I’ve just arrived in the historic centre of Sao Luis Brazil. I’ve been coming here now since 2018 and this year I decided to take some time out before my landscape tour, to do some street shooting (mostly for a bit of fun).
I’ve found that Sao Luis is very similar in terms of vibe to Havana Cuba. The Portuguese buildings are dilapidated, crumbling, and the weathered walls of them are incredibly beautiful to look at.
I decided to buy a digital camera. A really old one. One that, if I drop it, or it gets damaged in bad weather, I won’t be cut up about it. But I also decided to get a rangefinder digital camera because I have always loved the simplicity of rangefinders. This is after all, how I started out. My main camera of use for the first decade or so of my photography was a Mamiya 7II camera. And I had a particular love of the Voigtlander Bessa R3A.
With simple cameras, you know what you’re dealing with. These systems have Aperture priority and an exposure compensation dial. And an aperture ring. That’s about it.
Limitations are enabling. Limits force focus in narrow approach.
