I had a question; I know due to the lack of a mirror flip-up and causing
kind of a micro jerk on your part, and because it's a focal plane blade
shutter, it's easier to hold a rangefinder steady. The OM's are compact but
have "heft" and so it's not too bad to hold steady.
My question is, do you think I can hold a camera for at least 1 fstop or
more because it's a rangefinder vs. an SLR??
I can hold 1/30th on my 50mm very well, (probably comes from all those years
of shootin' a gun, steady hands) but I'm wondering if I can dip down to say,
1/15th if it were a rangefinder instead of a SLR.
I have held 1/15th on my 28mm with no problem, the 1/8th speed was a bit
much and came out soft..
I was looking to buy an Xpan, but now that I have had time to rethink it, it
seems a bit of a hype and gimmick, for a lot of $$$.. I was thinking, hey,
if I were to buy an xpan, why not just buy a Mamiya 7??? But since it's
fastest shutter speed is 1/500th, and the lenses (medium format) start
generally around f/4, I thought there would be situations (with something
like ISO100 film) that would really drop that shutter speed way down.
I can generally on my OM, hold my camera steady for 1 stop below the 1/focal
length rule, but that's about it.
Let me know what you guys think of the Mamiya 7, and rangefinders vs. SLR's
in general with respect to how slow of a shutter speed can be handled on
each.
My gf can't hold 1/125th steady... so....
Albert
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