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Matt Clara wrote:
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I have been leant a couple of medium-format cameras from a friend of
a friend and am struggling to find a suitable subject.

Whenever I take the Mamiya RB 67 out to a stately home or National
Trust property, the clouds come over. As you can imagine - it is far
too heavy to cart around just anywhere!

Other than portrait, has anyone got suggestions as to what works well
with this sort of format?

H


I carted mine all over Ireland and around much of the South of
England--one camera, two lenses, one film back, light meter, cable
release and a tripod, and that doesn't count any 35mm equipment I had
along at the time.

This shot was taken with the RB67 and 65m lens:
http://www.mattclara.com/connemara.html , as was this one:
http://www.mattclara.com/ringofkerry.html .

Yeah, but you know how to use it. Obviously

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so.foxy wrote:
I have been leant a couple of medium-format cameras from a friend of a
friend and am struggling to find a suitable subject.

Whenever I take the Mamiya RB 67 out to a stately home or National
Trust property, the clouds come over. As you can imagine - it is far
too heavy to cart around just anywhere!

Other than portrait, has anyone got suggestions as to what works well
with this sort of format?

Anything. The negative size has nothing to do with subject matter.

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dadiOH
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dadiOH's dandies v3.06...
....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico

"so.foxy" wrote in message
oups.com...
I have been leant a couple of medium-format cameras from a friend
of a friend and am struggling to find a suitable subject.

Whenever I take the Mamiya RB 67 out to a stately home or
National Trust property, the clouds come over. As you can imagine - it
is far too heavy to cart around just anywhere!

Other than portrait, has anyone got suggestions as to what works
well with this sort of format?

H


Cloudy days can be the best for plants and gardens, as the soft light suits
flowers. They are also the times to photograph in woodland, as the high
contrast of light coming through the trees, and shade beneath them, on a
sunny day is usually too much, while cloudy days can let you bring out the
colours and the shadow detail.

Another subject is still life. The RB, with its built in bellows, is an
excellent camera for this, and side light coming through a window on a
cloudy day can make for wonderful natural-light still life. I do lot of sil
life, and more than half of it I use natural light for.

These are all areas where the level of detail you get with the 6x7 film size
can really pay off.


Peter