First time I had a medium format camera aimed at me

[Armanius]

Today is the first and only time I've even seen a medium format camera in person, much less, have it used to take photos of me! I started work at a new firm, and was asked to go to a studio to get my photo taken for the firm website. I was totally surprised and impressed when the photographer pulled out a Phase One. I was expecting a Canon 5D2 or 5D3 or maybe a Nikon D800. I found the camera rather intimidating. Having photos taken under studio lighting turned out to be more difficult than I imagined. It was difficult to relax, and it was hot. Nevertheless, it turned out to be a fun and interesting experience.

 

[Biro]

Do those big, old Polaroids that the DMV used to take your driver's license photo with count as medium format?

 

[El Guapo]

Last time I can recall was at my wedding and I think it was a Mamyia.
This was loooong before digital

 

[Luke]

I'm guessing that your new firm spends too much money for headshots that are gonna be tiny ones on a website. Hopefully they pay you too much as well.

 

[Biro]

I used to own a Yashica Mat-124G in the 1970s. And I still have a couple of Brownie box cameras stored away somewhere.

 

[dougjgreen]

The photog who shot my Bar Mitzvah pics ~40 years ago used a Rollei TLR, which was the first time one of these was aimed at me. I also own about a dozen MF film cameras, ranging from Rollei and Yashica TLRs to Pentax 67s, Rollei 600x series SLRs, Koni-Omegas, and Mamiya RZ67s.

 

[ReD]

thinking 120 film on the same lines as above it wasn't until 67 that we had a 35mm camera in our family (ie my Halina Paulette electric)

up until then it was an Agfa Bellows jobby

 

[El Guapo]

I used to own a Yashica Mat-124G in the 1970s. And I still have a couple of Brownie box cameras stored away somewhere.

You reminded me that I had one for a while. Mine had a sticky shutter as I recall.

I did have a Mamiya 645J myself for a short while.
I used it for "super slides" They were awesome projected.

 

[Lawrence A.]

Wish I had a Phase One back for my Hasselblad 500 C/M. I still enjoy shooting black and white film with it and doing the darkroom thing, but I think the three Zeiss lenses I have for it would do just fine on a digital sensor. I love the camera, and would love to bring it into the digital age.

 

[Armanius]

I'm guessing that your new firm spends too much money for headshots that are gonna be tiny ones on a website. Hopefully they pay you too much as well.

I wish!!


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