Notes on a Concept of Neanderthal Photography

[kmack]

As a classic dilettante, I am currently in the process of several projects.
Among them are:
1. Refurbishing a 1830's house.
2. Refurbishing a 1940's Zeiss Nettar.

A lot of the work in the house involves custom woodworking that I can not have
professionally done because it is prohibitively expensive. So I have been learning
some basic cabinetry and carpentry. I have gravitated to the use of hand tools rather
than power tools for some operations. Stupid things like hand cutting dovetails, mortises
and hand planing panels and such.

I have found that It is not much more difficult and the results are superior to machining, because nothing is this house is square or level. The real difference is in how much time it takes to do something. Since everything I do in the house is one off and not production I take a lot of satisfaction in doing the job by hand.

In the woodworking world I am a Neanderthal.

After a layoff from active photography of about 25 years I am now drawn to vintage photography equipment. I am buying older and older equipment.

Is there a concept of the Neanderthal photographer?

Next thing you know I will be drawing on my basement walls with paints made from mud and ground up plants, until then silver will have to do 😀

 

[unsharp]

"Next thing you know I will be drawing on my basement walls with paints made from mud and ground up plants, until then silver will have to do 😀"

LOL 😀 😀

Welcome to this forum, kmack. You are not alone here, for sure. I sold my EOS gear for a rangefinder. I have a 6x9 Nettar and bought a 6x6 (?) square format Nettar also on this saturday. Now they are loaded with Velvia and Provia for the upcomming weekend 🙂 !

Anders

 

[JoeFriday]

hey, kmack.. welcome!

while the majority of the members here (I'm guessing) are RF users of many years/decades, I'm similar to Anders in that rangefinders are new to me.. in fact, I didn't know what they were until a year ago

I started my serious efforts in photography with a digital SLR, after having several years casual experience with older 35mm SLRs.. however, in my job as a graphic designer, I've worked with several very talented photographers, and I know all too well the current limitations that digital equipment have compared to film (especially medium format).. so I've been working my way backward from digital to film.. and along the way I've realized how unique and effective rangefinders are

aside from the casual use that my DSLR sees, I have no desire to pick up an SLR.. if I want a serious photo, I reach for the RF

the moral being, newer does not necessarily mean improved