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Francois

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Old skool people with old skool cameras
« on: April 23, 2013, 09:52:40 PM »
You just have to check this out!
It's just too much fun.
Since Photographica is coming in less than a month, this ought to let you "prepare" your salivary glands for the long day :)

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Re: Old skool people with old skool cameras
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2013, 10:17:06 PM »
What hit me was the quality of the pictures, some were very 3D, evidently taken with cameras not unlike those being pictured. Great series.
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Re: Old skool people with old skool cameras
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2013, 11:03:56 PM »
When I look at the people with the 5x7 SLR's, all I can think about is the sound these things must have made!

Just the mirror slap must have been epic.
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Re: Old skool people with old skool cameras
« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2013, 12:22:16 AM »
This is awesome Francois...
I love the guy with Leica pointing to the "wrong" direction... never heard about that sort of viewfinder (or is he being a dumb?)
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Re: Old skool people with old skool cameras
« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2013, 02:44:35 AM »
Awesome find Francois!
Wonder what the reaction would be if you showed up at the White House with a camera and tripod like those nowadays??

We dressed a lot better back then !    8)
Love the cameras.    8)

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Re: Old skool people with old skool cameras
« Reply #5 on: April 24, 2013, 07:30:54 AM »
OMG.  More hats.   :o

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Re: Old skool people with old skool cameras
« Reply #6 on: April 24, 2013, 02:29:40 PM »
Wonder what the reaction would be if you showed up at the White House with a camera and tripod like those nowadays??
Personally, just the tripod would raise some eyebrows... anyone noticed the spikes they had on them back in the days? Just imagine what it would do to those nice marble and hardwood floors!
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Re: Old skool people with old skool cameras
« Reply #7 on: April 24, 2013, 04:18:11 PM »
The guy leaning out over the railing on a high building is my favorite.. I could see doing that myself! :)

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Re: Old skool people with old skool cameras
« Reply #8 on: April 24, 2013, 09:37:41 PM »
I must admit he doesn't seem to have any kind of vertigo. Not that have it but leaning over a railing on the top floor holding a box that must weigh as much as a small boat anchor doesn't sound too good to me.

Excuse me lady, I just dropped my camera! Sorry for the big dent in your car's roof  :P
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