Pictures tell their stories

When I learned about Rangefinders, I got hooked, I dreamt of having a rangefinder. I don’t know what’s all the fuss about rangefinders, and people who used them tell their stories of how great a rangefinder is. It made me want a rangefinder more. I don’t understand why people love it. Why people shoot with it.

Ive been shooting SLR’s for over a year. My first camera I held is an Auto-Focus Nikon F60 that was lent to me by my girlfriend as she taught me the basics of photography. Then I bought my own manual Nikon FM2n to get me to the next level. I’ve shot with it for over a year, and due to unfortunate circumstances, i had to sell it to a fellow RFFil member. And then i found my father’s Minolta X700, sitting inside his cabinet for 25 years, a “Mana” from my father, which his father [my grandfather] gave to him as a gift for graduating college. I got it fixed, and been shooting with it for months… so as far as my photography goes, its all about SLR’s.. and dSLR’s..

and then this came along..

I got this before I sold my first love Nikon FM2n because i want to try a rangefinder for myself, and after unfortunate events, and almost two months of waiting, this came in the mail..

though i havent finished my test roll.. I can clearly see the difference between an SLR and an RF.. clearly, this has been a liberating experience for me.. the shutter noise, the focusing with eyes open (it will take time to get used to it, i always lose the patch)… and of course, no black out when you press the shutter.. I LOVE IT!

Pictures soon to come!!!