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[Donald Qualls]

when she really gets going the tongue is usually hanging out.

Every great jazz player needs a quirk...

 

[sillo]

 

[Daniela]

Two

Love the second one
Do you shoot color as often as b&w?

 

[NB23]

Love the second one
Do you shoot color as often as b&w?

Thanks!

I’d say color is 20% of my shooting, but I much prefer color. I work in phases as well as per the subject.
Presently, in Miami Beach, I’d be crazy to shoot BW. Same when I was in Greece last summer.

NYC, say, is a mix of both. Paris is DEFINITELY not color. And so on.

 

[Daniela]

Thanks!

I’d say color is 20% of my shooting, but I much prefer color. I work in phases as well as per the subject.
Presently, in Miami Beach, I’d be crazy to shoot BW. Same when I was in Greece last summer.

NYC, say, is a mix of both. Paris is DEFINITELY not color. And so on.

That's very interesting, I would have never guessed you'd prefer color. I love to see how people's styles are reflected differently in color and b&w.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Thanks!

I’d say color is 20% of my shooting, but I much prefer color. I work in phases as well as per the subject.
Presently, in Miami Beach, I’d be crazy to shoot BW. Same when I was in Greece last summer.

NYC, say, is a mix of both. Paris is DEFINITELY not color. And so on.

I carry multiple film backs and I switch back and forth between C41 color, black & white, film speeds and infrared films.

 

[eli griggs]

I carry multiple film backs and I switch back and forth between C41 color, black & white, film speeds and infrared films.

Many here will no have the luxury of Hasselblad and many backs, that we enjoy, and looking at some of the larger competition 6x6cm on up, camera backs, may no want to carry such a load with their cameras.

That said, with many of us using expired films, in the long run, multiple backs or cameras may just be the only economical way to avoid wasting partially shot rolls of film.

 

[Daniela]

I carry multiple film backs and I switch back and forth between C41 color, black & white, film speeds and infrared films.

I don't know how you guys do it. I can barely stand taking one backpack with one camera, one lens and a couple of rolls While part of the reason is simply avoiding extra weight (for tons of walking + public transportation), the other is that it challenges me to make the best with what I have. I have returned places with a different lens, for example, so I could get pictures I missed before...anyway, whatever makes us happy, works!

 

[Sirius Glass]

Many here will no have the luxury of Hasselblad and many backs, that we enjoy, and looking at some of the larger competition 6x6cm on up, camera backs, may no want to carry such a load with their cameras.

That said, with many of us using expired films, in the long run, multiple backs or cameras may just be the only economical way to avoid wasting partially shot rolls of film.

Hasselblad is not the only medium format camera with film backs, Rollei, Bronica, Mamiya, to name a few. Buy used and have them gone over by a repair service.

 

[Sirius Glass]

I don't know how you guys do it. I can barely stand taking one backpack with one camera, one lens and a couple of rolls While part of the reason is simply avoiding extra weight (for tons of walking + public transportation), the other is that it challenges me to make the best with what I have. I have returned places with a different lens, for example, so I could get pictures I missed before...anyway, whatever makes us happy, works!

Do not try to do it all at once. Start small with one camera, one lens and one type of film. More can come later when one is very comfortable will being fully comfortable will less.

 

[eli griggs]

I don't know how you guys do it. I can barely stand taking one backpack with one camera, one lens and a couple of rolls While part of the reason is simply avoiding extra weight (for tons of walking + public transportation), the other is that it challenges me to make the best with what I have. I have returned places with a different lens, for example, so I could get pictures I missed before...anyway, whatever makes us happy, works!

Good advice, and no every trip out needs to be accompanied by your full kit once you've put it together.

Today I'm limited myself to one body, one back, one lense, a pinhole lens, a single meter and a single flash unit.

Carrying more without being near to a car would really hurt my scoliosis, which I developed after years of wearing/carrying too much weight in backpacks and bags, something every photographer should beware.

 

[eli griggs]

Hasselblad is not the only medium format camera with film backs, Rollei, Bronica, Mamiya, to name a few. Buy used and have them gone over by a repair service.

Which I recognized in my earlier post about the size of those backs compared to Hasselblad kit.

Be very careful about repair shops CLAing any kit, as I've got an itemized recept for kit I was given, that shortly before, had been sent in for CLA and new seals etc. and it still makes me sick at the stomic seeing what that shop charged my friend for their basic services.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Which I recognized in my earlier post about the size of those backs compared to Hasselblad kit.

Be very careful about repair shops CLAing any kit, as I've got an itemized recept for kit I was given, that shortly before, had been sent in for CLA and new seals etc. and it still makes me sick at the stomic seeing what that shop charged my friend for their basic services.

That is why I have Mike at Samy's on Fairfax or Steve's in Culver City do my CLA work if possible.

 

[Donald Qualls]

I can barely stand taking one backpack with one camera, one lens and a couple of rolls

Heh. I finally got a decent backpack, now I can haul my RB67, 50/90/180 lenses (or trade off a little on film backs and fit in the 250) plus 2x converter, three or four film backs, my entire set of filters, several rolls of film -- and it's still not too heavy to carry. Maybe Gitzo is worth the money after all... Next, I need to find a lighter tripod.

 

[eli griggs]

Heh. I finally got a decent backpack, now I can haul my RB67, 50/90/180 lenses (or trade off a little on film backs and fit in the 250) plus 2x converter, three or four film backs, my entire set of filters, several rolls of film -- and it's still not too heavy to carry. Maybe Gitzo is worth the money after all... Next, I need to find a lighter tripod.

Congratulations, enjoy your new kit to it's fullest!

 

[Daniela]

Heh. I finally got a decent backpack, now I can haul my RB67, 50/90/180 lenses (or trade off a little on film backs and fit in the 250) plus 2x converter, three or four film backs, my entire set of filters, several rolls of film -- and it's still not too heavy to carry. Maybe Gitzo is worth the money after all... Next, I need to find a lighter tripod.

Had to look up Gitzo...beautiful stuff, but those prices
I have to say that part of my minimalist approach has to do with wanting to enjoy the moment and not having too many things to choose from, which would overwhelm me...at the end of the day, since I'm doing this just for fun, I'll continue to do what makes me happy (and the choice is made even simpler by having only a couple of cameras )

 

[Donald Qualls]

@Daniela Oh, for sure, for street photography you want a light, compact body, single lens, and a few rolls of film (how many depends on format). A Konica Pearl III could make a good street camera (coupled RF and auto frame counter/advance stop), though faster and interchangeable lenses have pushed 35 mm rangefinder and SLR into the forefront over the past sixty years or so. Hard to beat a Leica or Contax-compatible with a fast 50 mounted...

 

[NB23]

 

[GregY]

Paris
Leica CL, 40mm Heliar, Print on Foma Variant lll

FB

 

[Steven Lee]

pink door

 

[Moose22]

First roll with the Leica IIIf and the Summitar, or Soul Machine, or whatever it is.

Shot on Kentmere 400, which is a fine film for five bucks.

 

[NB23]

 

[NB23]

 

[Sirius Glass]

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[awty]

Picked up a Canon model 7 last week, was exposed to have a non functioning shutter, but when it arrived it was working fine, supper clean and sooo quiet, quieter than any other focal plain shutter I have including my Leica's.