Originally posted by Yamanobori Your shooting style come down to personal preference. Trying to justify it by a "rational" argument is pointless.
Ah, but choice of gear is always irrational from the standpoint of other people but often very rational from the point of view of the person making the decision. I am explaining why - for my purposes - the 6x7 falls short. This is how every discussion that starts out with someone seeking advice plays out. It's really not so much about arguments for and against a particular thing but rather about the specific constraints.
If anyone reading such a thread comes to the conclusion that his constraints are similar, then he has most likely found the answer that will work best for him.
Quote: I can certainly respect your camera choices. I have shot 6x6, 6x12, and 4x5 on the street. Those are my choices. All I can say is they can work. I cannot claim something else cannot--that is for others to work out.
It's not that they wouldn't work. A 6x7 with the 90mm plus a square crop could have given a very similar result. My concern is only with how you go about obtaining these results and how you interact with other people while doing so.
I find it interesting how the posture of a person can be interpreted in such different ways. Assuming that a stranger who is sitting there with crossed arms and closed eyes (her sun-glasses were tucked away elsewhere so she hadn't closed them because of the sun) might not want to be interrupted would be my first instinct. I might be totally wrong but if so, I am at least erring on the politer side.
Perhaps that's a New York thing afterall. We have eight million people here and we therefore value privacy more than most other things.
Quote: Nice image by the way.
Thank you. But it's basically just a candid that requires more luck than skill. You also may have noticed the slightly left-tilted poles of the railing which should make it obvious that skill was not the predominant factor in this shot. ;-)
Cheers,
Tassilo