These night shots are very nice. Do you remember what the exposure was? One thing I did find to be true shooting my Bessa are the claims that you can hand-hold at lower speeds than an SLR. I used to doubt that only because I’m so fumble-fingered that I thought “well, that might work for some people but certainly not me” and then I exposed a shot at 1/15 that I figured would never work and when I blew up the neg it amazingly did work just fine. Whaddya know.
Thanks Chris. These would have been F2 at 1/30th. That’s my standard exposure for night scenes with the 50. I don’t even meter it anymore. Whatever I get on film is what I get.
Yeah, you can definitely hold an RF steadier. There’s no vibration from the mirror and, perhaps more important, the VF never blacks out, which makes it easier to keep a visual lock on the subject; if you’ve ever tried standing on one leg with your eyes closed, I think the same principle applies to holding a camera steady during the mirror blackout.
These night shots are very nice. Do you remember what the exposure was? One thing I did find to be true shooting my Bessa are the claims that you can hand-hold at lower speeds than an SLR. I used to doubt that only because I’m so fumble-fingered that I thought “well, that might work for some people but certainly not me” and then I exposed a shot at 1/15 that I figured would never work and when I blew up the neg it amazingly did work just fine. Whaddya know.
The alleyway is especially nice.
Thanks Chris. These would have been F2 at 1/30th. That’s my standard exposure for night scenes with the 50. I don’t even meter it anymore. Whatever I get on film is what I get.
Yeah, you can definitely hold an RF steadier. There’s no vibration from the mirror and, perhaps more important, the VF never blacks out, which makes it easier to keep a visual lock on the subject; if you’ve ever tried standing on one leg with your eyes closed, I think the same principle applies to holding a camera steady during the mirror blackout.