[LargeFormat] Real men & women only shoot 11x14

[Kent Gibbs]

I can hear the P.E.T.A. people screaming from here.


--- Brock Nanson <brock@nanson.org> wrote:
> I've been watching this thread waiting for the obvious and ideal
> solution 
> to be mentioned... but it hasn't.  We're all too stuck on mechanical 
> solutions I guess.
> 
> The solution that's so obvious here is the one the photographers of
> old 
> used.  Animals.  Sized proportionately to the gear in question. 
> 16x20 
> requires a Clydesdale.  11x14 gear could be strapped to a regular
> saddle 
> horse.  8x10 could likely get away with a pony or large mule.  4x5 of
> 
> course requires a miniature horse, which also makes a good pet for
> the 
> kids.
> 
> If the Groucho Marx quote is scalable, they might also make good
> changing 
> bags ("Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend; inside a dog
> it's 
> too dark to read").  Come to think of it, a larger dog might be able
> to 
> carry some of this gear as well.  A friends husky carries his own
> camping 
> gear when out hiking....
> 
> Brock
> 
> On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Jim Hemenway wrote:
> 
> > Hi Les:
> > 
> > Thanks for that idea but it's a bit big for some of the
> trails/paths
> > that I use.
> > 
> > When it gets a bit warmer and the yard sales begin, I'm going to
> try to
> > find a golf cart with large wheels.  I think that I can then add a
> box
> > or such to hold everything... including a water bottle.
> > 
> > 
> 
> -- 
> Brock Nanson
> Kamloops BC Canada
> 
> 
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