I use to shoot Pentax 67ii's at weddings. They are quite big and black and very noticed. I agree with what you are saying.
One interesting thing to note, though, is now I am shooting with a K10D at the weddings, but I continue to use a Stoboframe Pro RL bracket with flash and Lumiquest big bouncer on it. The whole package looks quite big and certainly not like Uncle Henry's DSLR with popup flash in use. So I actually get a similar reaction with this setup as I did with the 67 bodies. They tend to look at the overall size rather than the actual size of the body alone. -- Best regards, Bruce Friday, January 11, 2008, 3:56:54 PM, you wrote: BS> Graywolf, BS> I suppose I never gave you an Amen! on the Big Black Camera, but AMEN! BS> If it's big enough, it must be professional! BS> Regards, Bob S. BS> On Jan 11, 2008 5:01 PM, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 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 >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly >> above and follow the directions. >> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
