Re: Quiet "street" cameras (was: Street Photography)

2003-07-22 Thread Keith Whaley
Hi Andre... Andre Langevin wrote: > > Keith whaley: > > >Oly Wide-E. with a G. Zuiko-W F.C. 1:3.5 f=3.5cm. lens. > > A point, zone focus and shoot camera! How is the lens? Most excellent! I have some film out now. I'll report back... It's been a long time since I put a roll thru one, so I'm

Re: Quiet "street" cameras (was: Street Photography)

2003-07-22 Thread Andre Langevin
Keith whaley: Oly Wide-E. with a G. Zuiko-W F.C. 1:3.5 f=3.5cm. lens. A point, zone focus and shoot camera! How is the lens? a couple of 35 SPs, with the phenomonal G-Zuiko 1:1.7 f=42mm lens Very sharp, very high contrast, impressive lens indeed. And the SP has an in-camera spot meter! Oly 3

Re: Quiet "street" cameras (was: Street Photography)

2003-07-22 Thread Keith Whaley
I have more little '50's 35's than most might... Among my Olympus cameras alone, I have: My Olympus 35s of that era are: 1) a beautiful little Oly Wide-E. with a G. Zuiko-W F.C. 1:3.5 f=3.5 cm. lens. Followed by: 2) and 3) a couple of 35 SPs, with the phenomonal G-Zuiko 1:1.7 f=42mm lens, An

Quiet "street" cameras (was: Street Photography)

2003-07-22 Thread Andre Langevin
A lot of "street photographers" seem to work this way. There were a lot of rangefinder 35mm cameras made with iris shutters and 35mm focal length that are small and very quiet. I own an Olympus XA that would fit this bill. Has markings for hyperfocal settings, and can't be heard at all unless the