Just last week I was out with my whole plate camera. Guy comes up to me and wants me to come on his local TV station for an interview...
Whatever happened to cursive? All of that Palmer Method for naught.
Whatever happened to cursive? All of that Palmer Method for naught.
I've been asked every question imaginable. The best one was when a kid asked me if that was an old TV. I get people all the time talking to me while I'm taking photos with the LF camera. They almost always engage me when I'm busy though... so I say, sorry, but I'm working. Or they'll engage me when I'm counting the exposure... If someone is around when I'm not busy, or I'm done, I let them have a look under the dark cloth. Is your camera upside down? It's not their fault. They don't understand.
The world is full of people who like to argue for little to no reason. Some people are just cranky and anyone who isn't a reflection of themselves upsets them for exposing their own insecurities. When I was younger, I'd often engage with these people. But I've learned you can't win an argument with people like this. You might be able to out smart them, but they'll out stupid you. And most of the time in an unregulated public argument, the stupidest person wins because your logic won't have any effect on them, but their anger and frustration will eventually effect you.
The world is full of people who like to argue for little to no reason. ...
I don't know, but what I do know is that the only REAL painting is acrylic.
Like other interest groups, from the inside photographers think other people obsess about their personal choices. This is rarely the case. A lot of the time people really don't care, or are just trying to make conversation. I recall seeing older photographers carrying folding cameras at the height of the late 1970s SLR boom, and wondering why they kept such obviously out of date equipment, but I was young and stupid back then.He wasn't derogatory and seemed genuinely happy to see someone shooting film.
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Photojournalists are conformist in their gear choices nowadays. It wasn't always the case. Look at newsreels of a car show or catwalk from the 1960s, and you can spot 35mm rangefinders, SLRs, TLR's, large format press cameras, and 120 folding rangefinders. All used by professionals.
My friend from the 55+ community I live in told me he threw away his Hassie because no one wanted it.
But there is a flip side to this. Nice cameras, especially Leicas, emerge from safe deposit boxes or home safes, where the old gent kept his "investments." Consolidaters or estate buyers then do their best to sell them, so at least they are back in circulation .That may be more common than we'd like to think, as geezers die off and their wives or children have no interest or idea of the value of such equipment.
That may be more common than we'd like to think, as geezers die off and their wives or children have no interest or idea of the value of such equipment
The equipment has no value if no one wants it or it isnt' being used.
If somebody has a mint Hassy with 5 pristine lenses and he can't use it .. not sure what the value of it is. If no one wants or uses the stuff, it is worthless. And if somebody finds it in the trash bin while dumpster diving outside the guy's house and feeds an electrical cord through each lens and camera and afixes a LED light bulb to a fixture, those "cool old school camera parts lights" have more value as a desk lamp or curiosity piece selling for IDK 20$ each than anything else.
Photojournalists are conformist in their gear choices nowadays. It wasn't always the case. Look at newsreels of a car show or catwalk from the 1960s, and you can spot 35mm rangefinders, SLRs, TLR's, large format press cameras, and 120 folding rangefinders. All used by professionals.
A little of both, probably. The press pack seem to favour full frame DSLRs with a 24-70, plus another body with something longer. One national newspaper pro who worked on a project I was involved with used a digital Leica. They could probably use M4/3 or APS-C cameras without too many compromises, as the final image will be seen in print or compressed on a website. IQ will hold up at least as well as film speeds. The fix-it-in-post mentality seems as evident among the pros as amateurs.Are they really 'conformists', or is the current market offering for practical gear suited to the job just far more narrow than it was sixty years ago?
My Topcon 35-L was found in the trash by the guy from whom I've purchased it heh
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