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Forum: Photographic Industry and Professionals
04-08-2018, 07:30 AM
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 Quote: Once photographing one of the park bears, I had this little crowd behind me.One of the guys in the crowd's wife asked him what he was doing. He said "I'm following the guy (pointing at me) look at that lens, he must know what he's doing." :D
SO I did a walking photo work shop. A walking description of where I was going and why I ws going there so at least the crowd might get some understanding of the process. I didn't get any tips though. I guess the service wasn't up to par. :D
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Forum: Photographic Industry and Professionals
03-03-2018, 03:08 PM
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It won't be long before we get back to "If you want to qualify for high end work you'll shoot at least one MF body."
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Forum: Photographic Industry and Professionals
03-03-2018, 09:23 AM
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For the first 35 years after I graduated, every successful wedding shooter I knew ( those who made an equivalent of $80k or more) from their wedding businesses shot 645. A 35 mm wedding shooter was definitely the low end of the market. 35mm was used for candids and reception hall images. All formal wedding portraits were shot with 645 Hassy's. It won't be long before 645z successors move into that spot. The only thing stopping me from getting a Bronica 645 coming out of school was the price. 35 wasn't a format I preferred even then. It definitely wasn't because I didn't want one. The thing stopping me from getting a Pentax 645 is, it's still too expensive, and it's a crop 645, so really a highbred FF/645. Just as between APS_c and FF, that's not enough advantage for some of us. 50MP vs 36, yawn, 36MP vs 100 MP, now you're talking.
Now that I'm doing a lot of wildlife, I really like APS-c. For me, a K-3 and a 6 x 4.5 645 would still be the ideal set up. But, I'm not as strong as I used to be for carrying 645 gear. (25 years ago I was carrying a Mamiya 645 in a fanny pack camera bag.) That day is long gone. I'm settling on a K-1 which I quite emjoy. But, it's still settling.
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Forum: Photographic Industry and Professionals
03-03-2018, 08:32 AM
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50 years ago, in Photo Arts at Ryerson Polytech, there were very few assignments we could use 35mm cameras for. I thought of 35mm as a personal camera suited to a photography student, not a professional camera. They were too expensive for most people, most people didn't want to mess around with the settings. Nothing has changed, except for in digital there are no 4x5 and 8x10 sensors.
So the question I'd ask would be how long before sensors get big enough that 35mm goes back to its place in the world instead of masquerading as high end? With the Hasselblad H6D-100c Medium Format DSLR Camera in production, to a certain extent its already happening. It's only a matter fo time before 35 is once again the portable option, not the quality option. And it will always be a distant choice behind the smaller cheaper formats and phones.
The value of 35mm in digital has been vastly overrated, just because there is not much bigger. IN film, there was as much bigger as there was smaller, hence it's relative insignificance.
IN film, there was 645, 2 1/4, 6x7, 4x5, 5x7 and 8x10 that were commonly available. Digital has only caught up to 645, If anything, 35mm is all down hill from here as larger and larger sensors become available and more affordable.
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