Remember the post on my first-time using of a rangefinder? So to leap from n00b to hanging out with the boys, @luc_sohow & myself went on a walkabout in Joo Chiat with some RF-ers from ClubSnap forums.

Of course there were beautiful Rangefinders and even the most desirable medium format darlings. Awe points aside, I shot through half a roll of Ektar 100 on the Yashica Electro 35 GSN. The pictures turned out okay, I’m still not that used to the focussing but since it IS a rangefinder, I didn’t need to be as precise as I usually am with my SLR.

Which I guess is one of the good points of using an RF. In fact, there were a couple of ‘street’ shots which I took, not looking through the viewfinder but quite simply ‘framing the shot in my head’ and just hang the Yashica on my side and shot away.

I cropped this shot though, you can find the original here.

Having said that the RF does have its good points, I am still very much attached and somewhat dependent on shooting on my SLR. Maybe I’ll change my mind after shooting a Leica? Haha.

xoxo

arien