Walkin' the Parcs

[cjogo]

Decided to use my 150mm lens for a few hours -- people shooting in Paris ....   I had to work with my waist level finder.    Not too candid with a big tripod and staring at someone for a lengthy time      With a waist level > you can look in a different direction -- but the lens is focused on the subject :: as you look off in a totally different view .   Usually at F11 or more --with 100ASA  ~ can still be a slow exposure in shady spots.

[Harald L]

This is simply superb! Congrats on that shot!

Harald

[cjogo]

thanks for viewing ~!

[WalterEG]

With a waist level > you can look in a different direction

Ain't that the troof!  And, of course, what I find with my LF gear is that it is so obvious yet the people never think it is about them — not that I am one for invading people's privacy all that often.

Cheers,

W

[cjogo]

The great thing about the Rollei SL 120 camera --had  a rotating prism and you could fine focus with a knob -- not the lens ... and it was very "boxy"... SO > you could point the camera at the subject --YET stare off in a exact opposite direction --continue to focus with the prism turned around and just have the cable ready to fire >>

[WalterEG]

I remember it well ... and loved it.

I also fondly remember some of the contortions I got into with that rotating prism.  While working in a TV station I was asked to illustrate a story on three ladies playing violin in the resident orchestra.  I shot wide open with the 120 S-Planar with quite a lot of tilt applied.  I was able to shoot a section of the orchestra with just the three culprits sharp and looking in through the rotated prism while the camera was held rotated 90º.

It seems that there was a time when cameras were made to provide potential for those who cared.

Cheers,

W

[cjogo]

Just an amazing camera -- went to the factory in Germany   -- Wetzlar for my Leica -- and Schaffhausen for my Sinar   

 It was great for copy work -- reverse that 120 S Planar -- and it was a superb final image ~! 

[cjogo]

Worked a little more ---

[cjogo]

She was engrossed in her letter ...

[Christian Carlsen]

Really lovely a great catch indeed!

[David Eckels]

Re the first image: I don't think she's buying it; you didn't fake her out at all Lovely, both her and the shot.