Todays a weird day, I started with bad flashes before "the other one"

SLR are the kings of function but sometimes you just want a little rangefinder to tag along for the day. So every photographer can justify owning both.

I'm an SLR guy. The Nikon FM2 is my favorite camera I own -- compact body (about the same size/weight as a Leica M6), amazing lens selection (tons of vintage Nikon options + modern Voigtlander pancakes), great build quality (all mechanical + light meter), and 1/4000th top shutter speed. I also have a Leica R6.2 and it's great as well.

I prefer SLRs when using longer lenses and rangefinders with wider lenses (35mm and wider). SLRs allow for more critical focus when using longer lenses, while rangefinders provide a more environmental view which allows me to see subjects entering and exiting the scene. For an everyday carry camera, I prefer rangefinders for their compact form factor.

The right answer, take both cause why not 😂 Another banger as always dude!

Gotta try me a rangefinder. Sleek design in all of them it seems.

I use both, mostly for the reasons you covered - good job.

I love this Star Wars video with film photography examples!

Thank you Bro! Another awesomely delicious bundle of photography goodness right there!

I love the Red Dot "B" screen for the F3, no split prism black out on super wide or long lenses.

This made me so happy. Superb work my friend

the pink one

One of each.... 35mm RF, 6x9 RF, 35mm slr, 6x6 slr, 6x6 tlr ;p

I have both types of cameras and I like them both for different reasons. I use my rangefinder cameras when I don't have to hurry in my composition. But as of lately, I've been using my point and shoot cameras and having fun with them. Got some black and white expired HP5+ from the 90s and it works like a charm! Love the Star Wars references. Great video.

At this point you can go to any fleamarket anywhere and pick up some sort of range finder and some sort of SLR together for under 40 bucks or multiples of both. No point not having both.

Just realized how similar the intro music is to ‘No Reservations’

For me: I prefer using SLRs for the convenience of framing, focusing (the ones I use have split-prism focusing), and lens selection, but I will be the first to say they are the gawkiest things to have hanging on your neck. Not to mention having any kind of camera like that seems to make people nervous, even when you're not taking photos.

Used to love SLR until I started using my Leica M4-P.. it is just much more easier to focus and compose.. plus shooting a RF in low light settings means that there won't be a fat mirror slap to ruin that shot.

Star Wars references on point. Also I bought the bessa r cause of your videos great camera, although I think after owning it I’m more of a slr fan than a rangefinder, I just like the focusing prisms better on my slr than the ghost image lineup on rangefinders, but bessa r is still a great great camera!

Love the video!!! Also, I love your podcast. A while ago, you mentioned in your New York video that you interviewed gxace and David Imel. Are there plans to release that podcast? You 4 are some of my favs in youtube photography.

An awesome thing about older film cameras is that /generally/ you can afford to own both Rangefinders and SLRs and use them as the mood/situation calls (well if you are a dumb butt like most of us....). Ofc the Leica are super pricey but there are still plenty of somewhat reasonably fixed lens rangefinders which I honestly think people should try out first before they buy an M camera and decide Rfs ain't for them. Use the same camera until it is an extension of your arm? Ain't nobody got the time for that, I use a different camera every day. Another win for Rangefinders is that /generally/ (at least for older lenses) they had the far better performing wider lenses (well anything wider than say ~50mm) because the lenses don't need to be retrofocal designed (no mirror means they can be closer to the film plane so they don't need special glass to adjust the focus to be further behind than it would be for their focal length). This is also why modern mirrorless lenses can be so much smaller/higher performing than dslr lenses of just a few years ago. I assume the Mamiya 6/7 glass is stupid sharp at least in part because of this. And well not having a mirror and a quieter shutter means you get less shake and thus better images at slower shutter speeds too especially if you got a leaf shutter. That said, being limited to not focusing very close (usually 0.7m irc) on RFs is indeed a huge bummer and a huge W for most SLR lenses. That and I think super fast aperture lenses are usually pretty inaccurate on rangefinders. With Rfs is you do need to keep an eye out to make sure your distance scale etc is matching your patch and your camera hasn't gone out of calibration. I have ruined at least some photos by buying a 'mint++ camera' only to realize the focus is off. Though ofc with slrs if the mirror/groundglass is not set properly you have an even more annoying problem. I do love my rangefinders (just shot a roll with the old Leica IIIf and my Bronica rf645 is arguably my most reliable and decorated camera), but I gotta say watching the image come into focus on a Hassy screen never gets old. >_

