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You're right on the principle, and this camera is purposefully aimed at a subpar viewfinder experience. As a comparison point, many people shoot street photogr

You're right on the principle, and this camera is purposefully aimed at a subpar viewfinder experience. As a comparison point, many people shoot street photography "from the hip", aiming the camera at the rough spot they want to get with a forgiving aperture setting (around 8 or more). This help either for speed, or engage with the scene without having to stick a camera on one's face. I think this camera is basically aimed at the same crowd, those who will want some idea of what the camera is pointed at, but want to stay "in the moment" and no fully focus on the capturing process. This is pretty close to a phone camera perhaps, but I'd assume it's a lot more fun and carefree. I'd totally love to play with one.

juancn 2mo ago
I still don buy it. The from-the-hip cameras typically have a waist-level viewfinder, which still is a good approximation of the optical path or you don't and you shoot completely blind. In that case any camera does the trick and so does a phone. Usually the hip part is so you get a better, more candid, portrait due to being inconspicuous. There's some composition advantage due to the perspective difference too.
- close04 2mo ago
  The website tells you what you need to know: > Vibe Over Pixels This isn't about getting a good shot, it's about the vibes and the fun. The viewfinder is the gimmick that catches the eye but it technically doesn't do anything.
- flobosg 2mo ago
  > The from-the-hip cameras typically have a waist-level viewfinder That is the case with twin-lens reflex cameras, for example, which are not commonly used for street photography. What the GP meant was holding an SLR or rangefinder camera at hip level, forgoing the viewfinder completely and shooting blind.
chrisan 2mo ago
> As a comparison point, many people shoot street photography "from the hip", aiming the camera at the rough spot they want to get with a forgiving aperture setting (around 8 or more). Interesting you say this as I have been on my photography journey these last 2 years and keep hearing the opposite opinion: People "cheating" by using a low aperture so they don't have to think about the entire composition as it gets blurred out.
- kamranjon 2mo ago
  Because street photography is very spontaneous it’s pretty common practice to set an aperture of 8 and just snap away - it’s a helpful trick for rangefinder cameras that often take some time to pull focus.
  - 10729287 2mo ago
    For those who want to know the science behind : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth_of_field https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth_of_field
- PetitPrince 2mo ago
  Its cheating because you don't have to think about focusing your lens. At f/8 you have a reasonable hyper-local distance, and so for instance everything from 2m to infinity is sufficiently sharp. This kind of advice was given before the advent of good enough autofocus where indeed you've rely on the machine to focus your imagine. But at the same time you delegate the choice of the subject to the machine instead of spontaneously capturing "everything".
  - 10729287 2mo ago
    Hyperfocal. Not hyper-local.
    - PetitPrince 2mo ago
      Indeed, my autocorrect and lack of rereading is to blame.

juancn 2mo ago

I still don buy it. The from-the-hip cameras typically have a waist-level viewfinder, which still is a good approximation of the optical path or you don't and you shoot completely blind. In that case any camera does the trick and so does a phone. Usually the hip part is so you get a better, more candid, portrait due to being inconspicuous. There's some composition advantage due to the perspective difference too.

close04 2mo ago
The website tells you what you need to know: > Vibe Over Pixels This isn't about getting a good shot, it's about the vibes and the fun. The viewfinder is the gimmick that catches the eye but it technically doesn't do anything.
flobosg 2mo ago
> The from-the-hip cameras typically have a waist-level viewfinder That is the case with twin-lens reflex cameras, for example, which are not commonly used for street photography. What the GP meant was holding an SLR or rangefinder camera at hip level, forgoing the viewfinder completely and shooting blind.

chrisan 2mo ago

> As a comparison point, many people shoot street photography "from the hip", aiming the camera at the rough spot they want to get with a forgiving aperture setting (around 8 or more). Interesting you say this as I have been on my photography journey these last 2 years and keep hearing the opposite opinion: People "cheating" by using a low aperture so they don't have to think about the entire composition as it gets blurred out.

kamranjon 2mo ago
Because street photography is very spontaneous it’s pretty common practice to set an aperture of 8 and just snap away - it’s a helpful trick for rangefinder cameras that often take some time to pull focus.
- 10729287 2mo ago
  For those who want to know the science behind : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth_of_field https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth_of_field
PetitPrince 2mo ago
Its cheating because you don't have to think about focusing your lens. At f/8 you have a reasonable hyper-local distance, and so for instance everything from 2m to infinity is sufficiently sharp. This kind of advice was given before the advent of good enough autofocus where indeed you've rely on the machine to focus your imagine. But at the same time you delegate the choice of the subject to the machine instead of spontaneously capturing "everything".
- 10729287 2mo ago
  Hyperfocal. Not hyper-local.
  - PetitPrince 2mo ago
    Indeed, my autocorrect and lack of rereading is to blame.