arne_croell Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 44 and I started with LF (4x5, 8x10)11 years ago; some of my equipment is as older than I am... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skygzr Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 I'm 43, which is not only a prime number, but quite young for a Galapagos tortoise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_pietri5 Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 I havn't decided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edward_burlew Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 I am in Toronto area. I am 48, I have been doing large format from age 19 in university, I have been shooting 35 and medium format since age 12. I got to 8x10 last year. I was a pro doing fashion in Toronto for about 5 years in the early eighties. I got tired of competing against the reyerson grads who slept in their studios and the ad amanagres who would sign off on he polariods and then sill pay slowly or had their partner complain. So I decided that I would become a professional amatuer, That menas I refuse to do photography for money. I don't get into juried competetions either because then I end up truing to shhot to please the judges. I had to get a really good job to afford this but it has frred up the way I thimk and has allowed me to explore the fun of being creative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_goldfarb Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 36. First stepped into a darkroom around age 9 and have been doing photography ever since. Tried LF a few times in the past, but I've only been doing it seriously for around 3-4 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug_paramore Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 I'm 64 and have been shooting LF, along with other formats, for 45 years, both as professional and amatuer. I current shoot 98 percent of work with LF. I spilled Viagra on my tripod and cannot get the legs to collapse for transport. It's good to see we have a lot of members in the 30-40 year-old-range, and even a few dedicated members in their 20s. Seems one takes to LF after they get a little older and more experienced and really know what quality means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnanian Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 hi joe - i'm 36, been shooting 4x5 since i was 24, 5x7 since i was 30 .. and using a camera since i was 6 :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audidudi Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 I've just turned 43 and while I own a 4x5 Galvin, I shoot most often with a Toyo 23G and rollfilm. I started using view cameras a little over 5 years ago and lately, have started feeling an urge to move up to 8x10... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_freeman Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 Great question Joe, I'm 21, from saratoga springs, NY, shooting 8x10, souping azo in pyro. I'm proud to say that 3 years ago my first camera was a tech III. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.l.__mac__mcdonald Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 Joe, <p> 43 here, started with medium format when I was 13(when I look at Old negs, I think I was more skilled at 13 or at least had better Artistic View, what ever the hell that is) now I'm back into LF for the last 6-7years and enjoying it the last 3-4. As for the "50 year mark" that you mentioned, well I remember when I thought that was REALLY, REALLY, REALLY OLD! Now, I even know a few people that "OLD". As for young people not being involved...... well I think all of us "OLD" people need to keep trying to change that every chance we get. They say "OLD People have a lot to offer" well so do our young people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_mueller Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 12 stuck in a 36 year old body. Serious 35mm about 3 years, 4x5 about 3 months. Pittsburgh, PA www.pghphoto.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_long1 Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 22, started shooting 4x5 in school when I was 19. Missed a year when I got out of school and lost access to all the cameras. Just recently got back into it by purchasing a old Crown Graphic. Never realized how much I enjoy the process of shooting large format untill I didn't do it for a while and then came back to it. Its great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b.d.trabitz___ Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 I will be 69 in October. Using LF since I attended Ansel Adams workshop in 80 with a 35mm slr. I bought my 4x5 on returning home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_calwell Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 I just turned 52, and I've been shooting large format since 1982. My interest in photography started with a Pentax Spotmatic in 1968. With age, I've noticed that my equipment is starting to feel heavier to me, especially the old Bogen 3051 and C-1 8x10. I'm glad I've got a light weight wooden Wista 4x5 to fall back on (not literally). I also have a Linhof 5x7, which I'm starting to use, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_galli4 Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 49¾! Large format since '94. 4X5, 5X7, 8X10, 11X14. Looking for a 5X12 and after yesterday's post, a cirkut. Gotta try 'em all. AZO in Pyro?? Love this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethan Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 22. Started shooting when I was 16. I shot a few sheets of 4x5 a few years ago in high school. But the large format bug didn't really get me until this year. I'm a photography major at Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. Took a view camera class this spring and just fell for it, bought a Canham 4x5 on student loans and I've been shooting 5-20 sheets a week since mid January. Haven't even looked at my 35 lately. Loving it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_schneider Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 44 in a few weeks. Bought my first real camera, a Canon FTb, when I was a freshman in high school with money earned hauling hay bales in the summer. Started in large format about 3 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason_greenberg_motamedi Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 I'm 35, have been using 5x7 on and off since my second year of college in 1986. After taking a six year hiatus (grad school and other forms of angst) I am again staring at ground glass. I 'discovered' this forum only six months ago, but really enjoy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per_volquartz1 Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 39 in spirit!55 according to the calendar! <p> Started LF 38 years ago (apparently at the mental age of 1). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew_runde Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 <a name="1">22</a> - I've been interested in photography for about eight years. I've studied LF on and off for a few years, and I began using an LF camera several months ago. I think that I may have a mid-life crisis when I turn 25 (a <i>quarter of a century</i>). I may need to save up for some big glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_g_hall Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 I am 37. Started serious photography with a 35mm Ricoh as an exchange student in Spain at 14. Then a Nikon, then a Pentax 67, then a toyo starter 4x5 in 1989. Then a Canham 5x7 in 1997, pyro in 1999 and an 8x10 this year. My day job is in radio so spending free moments focusing and "moving" a big camera is a welcome balance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jiang_hai_ho Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 Ha! I guess I'm the youngest here...<p>I am 16, and I just started LF with a horseman LE (used) and an Angulon 90/6.8<p>although I am new to this page, the archives have helped me immensely. I hope to participate and learn more from all you experienced people out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_flather Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 Hi,<p>Just purchased my first 4x5 three weeks a go and i'm hooked!!! Look at those chromes!! :) And I'm 27 years olds.<p><i>I don't see too many people shooting large format at all. </i><p>Or selling the film! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob haight Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 I am 50 and brand new to LF. I have shot 35 since my Kodak Brownie days and MF for several years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_long Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 In dog years, I would be dead! Hi everybody -- I am 37 years young! I got my real start in photography when I received a Canon 35mm from my parents on my 16th birthday. Prior to that, I had either borrowed my sister's 35mm or used my trusty Kodak Pocket Instamatic, complete with flip flash ;-) ! <p> In college, I was 2 1/2 years into a Mechanical Engineering degree when I started taking photo courses in Film & Television Production. I received my BS in F&TV (photography option) with the thinking that if it looked as though I was doomed to flipping burgers, I could always go back and finish up engineering. It's been 14 years since and I haven't looked back. I consider myself fortunate that I am able to do what I love for a living. <p> I started in LF and MF about 16 years ago. I sold my first LF camera (Omega 45D) and worked mostly with MF until I acquired a 4x5 technical field (Wista SP) about eight years ago. My absence from LF photography only rekindled my love for the large format process. Today, most of my shooting is done with 4x5 (although my Mamiya 7II is kind of fun too!). Additionally, with the help of some fellow LF forum members, I am well on my way in the restoration of an 8x10 Korona. When people stop and ask me what kind of camera I am using, I simply smile and say that it's a "new old camera." (Their response is usually, "Boy, I bet it takes good pictures!") <p> Sorry for the long-winded answer to a simple question -- I hope that none of you have fallen asleep face-down on the keyboard. Good light to all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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