Analog film photography and cameras

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salad in reply to @miro_o

Lens design for SLR wideangles is difficult and compromised by the large gap between the rear element and film plane. That’s why a 28mm SLR lens will tend to be much bigger (and often more complex) than a 28mm rangefinder lens of the same era.

Yeah. Thanks.
Read about that some time.
Don't know a single photographer who cares about this though to be honest.

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miro_o in reply to @salad

Most have their preferences.

It was quite common to use rangefinders for street/reportage but move to an SLR for portraits/still-life/studio stuff and sports.

Going way back it was common (in the UK) for press photographers to use a Rolleiflex with fast film and a flash and sometimes a Leica alongside for ‘chromes’.

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