Things You Never Thought You'd Learn from Large Format Photography

[David Higgs]

lots

- sharpness is over rated
- I never get over the beauty of pretty much anything on the groundglass
- seeing
- that 6 shots in a day, is a busy day
- medium format is actually pretty good
- 35mm is perfect for some applications
- digital is damn nearly there, 99% of the way, its the 1% that I really like
- not everything works in LF
- my wife has degrees of tolerance that I hadn't realised
- i too can operate an iphone with my nose

[jp]

Some (pretty) girls love the cameras as much as (ugly) guys.

Works for Rolleiflexes too.

"One camera, One lens" is all well and good until you buy another camera and that means you need to buy another lens.

I thought that was about how much you can manage to carry around at once, not what you actually own!

[Richard M. Coda]

"I can get just as good resolution from my (fill in the blank) DSLR as I can from my 8x10..." I can't tell you how many times I have heard this from (I'll be respectful here) "seniors" who have given up on LF due to it's size and weight. They sometimes bring in their work and try and pass it off as LF but I nail them every time...

[ashlee52]

I have found that strangers will always give you a better pose if you are using a view camera. Presumably because you are recording them for all of history instead of taking a snap shot. And because the process is inherently collaborative... they must help you to get the picture.

[Tony Evans]

"Tighten everything down" means "TIGHTEN EVERYTHING DOWN!"

[Steve_Renwick]

Getting away from the computer is underrated.

Many people had a grandpa or uncle who owned a Speed Graphic.

"Hasselblad" is a generic word for "big complicated-looking camera."

[unixrevolution]

Thank you all for making this my favorite thread of every thread I've ever started anywhere on the internet.

I've learned that a large format camera, 4 lenses and 10 film holders can fit in an SLR shoulder bag. Just.

[jayabbas]

Now that is packing! Any room for trail mix in that thar bag?

[Mark Stahlke]

"Tighten everything down" means "TIGHTEN EVERYTHING DOWN!"

This reminds me of the old mechanic's admonition "Remove all the screws then remove the last screw again".

[E. von Hoegh]

This reminds me of the old mechanic's admonition "Remove all the screws then remove the last screw again".

On the inside of the lid of my toolbox it says: "Are all the bolts tightened?"