New Camera

Recently I purchased a Voigtländer Bessa R4M, because I wanted to try a rangefinder camera and I didn’t want to wait around for the FujiFilm X100VI. Also, eBay was running a code on cameras from Japan and I missed an opportunity to pick up a seemingly good quality Leica M6 for under $3K. After a week of agonising over cameras and waiting to see if another Leica body would drop, I ended up with the Voigtländer.

And it’s great to use.

If you don’t know or haven’t looked it up yet – it is a mechanical camera with a bright, wide viewfinder. It’s got framelines for 21, 25, 28, 35 and 50mm lenses. It got an accurate-ish light meter (the only thing that requires the battery. And it feels great to wind.

I don’t normally gas about camera specs. Photography isn’t a competition to me. Anyone can take photos, having certain gear won’t make you take good photos everytime. Anyway here’s some photos that have come back from Sydney Super 8

Ilford HP5

Ilford XP2

More soon.