cyr_smith

<p>Dumb question.</p>

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<p>How many cameras do you own/use on a regular basis?</p>

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<p>ALL OF THEM. web.mac.com/cyrs</p>

<p>"If I could say it in words I wouldn't need to haul around this damn camera"<br>

Me</p>

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<p>Self limitation by self-definition....</p>

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<p>“There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are.”<br /> Ernst Haas.</p>

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<p >Then for people working in B&W - it's first and foremost about black and white and grey... I believe most B&W photographers first and foremost think about what they're seeing in B&W before anything else - and it's their prime motivator for taking the picture. Period.</p>

<p >Are those statements true?</p>

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<p >Yes. Period</p>

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<p>Anybody that doesn't think color photography isn't about color ..... well they can't honestly think that. I believe most color photographers first and foremost think about what they're seeing "in color" before anything else. And, it's they're "prime" motivator for taking the picture. Period.</p>

<p>I think the question is moot. Think of your work this way: “There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are.” Ernst Hass quote.</p>

<p>Oh man-! I was going to purchase one after looking at the site i.e.:http://www.largeformatphotography.info/scan-comparison/ and seeing it was one of the best scanners but decided on an Epson instead.......glad I did.<br /> web.mac.com/cyrs</p>

<p>This website is strickly a money making site. Anyone with £15 per picture can enter. Then once they have your money and your email address they try and sell you a book with all the pictures in it.......just a scam-!<br />web.mac.com/cyrs</p>

<p>Why don't you try and find your own personal view of things??</p>

<p>test</p>

Hey to Dave also, sorry just realized you had answer the question also. Thanks.

Hey-! Thanks Charley, I appreciate the info. PS do you like the lens??

Anybody know for sure what size hole is needed for a Ilex Acme #4 shutter? I need it in millimeters is possible. Thanks.<div></div>

Chris Chen: "Throw in a 300mm and a 450mm lens with Copal 3 shutters and your 4x5 is easily heavier than your 35mm".

Wrong mister Chen. My 300 Nikkor F9 in a #1 Copal is 0.64 lbs and I don't use a 450mm so it still ends up lighter.

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Nothing ever is ever truly lost. http:/web.mac.com/cyrs

Ok, I''ve heard over and over how carrying all that 4x5 camera equipment out to the boondocks is not something most people would want to

do. Well I thought about it and did a little comparison with my Canon EOS 1ds and 2 lenses and my 4x5 and 2 lenses and guess what?

The 35mm equipment outweighed my 4x5 by 1.5 lbs. Yes-!! I used the same tripod for both, same backpack for both... actual film weight

same as flash cards....etc.

 

Canon EOS 1ds = 36 oz.

Battery = 12.8 oz. (two each)

Lens EF 70-200 f2.8L IS USM = 51.84 oz.

Lens EF 24mm F1.4 II USM = 23 oz.

Total 123.64 oz. = 7.72 lbs

 

Gandolfi Variant II = 70.4 oz.

Lens Rodenstock Grandagon 90mm w/lens board = 17 oz.

Lens Xenar 150mm w/lens board =6 oz.

3 4x5 film holders = 8 oz.

Total 101.4 oz. = 6.34 lbs

 

So, I think I'll shoot with my 4x5 today.

If you have to call yourself an artist your not.

Rules, Shmooooles! There aren't any rules....!!

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and here's proof.

Proof positive that people will go to outlandish extremes to preserve their ill conceived ideas about the importance of themselves ..... look

at the tux that guy's wearing!!!!!!

Please, please, please no more photographs of that tux!!!!!

"Knowing beforehand what you want to shoot and how you want to shoot it will lead to greater success in finding and

achieving it."

"Going out and shooting like a "butterfly" will get you success only by chance and not often."

"Do We Need Image Stabilization?"

Some questions just shouldn't be asked.

Most people get "into" the technical stuff and want to talk endlessly about it because they have no sense of "art". The

technical side is something they can "rap their head around" so they talk, talk and talk........ad infinitum.

What is and what isn't is a tough one. I believe what is good street and what is bad street would be an easier question to

answer if it were a good photograph first and foremost.

Maybe the answer is that the pictures your calling "not" street are actually just bad photographs. If that is correct then I concur.