Yousuf Karsh could go thru 50+ 8x10 films in less than an hour with an
assistant and a bunch of film holders.
Tom
On Sunday, January 13, 2002 at 21:11, John Hudson <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote re "Re: [OM] 35mm vs. 6x9" saying:
> Andrew Dacey wrote:
> >
> > >> There's been a lot of talk along these lines in recent threads. It
> > >> is possible to work slowly and thoughtfully with 35mm without going
> > >> through some sort of spiritual learning experience of being forced
> > >> to slow down by MF or LF.
> > >>
> > >> Moose
> >
> > True, but you'll note that in my post I simply said that some users of large
> > format kits say the slow pace of the format is an advantage. That doesn't
> > mean that you can't work slowly with smaller formats, just that some people
> > find that it helps to be forced to work slowly.
>
>
> My only experience with an 8" x 10" view camera is that it took almost
> an hour to get one frame shot ........... coping with about 25 square
> feet of black cloth in the wind, tilting the back and front whatever
> they are called back and forth, keeping the tripod from falling over,
> figuring out the areas to be in and out of focus courtesy of some German
> sounding rule as to where the points of focus would be, pleasing a gang
> of security guards that we were not up to any mischief and answering a
> whole bunch of their questions about how the camera worked, taking light
> meter readings, fumbling inside portable light tents to load up the film
> backs, asking people very politely to get out of the way, getting the
> sun to co-operate, setting the aperture, cocking the
> shutter,............ It was a fun learning experience!
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