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<p>My dad was a pro photographer, and I had the opp to observe him sometimes. He never undertook to teach me anything about photography. I got into a different filed altogether, and I stuck with collecting cameras for years. But now as I am retired, I enjoy taking pix and making prints. and keep on doing that. My main problem is finding frames at affordable prices</p>

<p>OK, I'll post: W. Eugene Smith, and Erich Salomon are the two photographers who most inspire me.</p>

<p>I am planning a shoot of downtown buildings. Something I have done before in a smaller city. But I will call it "Looking Up at Downtown" because it will skip the ground floor fronts. I h ave no idea if I will encounter police queries. But I will take along some prints from my prior efforts, just in case. </p>

<p>OK, I will add my two cents worth: NEVER ever destroy your originals. 'Nuf said!</p>

<p>The classic reply, attributed to J.P. Morgan while on his yacht: "If you have to ask, you can't afford it."</p>

<p>Theresa, check out a nearby paper mill and ask if you can get a bit of their "broke" it is likely to be as wide as their paper making machine, and they will just recycle it anyway</p>

<p>I take lotsa pix but show only the good ones!</p>

 

<p>Be sure to visit Watkins Glen State Park, and get in some pix of Hector Falls too.</p>

<p>I can not say with any certainty, but my grandfather was a lithographic artist. He engraved letterheads which were as detailed as money. His dad was a Lithographer. My dad was a photographer. And on the other side, I had an uncle who managed to get 35 of his works on the cover of Saturday Evening Post.<br>

I remain an amateur photographer. I don't do weddings and I don't do bar mitzvahs.</p>

 

<p>Just an addendum re tripods. I learned from a newspaper photographer in Rockford, IL that a tabletop tripod which you rest on your chest is not a tripod, it's a "light-stretcher." So shoot as you wish, just skip the flash in "sensitive" locales.</p>

<p>I have found a number of inexpensive frames, with hanger hardware at Dollar General. Have also used Michael's.</p>

<p>"fashion" as such is always annoying, and usually boring.</p>

 

<p>I have a couple of cartons of film. I hope very much to use it up soon.</p>

 

<p>OK, I have a number of camera bags, each of which has a different type of camera and accessories. My main problem with this situation is just remembering which system I want to use and grabbing the right bag. LOL</p>

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<p>I collect old and even "antique" cameras. I love to use them. I wish I could find a convenient source for 5x7 glass plates, but donot expect do that soon. I have an acquaintance who shoots 5x7 Tri-X exclusively for landscapes and gets u[pwards of $1500 for his 30x40 prints which he prints himself. Nice lab!<br>

So among our classic users, who among us is actually shooting LF or MF from earlier than, say, 1940 or so?</p>

<p>Just as a matter of curiosity, would it do any good at all to tell a police officer to "please get out of the picture?"</p>

<p>I often have to choose which cameras to haull along. I'm a collector, as well as an avid amateur. So<br>

I usually have 2 or more film cams as well as a couple of digitals. My preferred digitals now include a Kodak V570, which has 5 Mpixel file size, and is very very compact. I just wish it had an optical viewfinder. But whaddaya want for the price? My next digicam is one I just got. it's almost as compact as the V570 but it is thicker and does change shape to zoom. It's also a Kodak, Z1485IS ands it does have a 14Mpixel file capacity.<br>

I have not used it a lot yet, but I plan to reshoot a number of my printed pix at the higher resolution.Here's hoping.</p>

 

<p>How can anyone "run out" of film? If you are slow to reload, then just carry a 2nd camera, or if you have to, a digital.</p>

 

<p>Well I will sum it up with the cam I bought last week. I got a Kodak Z1485IS, chiefly for the 14Mpixel capacity. I can say that I havenot been disappointed with it.</p>

 

<p>Just a few I really want to get; the rest is serendipity!</p>

<p>Robot Royal<br>

Hasselblad Xpan<br>

Pentax 67</p>

<p>Depends on how you define "use." I bought 2 35mm cams last weekend and played with them all this past week. But I have not put any film thru them yet. Still cleaning them up.<br>

For the record, I got a Zorkii 4, and a Yashica Electro 35. Both are functional. And I did find a battery sub for the Electro.</p>

 

<p>A 3/4 low-angle shot will be the primary one. Add to that shots from behind, above, and maybe, below, with or without a rider mounted.<br>

Larry</p>

<p>It's just for the record, and I confess that I love Leicas, but themost I have paid for one so far, an M3 with an f2.8/90mm Elmarit, is $350. My i© got at a flea market for $35. And my iiif I got at Central Camera in Chicago for $250. I love them all.<br>

Larry</p>

<p>I want a medium format digital TLR, kinda like a Yashicamat 124G with a 6x6 view screen, in addition to the finder screen. LOL</p>

<p>I recommend that you take a look at the web site: www.michaeljohnsonphotography.com for insipiration. Mike shoots landscapes in 5x7 Tri-X and has produced some remarkable work.<br>

Larry</p>