I have never looked through an RD and don't remember much about the QLs
looked through, but rangefinder focusing is a skill. You get better at
it after a while. Many of those cameras had F1.7 and 1.9 lenses and you
can hold them still at lower speeds because of the lack of automatic
aperture and mirror flipping and high inertia focal plane shutter. The
Canons were very popular. You are more likely to be able to find one in
good condition just because of their numbers. Use fast film.
Good article:
http://www.cameraquest.com/canql17.htm
Winsor
Long Beach, California
USA
On Oct 1, 2004, at 9:45 PM, Siddiq wrote:
>
> what about <50mm, say ~40mm, fixed lens compact RFs? how would a CLAed
> compact RF (say Oly RD or Canon QL) fare against an OM1n/1-13 with a
> f/4-ish lens (or at best a 1.4) in living room range/lighting
> conditions?
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