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    Hello... Old Hat to Film, but NEW to LF!

    Hello all.

    My name is Brooks. I am a 26 year old father of two and husband of one. I have been into photography at the "serious amateur" level for quite a while now. I got my start in photography shooting 35mm with an old Canon SLR. After shooting with that for a while, I got pulled to the "dark side" and went digital. Invested quite a bit of money in my digital system, battery grip, external flashes, big lenses, the whole nine yards, only to find out that I didn't really care too much for digital. Both the process and the results left me feeling like I was lacking something from my film days...

    So after much deliberation, I sold off my digital system and picked up an old Nikon FG-20 SLR. Not long after that I picked up a Yashica A TLR that shoots 6x6 120, and I recently picked up my new pride and joy, a Cambo SC 4x5 monorail. I'm still in the process of acquiring everything I need for it, lens, lensboard, film holders, etc... I can't wait to get out and actually USE the big thing that is sitting on a shelf in my living room.

    Anyway, I've already racked up fifteen posts on this forum I think, mostly asking random questions, so I figured I'd make a real introduction.

    I look forward to growing in my photography and to being part of this wonderful LF community. I am so glad to see that this kind of photography is still going strong in this digital age.

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    Re: Hello... Old Hat to Film, but NEW to LF!

    Welcome !

    We all know that "sharpness" isn't everything, but...

    "This $300 used 4 x 5 is sharper than a new $3,000 Hasselblad and worlds beyond a $5,000 Leica, Contax, Canon or Nikon."

    -- Ken Rockwell

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    Re: Hello... Old Hat to Film, but NEW to LF!

    Hi Brooks! Welcome. Your 4x5 is the same camera that I started out with.

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    Re: Hello... Old Hat to Film, but NEW to LF!

    Welcome to group therepy! Your background sounds much like mine, but 40 years later, even to the cameras (with the exception of the digital, to which I'm a late-comer, having only gotten digital equipment in the last few years, but still adicted to film with Minolta, Nikon, Rolleicord, Hasselblad, Graflex, and Cambo units along with my Olympus digital stuff.

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