What if I want light to dictate MY end result?
What if I don't want to dictate?
What if I don't want to use a tripod?
What if I don't want to use any existing focal length or available aperture?
Isn't it my choice, after all?
Isn't photography "writing with light" and not generating it?
You seem to delve in photographic theories, I'm ok with this. But you seem to forget that some of the very best photographers simply rejected them (I'm not speaking of myself, obviously).
"La meilleure des regles est de ne pas en avoir".
PS: Which Rollei rangefinder cameras are you speaking of? Never heard of any, unless you mean Rollei merely as brandname put on some obscure Cosinas).
Indeed, sir. You are absolutely correct. Any person can pick up a camera and just use it in any way and if they are personally satisfied with the results for them, then voîla!, they then have a result that is good for them personally and who's to argue that they aren't satisfied with it? After all, that's what the "A" is for on the camera settings. Absolutely agree.
I don't know which "very best photographers" use/d cameras this way - I know for sure some one like Ansel Adams isn't one as I've read many of his books over the years and he never mentions this as it's rather the antithesis of his work and teachings- but since I don't know every best photographer, or what constitutes this particular definition of "best photographers," I'm happy to agree with you that there must be some kind of "best photographers" (broadening the term "photographer" here rather widely) out there who do reject all basic photography theory, concepts, techniques and rules in their work. Of course, that would mean, like any artistic master in the last 2,000+ years in any field in the East or West, they are in fact
masters of ALL the theory, concepts, techniques and rules and as masters, they then know which ones to counter, break with or leave out and when and why and how to do so. And since I'm in full agreement with you here then, there's not much more to say on this subject, mom ami. Au revoir.