Re: Wedding photography &twin 35

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Eric G.:>I'll defer to you when it comes to wedding photoghraphy, as I don't
do it
for a living.

 One thing I need to clear up, I don't do stereo weddings for a living yet,
it just feels like it.  Like many of the list members I have another, less
interesting,  occupation, building up to that fateful moment when one can
consider switching.

Eric G.:> I would point out that not a single wedding I've recently
attended (over half a dozen of them) has had a single medium format camera
in use,

This is an often argued topic among wedding photographers, I have seen many
battles fought on AOL's "wedding photography" message board.  There is no
resolution to this topic, one just chooses a format for what they need to
accomplish with it. If I were shooting conventional weddings (flat) I
probably would use 35mm too.  But with stereo weddings in the Holmes style
viewcard format , I prefer square neg's because the final product is square,
and you compose your image through a square finder.  And I would like to have
the ability to make bigger enlargements.  Since similar film improvements
have been made to the medium format as have been made to 35mm, I would think
that the results of medium format could be spectacular.  Trying to advance
the quality of Holmes viewcards, you know?  I want to have a product that is
better, not the same as everyone elses.

 I agree with Eric's statement about needing a practical, maneuverable twin
rig, 35mm, for greater public acceptance.  That's just not the avenue I'm
travelling right now. 

There is no doubt that a good medium format stereo camera might be large and
heavy.  But with modern materials and design practices I know that a
lightweight camera could be made. I'm not holding my breath though, I was
just wishing upon a star.......

>I know there are those on the list who swear by their 11 x 14 enlargements
from 5 perf negs.

I wouldn't stretch my photos that big unless I used a really fine grain film,
which I don't.   I stick with square enlargements and I have set my limit to
8x8.  I don't feel that it is necessary, or usually desirable,  to enlarge to
a rect. photo from a square neg.  Square enlargements and prints are widely
accepted in the wedding market.  



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