peter_galea Posted March 8, 2003 Share Posted March 8, 2003 47. Newspaper photographer, baby portraits (yes, the 99centers), college yearbook photographer (37 states, that was a party!) darkroom tech. Now, I'm a golf course superintendent. Still shooting. 4x5-10 years. 8x10 as of today! . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j michael sullivan Posted March 29, 2003 Share Posted March 29, 2003 47 yrs old. Was a studio photographer back in the late 70's and early 80's -- shot everything back then: 8x10, 5x7, 4x5, 120, 35mm. Gave it up to go back to school and found myself on the "other side" i.e. graphic design/art direction. Finally broke down and bought myself a Linhof Technikardan outfit in 1996. Last year bought a Mamiya 7 outfit. Love them both. Lately I've been thinking about the Cambo wide... J Michael Sullivan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lloyd_lim Posted March 29, 2003 Share Posted March 29, 2003 I'm 31. Been using 4x5 for about 3 years now, 6x7 for about 8 years and 35mm for 20 years :) And I'm currently in Singapore, where using a large format camera gets a lot of stares! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars_h_gglund Posted March 30, 2003 Share Posted March 30, 2003 61. Started with my fathers MF when I was 10. 35 mm at 20. Bought my 4"x5" Tachihara in NY 1992. I am only working with BW with my LF gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert_a._zeichner1 Posted March 30, 2003 Share Posted March 30, 2003 55 and shooting LF since '95. Before that, MF and 35mm since 1958. First serious camera was a Ricoh Diacord G, which I still have. Recently started experimenting with 5x7. One question for all over 40: If we're over the hill, why do we keep slowing down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas_young1 Posted July 20, 2003 Share Posted July 20, 2003 45 and been shooting LF since 96. Started with 35mm and Tri-X in 80 or 81 and started doing my own BW darkroom since 82. Started with Tachi 4x5 in 96 and added Calumet C-1 8x10 in 2002. Up here in Northwest Wisconsin it's unusual to see someone with medium format (outside of a wedding) let alone LF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephane_bastien1 Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 Hello, I'm 41. I've starting photo in 1978, with a canon dial 35-2 (I've still it), Then I bought a Canon AE-1, and after a Canon A1. There were expensive for my student budget, I remember that ! After the army, all was sold, and I bought a Nikon FE, and a Nikkormat FT2. I've sold the FE, but I have the "mat" today. I bought a Hassy 500C too with two lenses (still here too, I think I'll keep it forever). Today I have : 2 Zorki 4K (the second for backup) both mint,1 Canon FT,1 Nikon EM, My FT2, 1 Rollei 35S, 1 AE-1 (Recently received, bought on Ebay), mint. And I looking for an Argus 3C. I've got an Icarex 35S, good shape , but I want to sell it (anybody interested ?, nice price !) I like collect cameras, but I use them, it's not only for display ! I was professionnal photographer for 6 years, using 4x5" and 13x18 Sinars, Mamiya RZ etc.. Then I was working in computer managment for industry, and now I'm system administrator in a big company ! But the photo virus is still in me !!! Bravo for photo.net site ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christopher broadbent Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 69. When I started in 1969, you couldn't show a portfolio to an ad-agency in anything smaller than 10x8 (20x25 to us). So I got a Burke&James. It needed a tripod both ends. There was always also format snobbery. For instance, 5x7 was considered only good for furniture catalogs, 5x4 for packshots. I believe 10x8's mounted in a big black board were just nicer for the agency to present to the client. 10x8 kept us all in debt for years - not for the camera, but for the flash. Everything gets shot at f45 meaning four 5,000 W/sec. generators. Scheimpflug never did real tabletop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vick_vickery Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 Guess I'll help keep the average up...I'm 58 and live on the sunny Mississippi Gulf Coast (when we're not being Katrina'd!). I started shooting in the early '60's when I was given a Polaroid 100 pack camera and progressed thru 35mm, 6x6, 6x7, 6x9, 4x5, and 5x7 by the time I finished college in '69. Still shoot 35mm, MF, and 4x5, depending on what I'm trying to do or what is handy at the moment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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