I don't think it all that strange that I carry a selection of cameras with me. I tell people that I change cameras like most photographers change lenses, and it is an apt comparison. We switch out focal lengths to accomplish different tasks. In a cramped space, or faced with a sweeping view? You grab your wide angle. Honing in on a pattern of rock on a cliff face or trying to get that bald eagle in a tree? You go for a telephoto. Making photos of bugs or flowers? Then the macro comes out of the bag. Such is it with my selection of cameras, most of which don't have the ability to change lenses, but have their own unique characteristics. If I want something a bit rough around the edges, vignetted, blurry and just not quite so perfect looking, I grab the Holga. If I want square and perfect and that magic depth that Zeiss lenses have, I go for the Hasselblad. If I want all that but rectangular (and I have returned the Hasselblad I was borrowing) I go for my Pentax 6x7. If I want wide and long exposures the pinhole comes out. Each camera has a different way of recording a scene, and it is not uncommon for me to photograph the same subject with a few different cameras, because the apparent effect, while seeming subtle, can really have a profound impact on the final image. Such as this one here, which I photographed in both Holga and pinhole. And I like both images, but they are different, with slightly different feels to them. The Holga embodied what I wanted to show today. But I am including some of the other outtakes below so you can see and compare. Can you guess the cameras? Answers below. ;-)
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