I really want to try a rangefinder. I am getting better, but I sometimes hunt too much trying to find focus with my SLR. It's made doing more street style stuff much more difficult then when I did it with my mirrorless digital camera.

Some of Jason’s traveling videos has inspired me to get my motorcycle license. Pretty close actually. Just got my DL386 waiver from the safety course.

I learned on an FM, and bought a N2000 when I was 10. I have an FM3a, but I don't use it as much because I like the light up metering of the FM2n I have. I've never had a rangefinder, but I can't imagine not having split image focusing.

Not a rangefinder person, mostly because all the lenses I have are SLR lenses in M42 mount. *But* I find rangefinders much better than SLRs for taking photos of moving objects. All my SLRs have the fresnel lens focusing circle in the viewfinder and I don't find that as accurate as a rangefinder, or a split prism focusing aid. I have a Zorki 4K, btw. That camera on its own is small, but the ever-ready case for it (which you have to use if you want a neck strap) adds some bulk to the body (and that's after I cut off the front cover, as unlike with similar looking Praktica cases, the Zorki case's front cover can't be detached). Also I find myself more caring about the feel of the camera than anything else, I have a Mamiya Sekor SLR, it's only 1/500s, the viewfinder needs cleaning, but it's beautifully built, the light meter still works and is very accurate, the winding lever is so smooth it makes you want to slow down. My Praktica is feature wise a better camera, but it doesn't feel nowhere near as dense. Also the winding lever is stiff, but relubricating the lever needs disassembly I'm not ready for.

7:25, you should hear the stories of how the actors picked and sometimes argued over lightsabers at the prop table. It ranged from “idc” to “I’ll pay you $x.xx” to paying prop guys extra for custom stuff because continuity from a previous film wouldn’t allow the one they wanted. It’s pretty funny.

Maybe I am weird but I personally find rangefinders way way easier to focus in low light and tbh easier to focus overall which is why I have been gravitating to them. Using the Contax rangefinder mount cameras (Kiev iia and Contax ii)

Why did Jason look like a vato from down my street in the beginning LMFAOOO

Awesome vid bruh! It’s rangefinder for me!

What, no coverage of TLRs? 😆 Nice, fun rundown ending with great advice (buy both).

Hell yeah! Excellent overview. I think when I'm running and gunning, I like my rangefinders, but for more thought out pictures, I like my SLRs too. Now, I'm gonna go watch The Last Jedi and defend it to the ends of the earth!

I shoot rangefinder and SLR cameras. The Leica M6 is my favorite 35mm rangefinder and the Nikon F2 is my favorite 35mm SLR. The Fuji GW670 is my favorite 6x7cm medium format rangefinder and the Mamiya RB67 is my favorite 6x7cm medium format SLR. At one time, I also shot medium format TLR cameras, medium format folding cameras, and large format 4x5 inch view cameras.

Wow...seeing a Scantron pop up gave me anxiety I didn't know I had! Still waiting for you to go down the Minolta rabbit hole and get Minolta's J-Type 327 Nubian Royal Starship, the XD-11...If I have to start chugging Flaming Hot Mountain Dew like Jason, I will!

Shooting SLR and have not tried a rangefinder yet. Pentax MX, chinon cm5 and Minolta Himatic G, still trying to find that perfect camera romance. I mainly shoot street, abandoned buildings and an occasional street portrait.

