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
shoot with film.
need at least a handcart for their camera.
shoot with wet plate.
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: That doesn’t ring a bell.
use 20, 30, 40, 50, ..., 100, 130-year-old lenses, but promote the latest ones.