joe_kras Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 Hello to all, After reading the last post it occured to me that most of the respondants were appoximately my age (I too and staring down the 50 year mark!) and I was wondering what the average age of large format shooter is? It occurred to me that I don't think I've seen very many young people using this format, actually I don't see too many people shooting large format at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_kasaian2 Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 I got my viagra and my minoxodil mixed up and now I can't get my hair to stay down! If I were enlarging paper they'd have to advertise me as having been stored in a cool New York basement! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnelstad Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 33. I'm new to LF, but hope to stare down my 50-year mark through a ground glass (reversed and upside-down, of course). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everheul Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 34 years old and I've been shooting large format for about 10 years. I shoot anything from 35mm to 5x7. I became interested in large format when I first noticed that my grandparents pictures kicked butt on todays smaller format pictures, at least my smaller format pictures. <p> Size does matter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andres_suurkuusk Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 I'm 36. Shoot 4x5 and 6x6 for couple of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janez_pelko1 Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 34 old and 3 years using LF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domenico_foschi Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 I am 40 now , been shooting lf for about 12 years and tired of hearing people saying " whow , is that an oldfashioned camera? or "shooting a movie?" or doing anything to distract you from taking the picture.The solution? Look intensely focused, it works most of the times.For the rest of the times, i'll be " politely rude". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick_ingram Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 I win! 22, and new to LF (and loving it, except for my troubles finding accurate developing times for Delta 100 on a Jobo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian_c._miller Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 I'm 36. I've been mucking about with large format for a couple of years, but now that I've finally fixed up the camera I can get serious! :-) I started photography with a point-n-shoot and then bought a Pentax 6x7. Now I have formats from half-frame to 8x10, and I like them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_owen Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 37 - but sometimes feeling 50!! Especially after lugging my gear up hill and down dale! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnps Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 I am 40 and from the UK. Have been shooting 35mm for 25 years, MF (6x9) for 18 months and LF (4x5) for 3 months. I have never seen anybody else out in the big outdoors with LF kit and only a handful with MF. I belong to a camera club but only know one person from the club who has ventured beyond 35mm to MF (6x7). Everyone is going digital now. But as Joe Cornish said once of LF "Its a great antidote to the digital revolution". Oh dear, better stick to the point rather than open that debate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_owen Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 Hi Nigel - I'm from the UK and I've also never seen anyone else with LF kit, come to think of it, I rarely see anyone with anything but 35mm. Are we a dying breed (in the UK)?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armin_seeholzer Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 Hi <p> I`m 45 years shooting 35mm, MF, LF. LF since 13 years the rest since at least 30 years.Good light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpshiker Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 I'm 47 (sigh) and on vitamin pills too. Started LF ten years ago. Long live the Forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill_jefferson Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 I'm 52, shooting 4x5, 8x10 started with Polaroid when i was 19, 32 yrs here, and still shooting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars ake vinberg Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 I'm 40, have been using LF sporadically since 1997. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
massimo_squillace Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 I know the answer to this question, and nobody can prove me wrong! I'm 45 and started using a 6x9 view camera a little over a year ago after 20+ years of 35mm shooting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian_tyler Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 38, still a baby to 4x5, 8 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan_lombard Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 Patrick, is it just me or does our boat look a little empty? Are there really so few young people out there dedicated at slugging around LF?! I'm 25, using 4x5 and then 5x7 for the last few years. And when I think of it now, I am very likely the only person in SA currently doing 5x7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chad_jarvis1 Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 35, 8x10 and 5x7. 3 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychophoto Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 Count me in as one of the young ones. I'm but a scant 20 years of age. I've been doing photography for 7 years, have been shooting large format for 4 years, and 8x10 for 2 of those years. I'm as hooked on LF as one can be, I think, and have every intention to keep shooting the sheet film with zeal until I expire. There don't seem to be a lot of people in my generation shooting large format, but the ones that are that I know are more than a little enthusiastic about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_salomon Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 61 and started shooting LF with 810 in Denver in 1963. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linas_kudzma Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 43, shooting 4x5 about 6 years, 8x10 about 3 years, 8x20 1 year. What's next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin carron Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 I am now 51. Started with a Foth Derby when about 10 then 35mm when the family came along. I started collecting old cameras when about 35. This led to LF once I tried using the big old cameras and realised that 90 year old gear can knock spots off modern 35mm. So old is not all bad. Keep taking the tablets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david b Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 34, and just started LF with second hand Wista VX, after 15 years with 35mm and MF. I'm in UK too, btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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