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Anonymous
First time using a rangefinder/first contact sheet.
Ran around the city because I wanted to just shoot through a roll quickly and see the results.
I wish I could scan the negs in, they look amazing. This was scanned on some crappy combo scanner.
>> Anonymous
Cool. How did you like the rangefinder?
>> Anonymous
It will take some getting used to. The viewfinder is so huge that I can't see everything that will be in the shot at any given time. I guess it's because I wear glasses and can't get close enough to the eyepiece.
As you can see some of my shots came out crooked because of that. I hope to overcome it soon though.
I've been a dSLR fag for 4 years now, so yeah, this is really different, and overall, I love it. The negs look fantastic. I guess the next step will be to get a decent/cheap scanner. I was thinking Epson v500.
>> Anonymous
Oh, I forgot to mention it's a Mamiya 7, I had the 65mm lens on it. Which would be like 32mm on a 35mm camera, I think.
And I was shooting Portra 160VC.
>> Anonymous
>>179575
lucky bastard
>> Anonymous
>>179572
hi there, i've got the v500. its great for medium format, but i haven't tried printing from the scans. for web quality it is great.
>> Anonymous
>>179606
Yeah, I've read up on it and it seems really good for the price. ($200 shipped from Epson's site now)
>> Serenar !m827jEgWi.
>>179572
This is a problem with me too (0.7x finder on Canon 7). I'd use diopters but I never take off my glasses. Just peeping in and using my whole field of vision makes a pretty good approximation of a 35mm though - rangefinder framelines are never accurate, so don't sweat it too much.
>> Anonymous
>>180143
I was considering a diopter, but Mamiya only makes them up to -3. I'm -5. Plus it would be annoying having to remove my glasses to take a shot. And it's not like I'd get contacts just to shoot. I like wearing glasses, so I suppose I'll just have to deal with it.