I was thinking the exact topic today. You’re definitely on my walls fr

Got me a Neoca 2S rangefinder camera. Cost 3x its price to get it working, BUT.... it is the prettiest vintage look you will ever see. Will be doing a video on it at some point. Canon Canonets are ❤.

Phantom Menace is the best prequel. Fight me

Thank you for keeping it 100 for film.

For me, the right answer is simple, I like capable pro 35mm cameras like the Nikon f4, and the Canon 1N HS which can take my modern digital lenses. I like the plastic fantastic Nikon N75, which are so cheap there is no pain if you step on it, not to mention it is light as a feather. I like the old German TLR cameras (Rollei Rolleiflex, Zeiss Ikon Ikoflex) which give that fun inverted look down the chimney (I also have the prism finder) and also have the very satisfying shutter CLUNK. Well, I also need my Calumet 4x5 cameras, with a sheet of film the size of a slice of toast. Digital is fun too, but a roll of Lomo purple or some deliciously grainy Ilford Delta 3200 do not have digital analogs. Those are the ones I use the most, but I have others. So I guess the answer to "Which camera is right for you?" is the one I am using at the time, for me. For digital, it's Olympus for MFT {great for a steep hike}, Canon and Nikon full frame. The best camera is like the best tool. You don't saw with a hammer and you don't hammer with a saw. But a workman can grab a tool and make something nice with it. No reason to restrict the tool box to a single Philips head screwdriver. IMO-YMMV. Yes, but "What if someone was going to make a law where you can only have one camera!?" The answer is simple. Hunt him down, peel off his skin with a potato peeler, cover him with honey and stake him to the red ant hill. To gently dissuade legislation of that nature. ;-)

Just got an Aires Viscount A japanese Rangefinder from the 50s Im in love with it, the lens is so sharp, i was amazed by the results (There is a vídeo of it in mt channel) Also here in Brazil rangefinders tend to be cheaper than slrs Got this rangefinder for R$120 (someting like 25 USD) working like new The cheapest working SLR i could find was R$200 (like 50USD) with a broken light meter Thats just my experience tho

my F3 came with a fresnel only screen and just got the split focus. So much better!

I’ve never seen a Space Wars film, and now I don’t think I have to.

You are of of the most underrated photography KZfaqrs ever ❤

Nice video. I haven’t used any rangefinders. I have them just haven’t grabbed one, yet.

SLR guy here but...I had a Fed 3 for a bit and loved it tbh but was too pricey to get a lens wider than 50mm which I am not a fan of.

I put a micro-prism finder in my RZ67 and I have not missed focus since.

It’s David from @TheStudio!! Was he using the GFX 100 II? I’m sure I saw you and Jason in his sample photos for that camera hahaha

I just got gifed a canonet, I've been using the canon ae-1 from my pops. When I got my first 2 rolls from the canonet almost half my pictures were blurry xD i can only blame myself but focusing is definitely different.

I have tried to love/like rangefinders & I have tried a lot of them, including Leica, but it just isn't happening. I feel so much better with my Olympus OM-1.

good job !

Any plans on doing a video about the Kiev 4AM in the background? Nice Video (Y)

Love the amount of star wars references in this episode

SLR for practically everything: long tele lens, macro work, zoom lens, etc (rangefinders aren't built for these tasks). Unfortunately, if you decide to pick a bigger format (say 6x7 or 6x8), using SLR will be a bit pain in the a**

my bessa is broke and so is my fm2. so im neither rangefinder or SLR, I am viewfinder with my Zeiss icon sw

i want both🥺🥺

Started with SLR's before getting an m6 after watching your m6 vid, imo SLR's are more beginner friendly

I put a split prism focus screen in my f3 and I get best of both worlds

I’m a longtime rangefinder shooter, and I have to admit that an SLR is superior to a rangefinder for virtually every given purpose. If I could only have one 35mm camera, it would be an SLR. But I love 35mm rangefinders. The simpler the better. My favorite is the Argus C3. No frame lines, no meter… I love how basic it is.

0.38 Any chance your P6x7 ever received a good knock on the top of the prism? Kinda looks like it. Would explain the unreliability.

