YOUR CAMERA DOESN’T MATTER To test my theory that the camera no longer matters, I spent a few days shooting roughly the same pictures on an iPhone 5, a Sony RX1, and my precious Leica M6 Titanium (shooting film!). The last time I used my Leica was before Facebook was launched. Compared to the iPhone and Sony RX1, the Leica M6 seemed extremely cumbersome to use; focusing is (and always was) insanely difficult, and there’s no light meter. Yet despite these particular idiosyncrasies, shooting with the Leica and RX1 was a surprisingly similar experience. I tended to consider my pictures more, take more time to frame the shot, and check the composition. But shooting with an iPhone was the exact opposite — it was far more instinctive and "free" from constraint. Yet I don’t think that these dramatic differences are apparent in the actual photographs. I think the "instinctive" snaps on the iPhone are strikingly similar to the "considered" compositions taken on the Sony RX1 and the Leica M6. Which is no real surprise to me, and is probably the reason that my Leica M6 is now back in its glass case looking pretty, and the Sony RX1 remains in my bag.
Posted on: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 17:35:27 +0000
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