Originally Posted by
Peter Lewin
J: Welcome (Bienvenue?). I've already posted a response to your question in the image sharing thread, your comments and a visit to your stillthrill site reinforced my sense that the view camera will open a new approach for your photography. Simply put, a view camera (other than a Graphic or Linhof or other hand-held press camera) is not a "street photography" tool, it lends itself to a less dynamic approach. I suspect that is why many of us own cameras in a bunch of formats (in my case, both film and digital FF 35mm, film medium format and 4x5). We use whichever camera fits a particular subject/project best. But my first love is my 4x5, so I'm sure you will have a lot of fun with yours. I suspect that if you browse through the image sharing threads, you will get a sense of what subjects work best with a view camera, and by their absence, which do not. I'm already looking forward to the posting of your first view camera pictures.
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