I just wish rangefinders were as accessible as SLR's, I keep finding great SLR's for under 100 bucks and wish it was the same all around :/

Anybody tell ya you have too many cameras? Uh huh, thought so. And episode 4 A New Hope is the answer. 70s baby!

You never considered a TLR? Come on man!

What about a Fujica 35m AX ? I used it a lot.

SLR's simply because they have legendary zoom lenses but also who needs scale focusing when ya got autofocus and mid roll rewind 😳

This video is going to blow up faster than Keira Knightley’s career after her portrayal of Sabe in 1999s Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace.

I really wanted to like rangefinders, but I just couldn't. I've got a couple, and while they aren't leica's (which I'm sure make the whole thing somehow more magical), they've been enough to convince me that I just don't get on with it. I like close focus detail shots, and I never quite trust the calibration. I've just had to accept that I'm an SLR kinda guy.

Love it

Woah, you guys met David? How cool is that.

Which camera is right for me? All of them.

The answer to your question is obvious. SLR or Rangefinder? Get both of course. Shoot whichever kind of camera you feel like using on any particular day.

TLR!

Why choose??? Have both

Team SLR til I die (or get rich enough to buy a Leica)

Have you ever heard of Starwars? I feel like it's something you might enjoy.

Episode 4. Obviously.

Cha porkman outman geesa. Mee teesa rodda co pana pee choppa chawa.

This video was rough on someone who doesn’t care about the Star thingies. 😖

Correction time: Speak for yourself buddy. The M6 misses a part of the rangefinder assembly that causes flaring in certain situations and makes it harder to focus in low light. Most Ms before the M6 and the newer Ms and M6 don’t have that problem and can focus in very very low light. Rangefinders have also been used by journalists and street photographers for a thousand generations because once you get the hang of it they’re much faster and reliable for most people to focus with. I get that this is a preference thing but after having used many many SLRs and rangefinders friends and myself can get focus much more reliably with rangefinders than with SLRs. The second thing is that framing in-precision is camera dependent and again something the M6 is worse at than older Ms. I have to note that I don’t have experience with Voigtländer rangefinders so can’t say anything about their focusing or parallax correction. I personally use rangefinders because I can focus with them faster and more reliably, they’re less obtrusive than SLRs, quieter, and have much less shutter shake. Meaning on a good day I can reliably shoot handheld at 1/8th instead of the almost mandatory 1/60th of SLRs. I’ve even been able to get a perfectly sharp shot at 1 second once.

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Ryan Reynolds explaining cameras. Subscribed.

Sorry, SLR all the way, rangefinders are black magic or witchcraft or somesuch. Seriously though I like my viewfinders to be 100% coverage and so sharp it makes your teeth itch. :-D

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69th like! Nice

TBH: the lack of a true viewfinder is something that annoys me about rangefinders, they are also more inaccurate. SLRs developed for a reason. I have a Mamiya Universal Press. Technically the Universal is both a press camera and a rangefinder. I don't really like it... Rangefinder framing are even more unnecessarily inaccurate and film SLRs are already inaccurate with their framing. SLRs were developed for a reason to deal with the inaccuracies of box, and rangefinder cameras. SLRs also deal with the problems of a viewback in keeping the camera light tight 100% of the time. In a modern world there is no reason to use a Rangefinder except as a fashion statement... I am not belittling you for using a Bessa either. Great looking camera, but really... There is no reason to have on except on a shelf like my Universal Press now :P Rangefinders don't have a wide viewfinder built in with frame lines, they also don't work very well with telephoto lenses beyond about 135mm so yeah.... I REALLY don't understand rangefinders personally, and I have one... But its your own choice, if you want to use something that sets you back at this point about 50years in camera development... Knock youtself out...

Quite liked your video, but gosh those star wars jokes were so annoying... Not every film enthusiast is a star wars fan, or even saw all those series you are talking about...

I don’t think this voice is suitable for children, it’s too seductive!