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Re: Snapshots of Tokyo’s vivid street life

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Post by rangibaby »

grecht wrote: post #27

Shooting without a viewfinder is a great way of taking photos. I used to use a Minox 35 ML, the so called "spy camera": https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minox_35#/media/File:Minox35ml... It's very small, if not the smallest 35mm camera out there, which makes it inconspicuous. Also it only has zone-focusing , which means you have to guess how far your subject is away from you. You'd only use the viewfinder for framing an…

Super cool results.

I enjoy zone focusing with an Industar 50-2 on my Spotmatic. Actually, that is really the only way to enjoy using that lens because it has a fully manual, one-ring iris – on an SLR lens! Stopped down to about f/8 it was pretty easy to focus by the scale only. I did check my composition in the viewfinder, but that was about it.

I'll try shooting without using the viewfinder at all next time. Shutter speed is pretty easy to set and forget at daytime (Sunny 16 all day! ...literally)

Re: Snapshots of Tokyo’s vivid street life

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Post by nandemo »

fzeroracer wrote: post #23
closeparen wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

US cities would be middle class and family oriented if middle class and family oriented people chose to live in them. There’s nothing natural or inevitable about suburbia.

It's immensely unfortunate that there's still this ingrained mindset that in order to live a proper middle-class life you have to settle in the middle of suburbia hell where there's nothing around for miles. Though it doesn't help that the entire system is built to subsidize and encourage islands of suburbia separated by long stretches of highway. Japan's centralization of population, strong public transit systems an…

Tokyo's public transit system is overrated IMO. Sure, trains and subways cover a lot of ground and are usually on time, but most of the lines are well over 100% crowdedness during rush hour:

https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/the-most-...

Re: Snapshots of Tokyo’s vivid street life

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Post by grecht »

rangibaby wrote: post #31
grecht wrote: post #27

Shooting without a viewfinder is a great way of taking photos. I used to use a Minox 35 ML, the so called "spy camera": https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minox_35#/media/File:Minox35ml... It's very small, if not the smallest 35mm camera out there, which makes it inconspicuous. Also it only has zone-focusing , which means you have to guess how far your subject is away from you. You'd only use the viewfinder for framing an…

Super cool results. I enjoy zone focusing with an Industar 50-2 on my Spotmatic. Actually, that is really the only way to enjoy using that lens because it has a fully manual, one-ring iris – on an SLR lens! Stopped down to about f/8 it was pretty easy to focus by the scale only. I did check my composition in the viewfinder, but that was about it. I'll try shooting without using the viewfinder at all next time. Shutte…

Thank you!

I love Spotmatics! Sadly, the ones I inherited have light leaks.

If you're not going to use the viewfinder, it'd probably be a lot easier to use something wider than 50mm. Besides the greater depth of field making zone-focusing a lot easier, there's literally "more room" for error in your (somewhat accidental) framing. Makes things easier. But I might be biased here, as 35mm is my favorite focal length on any camera!

Re: Snapshots of Tokyo’s vivid street life

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Post by intruder »

rococode wrote: post #29

Somewhat related: One of my favorite Youtube channels is Rambalac. It's just videos of walking through various places in Japan, from crowded streets to peaceful natural areas. No voiceover or explanations - almost every video is as if a video camera were moving around on its own and recording everything it saw (occasionally he interacts with things). Super relaxing to have on in the background, and really cool to wat…

I live in Tokyo and wish I could see it through the eyes of someone new here again. I can see it in these videos, but when I walk through the city I'm too used to it and my brain drowns out all of these things.

Re: Snapshots of Tokyo’s vivid street life

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Post by topmonk »

novia wrote: post #3

Why did the author mostly creepshot women and children?

One of the things I've noticed about Japan (and Taiwan also) is the seemingly lack of the feeling of cringiness. These same photos taken of Americans would be nearly universally laughed at, and I have a suspicion that the feeling of cringe and embarrassment prohibits a lot of would be great artists in the west from developing their talent.

Re: Snapshots of Tokyo’s vivid street life

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Post by coldtea »

novia wrote: post #3

Why did the author mostly creepshot women and children?

Because the creator wasn't an American puritan of the 21st century millennial variety (or someone thinking like one) who considers candid street photography (an art with a huge tradition) as "creep-shots" or considers human depictions dirty.

Never mind the photographer being herself a woman.

Re: Snapshots of Tokyo’s vivid street life

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Post by Tempest1981 »

closeparen wrote: post #28
eecsninja wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can't blame American families for choosing suburbia. US cities are a mess -- too many crazies, needles and trash everywhere, traffic congestion and poor public transit, expensive housing, and so forth. And there's no political will anywhere in the USA, suburban or urban areas, to change any of this.

US cities are a mess because middle class families abandoned them for the newly built suburbs in a coordinated, subsidized, and regulated movement. Individual families were not expected to walk out into the fields and personally make them habitable. They certainly weren’t turned away by policies designed to preserve the status quo, compensate/empower those adversely affected by a proposed change, etc. Highway constru…

We’re funding mass transit at a fraction of the rate necessary, and I don’t see that changing - along as governments are considered incompetent and taxes are considered evil.
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