Age vs. Format

[daleeman]

Its great to see this thread has legs. I have not sold off the 4x5 equipment yet but am shooting with it less and less.

Since my OP I have had to check my mother and father into a nursiing home and that gives me an erie look into the future for myself. Also some strong motivation too. Like tomorrow I will take the Nikon 300mm and the N90s out to a hill over an area I have seen deer in early in the AM. Hope to see some and send prints down for mom and dad to see. (dad would probably tell me to not use a Nikon but a 30-06 to shoot a deer)

A lot changes with our bodies over time, I hope to keep adapting and still enjoying photography.

Lee

[Poisson Du Jour]

I’ve been considering downsizing. Not just the household, but camera formats too. I may not be blessed to have a 7x17 but I do enjoy 4x5, 6X6 and then 35mm.

As a heart patient and I'm not as young as I used to be, I would like to know other’s experiences with downsizing formats to parallel one’s aging process or the successes of holding back age’s ravages and still using medium to large format cameras. Does one change subjects from mountainous hikes to table top and be happy with that?

Also as one may let go prized film cameras has any one found success in spawning new younger film shooters with their equipment is all of it doomed to be sold on EvilBay?

Lee

As a 3.5 decade CRA (cadaveric renal allograft/transplant) patient — maybe not such a heart-stopper as you, I have no intention of downsizing anything to suit my age. Everything comes with me until my knees buckle! At which time I find somebody to carry the load for me, LOL! If anything, a new/bigger/unique format fires up my cylinders to go out there and challenge myself irrespective of physical difficulties, and I'm doing the best job of coping with them in a smallish nation like Australia where patients like me are very rare. I suggest you keep at it, hook line and sinker, until the ticker (or the Doctor!) says "No!", not the computer that beckons time being spent sedately. Not good for ticker...