Sounds like you may be at a point in your life where you feel
unfulfilled and are searching for meaning/purpose. MF equipment and big
slides are unlikely to provide that, cheap thrills don't last. But, like
Zuikoholism, they are less harmful than other addictive behaviors that
hurt more than the pocketbook.
The better, more fulfilling answer is always in love, compassion,
whatever spells for you the ultimate force that glues everything
together. There is always a bigger, more satisfactory answer inside than
anything we can find to acquire outside. The inner struggle, and giving
in, is more likely to fulfill than any number of Fujis, Mayiyas,
Rolleis, etc. Maybe it's time to let the 'anal nerd' go and a new
version of Albert emerge?
Peace, brother,
Moose
Albert wrote:
I've had my eye set on a medium format camera for a long time. My
friend has a Hassy, and I took it out for a spin, but found it was way
to cumbersome to take on vacations.. And so that ruined my medium
format for vacation thoughts..
Until I saw the Fuji RF's, and the Mamiya RF's. Being this anal nerd,
I'm always afraid of battery dependency, and so I thought, well, the
Fuji's are not battery dependent, just like the Hassy's, and so I
became pretty set on wanting one.
It's like the billionaire who wants to build his own little Beetle.
Why? Because that's what he has set his heart on. But I'm not sure
if it's practical anymore.. I might have to step back and reevaluate
it. But I saw a few slides from a 6x7, and they just blew me away...
I use to work at a place as a webmaster, and the place sold furniture.
They would get their furniture taken in a studio by professionals with
a either a 4x5 large format or a 6x7 MF and I remember staring at
them, and thinking I wanted to make those too..
So I don't know if digital will satisfy seeing 6x7 or 6x9 sized slides
as a replacement.. But then again, the practical side of me says, for
the price, you can get a decent digital 35mm and probably almost equal
the performance of medium format... Also, I've made only 3 8x10s in
my lifetime.. So makes me wonder about going MF.. the inner
struggles are horrible.
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