>> But I don't really do landscapes. People. And that's 35 mil all over it. >> >> Rambling, >> Cotty > >I dunno, I LOVE shooting people in 6 x 7. Since I got my 67II, >I almost don't like using 35mm anymore. Formal portraits, >casual portraits, kids portraits, are SOOOO much better >handled by the 6x7 negative, what happens when that child's >parents want an 11 x 14 of their kid? The advantage over >35mm becomes clear pretty soon.
I take your point, Brian. I'm afraid all my portraits are 'casual' - I don't think I've used a tripod for one in almost 20 years! I print up to A3 (about 15X11) on an inkjet no problem at all. Sure if you look close, you can see the drops of ink, but why look so close? Bigger prints are meant to be seen a bit further back. > >Landscapes? Night shots? anything where you have time >to compose and consider your exposure? The bigger neg >wins out everytime. Maybe. I spend all day setting up a dirty great big video camera and huge tripod. Can't wait to get away from them. That's why I like 35mm so much. I love the freedom to duck and dive with the camera, hunting out the best angle, and as you say 'consider and compose' - I just do it very quickly. To some degree this is possible with medium format. In the early 80s I had a Mamiya RB67 and ducking and diving with that was just about do-able (I'm a big guy...) but nothing like 35 mm. I don't want to get into a 35 vs med debate; I know each has it's pluses and minuses - and different peeps use them in different ways... >Where the 35mm rules is getting those fast moving >subjects like hyperactive kids at play or actors on stage... Check out my November PUG offering... >35mm works well for actors headshots and "newspaper style" >promos that won't see over 8 x 10. Also when out with a tripod >and the 600mm shooting birds or that grizzly bear with cubs.... Wildlife! I am in awe of anyone with the patience to wait for the right moment to capture the Lesser Spotted Throat-Warbler Mangrove Nih Nih Luxury Yacht Bird, and in even more awe regarding Grizzly Bears! My sister's bloke has been to the arctic to photograph Polar Bears with an ETRS kit including some bloody big glass - more like the gun off a battleship than something to do with a camera. I take my hat off to you wildlife snappers. Me? I tried and got too bored. Love looking at the results though (anyone's - not mine). Honest, on a walk to the river last summer, and a pair of swans and some signets lazied down the Thames (pronounced 'Tems'). I had the 70-200 aboard an MX with monopod. Now I ask you - how can anyone mess that up? I did: the pics were a complete 'bag-o-sheeeeyite' as they say up north in Manchester. There was maybe one semi-decent one, but it just didn't have the sparkle that I like my pics to have. It didn't have that 'Je ne sais quoi'. Humans I have no problem with. Swans I do! Cheers, Cotty _______________________________________________________ Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out the UK Macintosh ads www.macads.co.uk - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
