Quotes | Frank Titze

Quotes

Despite sometimes having a grain of truth, not meant entirely seriously:

Real photographers ...

have cameras so large that they can change their roll film in their shadow
have film holders so large and heavy like complete cameras.
question any lens with a weight of less than 1 kg.
shoot with film.
shoot with wet plate.
need at least a handcart for their camera.
apply always camera or lens movments to slow down the shooting process.
aim to spend more on film than on parking.
ruin portion of their pics with film bulk spooling or film holder loading; Ruin another portion with film handling before, at and after shoooting; Ruin another portion in film development; Ruin another portion in film archival; And the rest is runined while scanning/enlarging.
use a Nikon and, when seeing a Canon*, Sony*, or Fuji*, say: Doesn’t ring a bell.
need on overcast days sun, and on sunny day overcast.
need always another camera, lens or accessory.
use 20, 30, 40, 50, ..., 100, 130-year-old lenses, but promote the latest ones.
use tripods for their 135 film camera, but try to avoid their use with a large format camera.
use the fridge and deep freezer for their film only and papers.
use only expired film