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Re: [OM] UP Zuikofest - Monogamously Monochrome or not

Subject: Re: [OM] UP Zuikofest - Monogamously Monochrome or not
From: Joel Wilcox <jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:36:03 -0500
On Tue, Sep 4, 2012, at 02:58 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
> > The big weight is in the Mamiya RB67.  M-S 50/4.5, 90/3.8, 180/4.5, and
> > 250/4.5 lenses, plus filters, prism finder, and 4 backs (2X 120, 1x 220
> > loaded with Portra, 1x Graflex 6x6).  Single Velbon CF tripod.
> 
> My guess of 50 pounds of film gear isn't off at all.

I was thinking you had said 75 lbs of *digital* gear.
 
> > So I think Ken and I will be pretty compatible and happy with similar
> > subject-matter.
> 
> Always. However, with a twist. I'm just competitive (or insecure) enough
> that when I see your results, I think that mine suck pretty bad. It's not
> that my compositions are necessarily garbage, but yours tend to have that
> intangible something extra. By making sure that my kit doesn't match
> yours,
> we'll be sure to shoot entirely differently. Therefore, my images will be
> so different than yours that they won't suck quite so bad.

Bah.  Grass is greener syndrome.

> > I'm getting ants in my pants.
> 
> Separate tents.

Assuredly.

In some ways it seems crazed to have two guys who own 35-80 Zs and
neither one brings it along.

Joel W.

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