On 3/8/2008 11:03 AM erie patsellis spake thus:
> While we all know that this is an expensive hobby, I'd add that
> unless you spend $$$ on your LF equipment, you'll feel out of place.
>
> Heaven forbid you advocate using a Componon lens as a taking lens,
> you're likely to be run out on rails. Building a camera? some will
> say it looks nice, but the general response will be "yeah, but my
> Canham (or Wista, Sinar, Chaminox, etc) is more precise, blah, blah,
> blah. Of course those of us who just can't afford Richard Ritter's
> new 20x24 camera, but want to shoot ULF are heretics, how can it
> possibly be precise, etc. I could go on for hours, but I'll bite my
> tongue and leave it at the majority of the people there are photo
> elitists, and camera fondlers. (I do own a few Sinars, bought for far
> less then market value (even today's very depressed prices) but
> enjoy my homebuilt cameras much more.)
Just so you know, some of ur here don't necessarily indulge in the
elitist crap that you've accurately described here. For instance, I love
my humble Crown Graphic, my old Velbon tripod bought at the flea market,
my Elwood 5x7 enlarger (with old Kodak Anastigmat lenses); heck, I even
shoot pinhole from time to time (with homemade cameras, natch).
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