Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Funny, used to shoot FF all the time with film for weddings. Are you saying > switching to APS format would have been an upgrade? > > Chris > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Rabiner" > Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Nikon D3 wedding photographer tests > > >> This full frame stuff for weddings is all about what people think they >> need >> to keep up with the Jones from what they hear on the internet. >> The blind leading the blind. >> Lemmings in Audis. >> Very much the wedding mentality of the past couple of decades. >> >> Mark William Rabiner >> rabinergroup.com > My output was 8x10's mainly black and white. A half frame camera can make ok 8x10's I could have used my Pen Ft. But the Hassy camera with its interchangeable backs and the square formant just seems to work well for such stuff. It was overkill but it was handing and had authority. And people felt comfortable around it in such situations. Those days it was THE wedding camera and I think for good reason. I used to shoot them with Nikons and just use the Hassy for the formal shots. But I found that just to use them for everything was the way to go for me. I see Dennis Reggie thought of as the numero uno wedding guy who used the square format in the film era uses a 1.3 crop EOS-1D now. There's no need for full frame digital for a wedding. Mark William Rabiner rabinergroup.com