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This is basically a continuation of my "First attempt at street..." thread, but I thought it warranted a thread of it's own so that anyone else who's interested might find it in a search.
I'm not sure how much you lot use/know about them but it seems that anyone who's anyone in the world of street photography uses Leicas. Or at the very least, they use rangefinder film cameras and certainly not digital SLRs.
As I keep saying, I like street stuff a lot. The problem is that I also like digital a lot. Are Leica's digital models considered to be any good? Do people say "wow, it's just like a film Leica but on digital" or do they say "why can't they make it just like a film Leica but on digital?"
Also, on a general note about rangefinders. What do you actually see? How do you focus? Do you see the same thing regardless of what length the lens is? I'm not very clued up about them, as you can tell.
Edit: a cursory glance at Leica's website reveals that the Digilux-1 doesn't seem to have manual controls on the lens and the Digilux-2, while it does have manual controls on the lens, uses an electronic viewfinder. Which isn't ideal.
I'm not sure how much you lot use/know about them but it seems that anyone who's anyone in the world of street photography uses Leicas. Or at the very least, they use rangefinder film cameras and certainly not digital SLRs.
As I keep saying, I like street stuff a lot. The problem is that I also like digital a lot. Are Leica's digital models considered to be any good? Do people say "wow, it's just like a film Leica but on digital" or do they say "why can't they make it just like a film Leica but on digital?"
Also, on a general note about rangefinders. What do you actually see? How do you focus? Do you see the same thing regardless of what length the lens is? I'm not very clued up about them, as you can tell.
Edit: a cursory glance at Leica's website reveals that the Digilux-1 doesn't seem to have manual controls on the lens and the Digilux-2, while it does have manual controls on the lens, uses an electronic viewfinder. Which isn't ideal.