[LargeFormat] Real men & women only shoot 11x14

[Jim Hemenway]

I thought of that when I mounted the Protar as a 23+'. But then realized
that I have about an inch of travel in the back for fine focusing.
-- 

Jim - http://www.hemenway.com



Les Newcomer wrote:
> 
> I stopped at 8x10, my arms weren't long enough for 11x14!  I couldn't
> look at the ground glass  and focus the lens standard at the same time,
> and THAT leg on the tripod always got me running back and forth!
> 
> Les
> 
> On Thursday, April 3, 2003, at 07:43  PM, Jim Hemenway wrote:
> 
> > Stuart:
> >
> > Actually, the worst danger of this disease is that you will someday
> > want
> > to move to 8x10 or even 11x14.  And God help you, you might want to try
> > 12x20!
> >
> > Jim - http://www.hemenway.com
> >
> >
> >
> > Stuart Phillips wrote:
> >>
> >> Jesus, Jim, you sell me a 4x5 and then tell me LF is going to kill
> >> me, what
> >> with the weight and the microbes! I'm probably also in danger of
> >> catching
> >> scrapie from Verna's goat.
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Jim Hemenway" <Jim@hemenway.com>
> >> To: <largeformat@f32.net>
> >> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 3:17 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Real men & women only shoot 11x14
> >>
> >>> Hi Verna:
> >>>
> >>> After this winter in New England I like to think that rain instead of
> >>> snow would be preferable.
> >>>
> >>> But, there is a particular strain of pneumonia which occurs on the
> >>> western slopes of the Cascades and on the western slopes of the
> >>> Appalachians.  My ex-wife caught it in Oregon and my kids caught it
> >>> in
> >>> Eastern Tennessee... where winter is lots of 32 degree rain.
> >>>
> >>> The Appalachian Mountains are especially beautiful and photographic
> >>> in
> >>> autumn.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>>
> >>> Jim - http://www.hemenway.com
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Verna Knapp wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> You are lucky to have been able to do your wandering in the summer.
> >>>> I've
> >>>> often said that summer in Oregon ... yes, you do know how to
> >>>> pronounce
> >>>> it :-) ... is what living here is all about. From July 5 to Labor
> >>>> Day,
> >>>> and again for a few weeks in early October, we have a lovely
> >>>> drought.
> >>>> Not great for gardeners, who get to water or go for xeroscape or
> >>>> just
> >>>> grow the native plants that are happy with it.
> >>>>
> >>>> It isn't a conspiracy! We are finally starting to see some sunny
> >>>> days,
> >>>> and this was a (relatively) dry winter. No real floods. All the same
> >>>> I've been getting tired of all the rain. On the other hand, it beats
> >>>> having to put up with snow, to my way of thinking.
> >>>>
> >>>> A person could shoot for a lifetime in this state and never run out
> >>>> of
> >>>> new nature and scenic subjects. I intend to try to cover as much as
> >>>> I
> >>>> can, though.
> >>>>
> >>>> I've not had the good fortune to visit Appalachia. I gather it is
> >>>> very
> >>>> lovely.
> >>>>
> >>>> Verna
> >>>>
> >>>> Jim Hemenway wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Orygun... That's a beautiful area Verna.  When I lived in
> >>>>> California,
> >> I
> >>>>> drove up the coast as far as the Olympic Peninsula a couple of
> >>>>> times.
> >>>>> No LF then but still have lots of 35mm shots from those trips.  I
> >>>>> was
> >> a
> >>>>> teacher at that time so I could wander all over The West coast in
> >>>>> the
> >>>>> summers.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Do you folks still adhere to the Rain Conspiracy?  Folks in Fungus
> >>>>> Corners would always tell visitors that it rained 11 months out of
> >>>>> the
> >>>>> year... except that one sunny day that the tourist happened to be
> >> there.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Also lived in Appalachia for 4 years, that's why your description
> >>>>> of
> >>>>> your area made me think that you were in those hills.
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> "Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a
> >>>> wonderful stroke of luck.
> >>>>   "
> >>>> --The Dalai Lama
> >>>>
> >>>
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