That is the Big Black Camera syndrome. I have mentioned it here on several occasions, but you seem to be the first who agreed with me on that. I used to use a Mamiya Universal Press. It was "BIG". It was "BLACK". And it did not look anything like Uncle Harry's camera. People would actually stop to watch the "PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER" working.
Besides that it had superb lenses, backs for at least 4 different film formats including full frame Polaroids, the rangefinder was great too. The term Big Black Camera used to mean a Speed Graphic, and it seems to have outlived that as I have heard it used by people too young to have ever seen a Speed Graphic. Speaking of Speed Graphics, did you know the way you get rid of your spent flashbulbs, now that there are no ashtrays to pop them into, is to give them to the subject as a souvenir? Not sure if they actually keep it, but they seldom refuse to take it. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Rick Denney wrote: > > But there's a bigger reason a 645D would succeed if priced > competitively with Canon, and that is that many commercial > photographers need to use impressive looking equipment. This flies in > the face of artistic sensibilities, but many fat brides are already > outside the realm of art and just want their photographer not to look > like Uncle Harry. And Uncle Harry has a Canon 350D or a 30D, which to > the bride looks no different than the photographer's 5D or 1DsII. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
