What a bizarre question. "No, I'm a fisherman." Huh?
It's like people asking, "can you still get film for that?" while I'm shooting. I'm tempted to say, "no, I just like pretending."
Someone once annoyed me so much with the "can you still get film" question that I told them that I buy thin plastic, silver nitrate from the drug store, and jello and make my own film so I was set for quite some time. I made it sound so plausible that they believed me.
As for strange cameras in strange places, I took a Folding Kodak Brownie Autographic to Disney World last year, now that was a fun camera and I got a lot of interesting looks and comments.
Thank you??? :confused:
I've never actually measured or weighed my 8x10 case, but I'm sure when I lug it around I look like someone trying to dispose of a body. (only slightly less embarrassing) It was only after getting my Grover that I realized that Brett Weston was right. This is a camera that was never meant to be taken out of the studio. Now at least I can get my gear out to virtually any place you can cart a pair of three year-old twins.
What's embarrassing is taking my 8x10 out for a walk in my two-child bike trailer. Neighbour thought we'd had grandkids without telling them.
I find that when I have the Rb67 out sitting on a tripod, people will get out of my way. They look at that big set up and must be thinking that you are working for some newspaper or someone that needs serious pictures. I get a kick out of people that will duck or go behind me when they were going to walk in front of my camera. I think they figure that is a video and they don't want to mess up my filming. I did once have a guy come up to me and said 'a man after my own heart'. He explained that he had used to use a TLR and still had it but when he saw me using my RB he said he would have to get back into it. So maybe putting that big camera out there will inspire a few cameras to come out of the closet and be loaded up again. Ric.
Wow, I was thinking about this earlier as I was riding my bike home to get my camera. I started to think of where I could get a kid trailer to put my 4x5 stuff in while I drove it all around to different spots.
Why attach the flash?
I own an RZ, and I disagree. An RB/RZ is very easy to "cradle" without a handle, and it is even more comfortable this way than holding the whole thing from the side with one hand. A flash adds bulk and gangliness, which is what will make the camera seem "strange" to people, and all the weight is on one side, which skews the camera. A strap alone over the neck or shoulder will do fine, and the camera will not stick out as much. They aren't that heavy, just bulky. Anything you can do to reduce the bulk will keep it more low profile. Keep a WLF on in instead of a prism, and don't accessorize it. YMMV, of course.
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