You'd be surprised who knows about Speed Graphics, I know at least two regular users under 30. They're something of a cult camera these days, the higher-brow version of the Diana.
-Adam On 1/11/08, 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. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
