But of course, Rob, as we discovered some years ago, the Chipster is not using a 'Blad or similar. Much of it is large format cropped square. Many a time I have pondered this approach.
Cheers,
W
Agreed; I wonder how one would manage with a Sinablad or a Linhoblad? Probaby much better than with a Gandolblad but I'm not so sure about a Wistaflex...
I took the old-style digi - the D200 - out for a walk this afternoon after I'd fuelled the self up a little bit. It illustrated the sillyness of self-deception: might as well have taken the D700 with me instead, for all the difference it actually made in perceived weight.
What did come through to me loudly and clearly, was that for walkabouts, I’m definitely wedded to the 35mm focal length on FF. I was using the 50mm on the D200, effective focal length about 75mm or so, and it just didn’t cut it for me: too long for comfort and the confrontational mood into which that kind of photography takes me.
The other thing, as I don’t always put the subject slap-bang in the centre, the ability to nail focus anywhere on the screen is essential to my m.o. and I realised that an M body, of whatever style (as with the Big Mama 67 rangefinder), simply ain’t my bag. So that’s saved me a packet of woes and regrets, not to mention dire financial straits!
Oddly, I always understood this about rangefinders when I was working, which is why I never went that route even then, when there was the business to set it all against, but for some odd reason amateur life seems to require the relearning of the same old lessons!
Rob C
