NYcity newbie

ru2far2c · 10-24-2014, 12:02 PM

Looking to get into getting a Pentax 645z. Live and work in Brooklyn NY as a photographer. So I'm a newbie in medium format world of digital. Not a newbie to the digital world. Shot film 6x6 for many years. Looking to forward to learning and sharing info here. Still a window shopper for a 645 format for now. So off to ask some questions about bodies and glass.

Undot · 10-24-2014, 01:00 PM

Welcome to the forums!
Only strafed NYC, but always found it a tad intimidating.

Same as the 645, way out of my league... so I am saying hi, just don't ask me anything.

**Kerrowdown** · 10-24-2014, 02:56 PM

Welcome, I sure the guys over in the medium format section of the forum, will have you parting with your cash for 645Z fairly soon.

**frogoutofwater** · 10-24-2014, 04:06 PM

Originally posted by Undot

Welcome to the forums!
Only strafed NYC, but always found it a tad intimidating.

Same as the 645, way out of my league... so I am saying hi, just don't ask me anything.

"Strafed"?

goodnight · 10-24-2014, 07:05 PM

Welcome aboard!

Hope you find what you're looking for.

Originally posted by frogoutofwater

"Strafed"?

I was actually unfamiliar with the standard definition of strafe before your post prompted me to look it up! The definition I'm accustomed to is the gaming one, where strafing is side to side motion and is handy for maneuvering about, especially in trying to disorient an opponent or in maintaining one's distance from them while still keeping an eye on them. I guess with that definition in mind strafing could be used to mean to engage with something or someone in a very peripheral and wary way.

**frogoutofwater** · 10-24-2014, 07:29 PM

Interesting. The definition I'm familiar with is more like "attack repeatedly with machine gun fire or bombs from low-flying aircraft", which is why I thought it was an odd term to describe one's experience of a city ...

goodnight · 10-24-2014, 10:20 PM

Originally posted by frogoutofwater

Interesting. The definition I'm familiar with is more like "attack repeatedly with machine gun fire or bombs from low-flying aircraft", which is why I thought it was an odd term to describe one's experience of a city ...

But an interesting one, for sure!

Undot · 10-25-2014, 01:46 AM

Whoops, maybe I didn't get that one quite right. But I do suppose either definition can work. Sidle in or hit it repeatedly until your head explodes.

Sorry. I do like interesting words but not a native English speaker, so it's bound to get... interesting sometimes.

Hmm. What did I mean to say? Only touched it slightly? Oh... grazed! Thanks google. But sometimes I did walk sideways there...

AquaDome · 10-25-2014, 02:59 AM

Welcome!
I just returned from three weeks in New York with my 645N.
You live in a beautiful, photographer-friendly city!

ru2far2c · 10-25-2014, 08:25 AM

Thanks for warm welcome!

Jean Poitiers · 10-26-2014, 02:16 AM

Bonjour from France and welcome to PF, ru2far2c ... Hope to see some 645z images soon! Salut, J

10-24-2014, 12:02 PM	#1
ru2far2c New Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Ecuador Posts: 19	NYcity newbie Looking to get into getting a Pentax 645z. Live and work in Brooklyn NY as a photographer. So I'm a newbie in medium format world of digital. Not a newbie to the digital world. Shot film 6x6 for many years. Looking to forward to learning and sharing info here. Still a window shopper for a 645 format for now. So off to ask some questions about bodies and glass.

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Undot Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 176	Welcome to the forums! Only strafed NYC, but always found it a tad intimidating. Same as the 645, way out of my league... so I am saying hi, just don't ask me anything.

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frogoutofwater Site Supporter Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Toronto Photos: Gallery Posts: 674	Originally posted by Undot Welcome to the forums! Only strafed NYC, but always found it a tad intimidating. Same as the 645, way out of my league... so I am saying hi, just don't ask me anything. "Strafed"?

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goodnight Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 128	Welcome aboard! Hope you find what you're looking for. Originally posted by frogoutofwater "Strafed"? I was actually unfamiliar with the standard definition of strafe before your post prompted me to look it up! The definition I'm accustomed to is the gaming one, where strafing is side to side motion and is handy for maneuvering about, especially in trying to disorient an opponent or in maintaining one's distance from them while still keeping an eye on them. I guess with that definition in mind strafing could be used to mean to engage with something or someone in a very peripheral and wary way.

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frogoutofwater Site Supporter Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Toronto Photos: Gallery Posts: 674	Interesting. The definition I'm familiar with is more like "attack repeatedly with machine gun fire or bombs from low-flying aircraft", which is why I thought it was an odd term to describe one's experience of a city ...

10-24-2014, 10:20 PM	#7
goodnight Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 128	Originally posted by frogoutofwater Interesting. The definition I'm familiar with is more like "attack repeatedly with machine gun fire or bombs from low-flying aircraft", which is why I thought it was an odd term to describe one's experience of a city ... But an interesting one, for sure!

10-25-2014, 01:46 AM	#8
Undot Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 176	Whoops, maybe I didn't get that one quite right. But I do suppose either definition can work. Sidle in or hit it repeatedly until your head explodes. Sorry. I do like interesting words but not a native English speaker, so it's bound to get... interesting sometimes. Hmm. What did I mean to say? Only touched it slightly? Oh... grazed! Thanks google. But sometimes I did walk sideways there...

10-25-2014, 02:59 AM	#9
AquaDome Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: New Carlisle, IN Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,475	Welcome! I just returned from three weeks in New York with my 645N. You live in a beautiful, photographer-friendly city!

10-25-2014, 08:25 AM	#10
ru2far2c New Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Ecuador Posts: 19 Original Poster	Thanks for warm welcome!

10-26-2014, 02:16 AM	#11
Jean Poitiers Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Lost in translation ... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 18,076	Bonjour from France and welcome to PF, ru2far2c ... Hope to see some 645z images soon! *Salut*, J