LF Sightings?

[jimgalli]

Once. At Dante's View in Death Valley. I tried to begin a friendly conversation but this guy was so superior with his Toyo 4X5 that I quickly gave him all the air he needed.

[Dave Wooten]

Yep, I know what you mean Jim, often times those point and shoot guys have a complex, resulting in a bit of an attitude.

[Phillip P. Dimor]

I've never seen another LF photographer around here. Once I heard a photo store clerk talking about a Toyo 4x5, that was exciting!

There is a store around here, Whaling City Camera. The older gentleman (forgive me, i've forgotten his name) located a 4x5 Crown Graphic for me. He thought I was nuts!

It's ironic too, The Wisner factory is a 10 minute drive down the road from me. It's in Marion, MA. !!

I once saw a guy with a P67 in a mall.. And another guy with a Hassy outfit (he was a jerk, real snobbish..)

Ah well...

[John Kasaian]

Never say never but, well...never!

[arigram]

Here in Crete, I used to see old timers with their large wooden boxes sitting in city squares hoping to catch a passerby or two that wanted his picture taken. That was long time ago though and they have dissappeared atleast ten years now. Now you only see LF cameras sitting in photo store windows like mummies in museum exhbitions.

[Dan Fromm]

LF? So far this year, I've seen very few people shooting film in any format, none shooting larger than 6x6. LF? Never seen.

[Bob F.]

Once, about 5 years ago: Buttermere, Lake District. LF outside the studio is not big in the UK (and probably half-dead *in* the studio these digital days...).

Bob.

[scootermm]

ironically I had a really obscure and strange dream last night.

I was in an old spanish church taking pictures (not suprising... if Im in a place like that its usually doe to a desire to photograph it) alls normal.
But I saw another photographer. Older guy with glasses and a REALLY long ZZtop style white beard.
He was using this weird and strange 8x10 camera... it was motorized... he has this little remote in his hand that controls it. so I go over to him and introduce myself, as I never see LF shooters out shooting around here.... in fact Ive NEVER run into anyone when Im out shooting (aside from digital photographers)
I introduce myself and ask a bunch of questions about his camera... he was very condescending to me in the conversation as a whole. I then commented that the camera design look very similiar to the metal Canham design. He got defensive at that point....
so I changed the subject and asked him what sort of film he had loaded in his film holders....
He said he was experimenting with a digital camera membrane.... it was a sheet of "digital" film that was loaded into a fancy holder and then record the image and then was downloaded on the same little remote that controlled the camera....

it was a sad dream.

He actually taunted and laughed at me when I opened up my 7x17 camera and starting setting up to take a photograph of some of the candles in the church... telling me that his camera would be able to capture all the colors and such much better...

so i went about my own shooting and enjoyed the rest of the day (dream)

VERY STRANGE

[MurrayMinchin]

so i went about my own shooting and enjoyed the rest of the day (dream)

VERY STRANGE

Yet so symbolic...in spite of what the Older Master Photographer said , you went and did your own thing...

Murray

[bobfowler]

Now you only see LF cameras sitting in photo store windows like mummies in museum exhbitions.

The dreaded "Deardorff as Furniture" syndrome...

There's a couple of camera shops in this area with old 'dorffs sitting in windows, rotting away on tripods, never to be used again...

So sad.