LF wedding success!

roteague said:

FWIW, I can't imagine any real professional using a Oly E550.

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I can't imagine any real professional not knowing that LF cameras don't have meters.

I agree with the other posters here--It is a terrific image----I wish I could have such expressions on my sitters faces----VERY WELL DONE!!!
An Oly P&S for their "PRO" photographers equip----good gosh!! That's down right embarrassing ! Heck!! He/She coulda used about a dozen disposable 35 mm cameras and just sent the whole shabang to Walmart and got Double Prints !

Nothing to add but agreement, VERY WELL DONE !!!

The right tools for the job and you nailed it.

Thanks for sharing.

A lot of us old timers used the Speed to shoot weddings in the 50s. It's a fast camera, and you can easily carry 24 shots in your camera bag. True, it's not unobtrusive, not as fast as a 35 SLR, and gives you far fewer shots than a 8GB digital card, but it worked well then and I'm not surprised that it works well now.

nworth said:

A lot of us old timers used the Speed to shoot weddings in the 50s.

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I'm very fond of my Speed. It's an extremely versatile camera, and it never ceases to amaze me. I've had it only for about a year, and I haven't shot with it as much as I'd like to (it is bulky, after all, at least compared to a Leica ).
This was the first time I've actually used it "on location". I must say I'm glad I did

BTW, it looks like I've started a kind of "LF rennaissance" areound these parts - mainly due to my Speed Graphic. Another amateur photographer, a friend of mine, quickly bought one for himself on ebay, after having had mine on loan for about a week I also got him a Unicolor roller base and drum on another forum, so that he can develop his negs at home.

We have to keep the LF tradition alive

Denis