----- Original Message ----- From: "frank theriault" Subject: RE: big is beautiful
> For some styles of photography, big is a downright disadvantage. I know on > the street, more people look at my camera when it's the LX, a Spotmatic or > even the MX when I have the Winder MX on it. I get very few noticing me > when I have the Leica CL slung over my shoulder. > > Anyway, my main point is that not all pros are PJ's (not that you said they > were - I'm just expanding the convo a bit), and that some of those other > pros have vastly different needs from their cameras. One of the small camera disadvantages that I ran into from time to time while playing the wedding game relates to client respect. We have been programmed to think of bigger as better (hence the term "go big or go home"). I certainly understand that a large noisey camera would be a disadvantage for street photography, and honestly, I think the same disadvantage would apply to photojournalism, for many of the same reasons. OTOH, as soon as you are working directly with a client, often the larger camera garners instant respect. This, in turn, can actually lead to better photos, as it is one more thing that puts the client at ease about the job. William Robb
