Along with OM lens compatibility viewfinder size was one of the driving
forces in choosing a Canon 5D, a full-frame camera. It's only recently
that I've discovered that the 1D cameras also allow all the old film
style focusing screens to be used as well. Now I'm lusting after a 1D
something but... I know I'll never go that far. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
On 11/17/2011 9:59 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
> I had a fascinating experience earlier this week. I happened to have
> the 50/1.4 on the OM-3Ti and was out shooting in a cemetary. The view
> through the viewfinder snapped my brain back about 20 years. Suddenly
> I was seeing things like I did back then. All "new" photographic
> opportunities opened up again.
>
> What happened along the way was shooting digital. The smaller
> viewfinders meant that I started composing the images differently.
> I've learned that even though that generally my compositions are
> stronger, the eye-flow is gone. Also gone is my subject layering. I
> had developed a style of three or more layers. With digital, I went
> down to two layers or even just one. No more foreground subject,
> mid-distant subject and far subject. (generally speaking).
>
> Even though I've been shooting with the Olympus OMs a ton over the
> past two years, I didn't get that vision back until this week. Of
> course, it'll take me a while to get back in the swing of things, but
> I'm overjoyed that I'm starting to see things this way again. It's a
> good thing. My most satisfying work was done in this style.
>
> It's not that I'm trying to recreate the past or live in the past, but
> there is an imaging characteristic which I lost along the way and it
> has really been bugging me. My more recent work lacks the visual and
> contextual depth which used to be part of my images.
>
> This has nothing to do with "digital". I'm thinking that there are two
> issues involved: 1. Viewfinder change. This seems to have a rather
> profound impact on me. I'm a weak person when it comes to this and if
> the viewfinder isn't comfy to me, I'm a lost puppy. 2. General
> evolution of the photographer. New styles come along and I'm
> constantly adapting to whatever is new. It's partly staying fresh, but
> also a matter of keeping from being bored. But with that change I've
> noted that I've lost the layering. In fact, others have noticed that
> too. Uh oh. When others notice, it's time to wake up and figure out
> what is going on. No matter how hard I tried, it just wasn't working.
>
> AG
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