{"id":12635,"date":"2014-10-13T10:06:09","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T17:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=12635"},"modified":"2014-10-13T10:06:09","modified_gmt":"2014-10-13T17:06:09","slug":"zeiss-ikonta-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=12635","title":{"rendered":"Zeiss Ikonta M"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Old cameras like this are never going to produce images that look like those from high-resolution\u00a0digital cameras and that is okay.\u00a0 What they do produce is a unique look and a thoughtful\u00a0photographic experience.\u00a0 This begins with the exposure, without any light meter it is up to the photographer to use some other tool or experience to determine the proper\u00a0shutter and aperture.\u00a0 One check towards slowing down and thinking.\u00a0 The next is focusing, the camera does have a rangefinder but it\u00a0isn’t coupled to the lens so after using the rangefinder to\u00a0determine the distance the photographer then needs to transfer that to the lens.\u00a0 Two checks towards thinking about what you’re doing.\u00a0 Finally there is the framing through the square viewfinder, while the viewfinder itself is not particularly great\u00a0the need to think about\u00a0the image in terms of a square is and is a third reason to slow down and think.\u00a0 The last half reason is the limited range of shutter speeds available.\u00a0\u00a0 I think it all makes for an enjoyable experience.<\/p>\n

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