I've been a large format user for a while now and apart from the sheer build and beauty of a wood view camera I enjoy the whole considered process of taking a picture with this format. I'm so use to seeing a large focusing screen that when I blew the dust off my mamiya for a shoot the other day I felt like I was peering through a key hole. The thing is when other photographers clutching their plastic fantastic hi-tech digi cameras see me using a huge wood view camera on a mother of a tripod they ask why bother and think I'm a bit mad. Has anyone else had a negative reaction, friends laughing, or people thinking your just plain nuts for not keeping with the times and turning into a digital fanatic