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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.

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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.

 

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Size does matter!

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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".

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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