Finding good home for stuff while you are sound of mind and body is good.
It sounds like you've already made the decision. I didn't see anything in
your post about the meditative aspects of large-format shooting. I did it
pretty exclusively for almost three years, and learned more than I can say,
but eventually gave it up for digital. LF is a word unto itself. On a day I
anticipated heavy shooting I would go out with five or six holders, two
sheets per holder. As a rule I already had a picture in mind when I left
the house. Sometimes I went to favorite spots where I knew something might
happen if I were there and set up. Everything was thought-out and
deliberate and unhurried. No 'Moonrise Over Hernandez, NM' for me.
Your post really doesn't get into any of this kind of attachment to LF, so
after due pause for reflection, I'd let it go. Less to worry about. Funny
how less stuff concentrates the mind on what's left.
Good luck.
--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal
On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 3:25 PM, Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Lately I've been reviewing my collection of "stuff", taking stock of my
> true interests, the approximate number of hours I have in a week, and the
> approximate number of years I have left to play, and simplifying my life.
> I'm focusing my hobby time/expenses on ham radio, photography, and the
> audio production/transfer thing.
>
> At one point years ago I got all excited about getting back into building
> plastic models, mainly sci-fi and sports cars. I collected a reasonably big
> group of kits...and then other things got in the way, they stayed on the
> shelf, and never got built. And now I don't have the time or inclination to
> put in what it takes to get to the level I would need to be at to make
> models I'd be proud of. So, I've begun to sell them off.
>
> In my last two years of college, and for several years after, I enjoyed
> sport shooting at a local range with friends. I own three firearms pursuant
> to that. But I haven't gone shooting in at least ten years, and my friends
> I used to shoot with now live far away. So, I've begun to sell them off.
>
> Which has caused me to take a long look at my 4x5 (5x7 with a reducing
> back) Deardorff, and wonder if I'm actually going to use it. Do I really
> have time to load film holders, head out with a case full of
> camera/holders/darkcloth/tripod/lenses and set up and shoot? And then send
> the film off to AG to be developed/scanned? I mean, if there was any hope
> that there would be a decent digital back in the near future that didn't
> cost as much as my house, I would give it some more serious thought. But as
> much as I love having it (and it's practically new - it's one of the
> absolute last cameras to come out of Deardorff's Chicago plant. It was my
> pay for using my pickup truck to move the inventory and parts from Chicago
> to Aurora when the plant shut down, and then again when it was supposed to
> move to Valparaiso and start up as a new firm with me as one of the
> partners - long, ugly story.)
>
> So, I guess that I will be pondering selling it and all of the accessories,
> including several different backs. I still haven't made that leap yet, but
> I'm starting to think about a few radio accessories I would like. And
> thinking about the cost of finishing the basement where my
> studio/office/hamshack lives. Or the new appliances/flooring we need for
> the house. Or a few nice trips Sheri and I would like to take.
>
> I don't know. Just thought I'd wonder aloud here among fellow "stuff"
> junkies.
>
> --
>
> Paul Braun WD9GCO
> Anchor, Amateur Radio Newsline
> www.ARnewsline.org <http://www.arnewsline.org>
> Certified Music Junkie
>
> "Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Berthold
> Auerbach
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