I have always been a manual photographer, actively disliking AF for its constant need to slave my compositions to specific points in the frame. The mirror system means bodies are big and lenses, good quality lenses, are bulky too. Factor in shutter noise and you are a lot more conspicuous in a crowd with a DSLR.
For most of you, I concede, not the right camera. For me? I want lightweight, quiet, inconspicuous and excellent image quality. I plan exactly where I will take photographs. My style is slightly minimalist and the contextual environment is paramount. Best value film Leica is the Leica M6 , but for a film Leica that will last you for your entire life, get the film Leica MP I recommend just buying it used; I got mine from my buddy Bellamy Hunt from japancamerahunter.
Be notified when new workshops are live here. Skip to primary navigation Skip to main content Skip to primary sidebar Practical tips on how to master shooting with your Leica or rangefinder: 1. View of bottom of Leica MP, note the focusing tab. With the focusing tab, you want to memorize the positions: Default distance: Tab in the dead-center which is 1. Focusing tab 45 degrees to the left.
Shot during sunset. What the viewfinder lines look like when looking through a Leica Why? Here is my rationale: If you wear glasses, 35mm is the maximum that you can see the viewfinder framing lines.
It is easier to fill the frame with a 35mm lens, and getting close enough to your subjects. Very good, because it has a focusing tab. People think this picture is a candid photo. It is not. Portra See photos with flash and without flash. With flash, you will always have enough light. Increased contrast and saturation in your photos.
Leica MP, flash, Kodak Portra , flash on full power 5. Shooting street photography at night with a Leica or rangefinder Leica MP, flash at 1.
First photo I shot. The second photo. Much like a periscope an SLR employs an angled, reflex mirror and a pentaprism to redirect light up through the lens to the viewfinder in order to allow the photographer to see precisely the image that the film will record.
These optics are housed in a mirror chamber between the rear of the lens and the film plane, and take up considerable room which in turn increases the size of the camera.
When the shutter is released, the mirror moves out of the light path so the image can be directed at the film. This causes the viewfinder to blackout when you take a picture mirror blackout making it impossible to see the exact moment you capture on film.
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