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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

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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

Maybe you would be better off letting someone else do the photography.
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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 .

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Regards,
Matt Clara
www.mattclara.com

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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


Ansel Adams used to hike in the Sierra Nevada Mountains with large format
camera gear... If that sort of thing doesn't suit you, by all means sell
the stuff for some smaller format (but MF is THE bargain/quality format
currently...it isn't worth much used but the quality of the image is still
fantastic).

George

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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!

Mountains work beautifully ;~}}
I will treasure my 6X7 mountain slides long after I stop carrying my
RB67 around.

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Rod

My real address is rodtheweedygardeneratmyweedyisp
Just remove the weedy bits
and transplant the appropriate symbol at.

"so.foxy" wrote in message
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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


Let's see: I carry an RB67 with its 3 lenses and 2 film backs, an M645 and
its 3 lenses, a Nikon FM2 and 4 lenses, a light meter, film in both 35mm and
120 format, and a (heavy) Manfrotto tripod all in a Lowpro Trekker (AW)
backpack on my hikes. Heavy? Not really. If the pack is properly balanced,
you can walk for miles.

~Robert C.

On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 19:24:39 -0500, "Robert C."
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Let's see: I carry an RB67 with its 3 lenses and 2 film backs, an M645 and
its 3 lenses, a Nikon FM2 and 4 lenses, a light meter, film in both 35mm and
120 format, and a (heavy) Manfrotto tripod all in a Lowpro Trekker (AW)
backpack on my hikes. Heavy? Not really. If the pack is properly balanced,
you can walk for miles.

~Robert C.


OK, Bob. Don't keep us in suspense. Just how
many pounds is all that, and how many miles are
we talkin? I hike and I take photos but usually
the hiking takes precedence.

I'd be talking, say, 30 lbs on my back, 40 miles
in three days (sleeping in the woods) between
town stops. I can't see hauling your kit on a trek
like that -- least not w/o a Sherpa. But I did haul
a 35mm SLR on a two-month hike.

I can imagine hauling your kit for a few hours
but not a few days.


rafe b
www.terrapinphoto.com

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On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 19:24:39 -0500, "Robert C."
wrote:


Let's see: I carry an RB67 with its 3 lenses and 2 film backs, an M645 and
its 3 lenses, a Nikon FM2 and 4 lenses, a light meter, film in both 35mm
and
120 format, and a (heavy) Manfrotto tripod all in a Lowpro Trekker (AW)
backpack on my hikes. Heavy? Not really. If the pack is properly balanced,
you can walk for miles.

~Robert C.


OK, Bob. Don't keep us in suspense. Just how
many pounds is all that, and how many miles are
we talkin? I hike and I take photos but usually
the hiking takes precedence.

I'd be talking, say, 30 lbs on my back, 40 miles
in three days (sleeping in the woods) between
town stops. I can't see hauling your kit on a trek
like that -- least not w/o a Sherpa. But I did haul
a 35mm SLR on a two-month hike.

I can imagine hauling your kit for a few hours
but not a few days.


rafe b
www.terrapinphoto.com

OK, you got me there! I never actually weighed my pack, but it would
probably quite a bit, say about 11Kg (25lbs). My photo treks are usually not
very long due to the many stops to photograph the sights, so the longest
I've done has been a 10Km (6mi) trail. Most are 2 ~ 5 Km (1 ~ 3mi) trails.
When I DO do longer trails (3 ~ 5 - day trails), I trade my Trekker for a
backpack that carries a tent, sleeping bag, food, clothing, cooking
utensils, camp gear ... There is little room for photography equipment on
these treks, so all that comes along is the A95 in one of the pockets of the
backpack.

~Robert C.

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"so.foxy" wrote in message
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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 .

--

Very nice and certainly proof that clouds are no barrier to good
photographs.

But Photoshop helps some of us too.

Norm

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On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 19:24:39 -0500, "Robert C."
wrote:


Let's see: I carry an RB67 with its 3 lenses and 2 film backs, an M645
and
its 3 lenses, a Nikon FM2 and 4 lenses, a light meter, film in both 35mm
and
120 format, and a (heavy) Manfrotto tripod all in a Lowpro Trekker (AW)
backpack on my hikes. Heavy? Not really. If the pack is properly
balanced,
you can walk for miles.

~Robert C.


OK, Bob. Don't keep us in suspense. Just how
many pounds is all that, and how many miles are
we talkin? I hike and I take photos but usually
the hiking takes precedence.


rafe b
www.terrapinphoto.com

OK, you got me there! I never actually weighed my pack, but it would
probably quite a bit, say about 11Kg (25lbs). My photo treks are usually
not very long due to the many stops to photograph the sights, so the
longest I've done has been a 10Km (6mi) trail. Most are 2 ~ 5 Km (1 ~ 3mi)
trails. When I DO do longer trails (3 ~ 5 - day trails), I trade my
Trekker for a backpack that carries a tent, sleeping bag, food, clothing,
cooking utensils, camp gear ... There is little room for photography
equipment on these treks, so all that comes along is the A95 in one of the
pockets of the backpack.

~Robert C.

Don't think that heavy packs are the sole property of MF users. My 35mm
Nikon Lowepro AW Rolling Trekker with 3 bodies, 7 lenses, and accessories
weighs in at almost 22# (10Kg). I tried using a larger pack into which I
could put my Bronica S2 system as well but decided that the 35# (16Kg) was
just too much to pack in the crowded streets of Italy, especially since that
pack didn't have wheels.

Norm