Anthony Quinn

[Brian Moore]

Downtown L.A.

Mamiya 7 and Kodak Portra 160 film.


Anthony Quinn by brian-moore, on Flickr

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Yes like this. All the squares and cubic shapes gives it a solid feel with the larger than life figure, but not larger than Anthony. Kind of depicting that life is larger than it's surroundings. All fenced in.

 

[Beth Carter]

bright and colorful, i thought it was funny he was fenced in too.

 

[Brian Moore]

Yes like this. All the squares and cubic shapes gives it a solid feel with the larger than life figure, but not larger than Anthony. Kind of depicting that life is larger than it's surroundings. All fenced in.

I love your "read" of this image, Julian. Thank you.

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bright and colorful, i thought it was funny he was fenced in too.

Thank you, Beth. Much appreciated.

 

[Hamish Gill]

How are you finding the mamiya? I'm not quite sure about the 6x7 format ... But that camera interests me
i like the shot though!

 

[Brian Moore]

What's wrong with 6X7 Hamish?

Anyway,...I like the camera a lot. It doesn't belong to me, but I wish it did. For its size it is surprisingly light weight. I'm not used to it yet, mostly just shooting in automatic mode at the moment. However, I have found that the images are coming out very nicely metered.

Also, although it has a relatively slow f4 glass on it, the lens is a cracker! And what's more, I find it performed surprisingly well in low light, hand held and with relatively slow film (Portra 160). And its OOF is awesome, although I am yet to master the OOF.

I hereby post an image which provides simultaneous examples of low light and awesome OOF. It's not the best of images, but I think it gives you an idea what I'm talking about:


I'll Take That One by brian-moore, on Flickr

 

[Pete Askew]

Very Zorba-esque (although not from the film I think). I like that the mural still stands with dignity above the car park, with Anthony looking down in distain!

I like pointing finger in the second and I like the Mamiya 7. A lot more than the Fuji GF670 (6x6 ad 6x7). Mind, my Fuj mis-winds and the rangefinder seems off (it's off to Teamwork to be serviced tomorrow). Even so, the Mamiya falls more naturally to hand and is fast to use.

 

[Brian Moore]

Very Zorba-esque (although not from the film I think). I like that the mural still stands with dignity above the car park, with Anthony looking down in distain!

I like pointing finger in the second and I like the Mamiya 7. A lot more than the Fuji GF670 (6x6 ad 6x7). Mind, my Fuj mis-winds and the rangefinder seems off (it's off to Teamwork to be serviced tomorrow). Even so, the Mamiya falls more naturally to hand and is fast to use.

Thank you, Pete. I'm not sure that the Mamiya 7 is as robust as the Fuji, though. What do you think about that, Pete?

 

[Pete Askew]

More so. The Fuji feels quite fragile in comparison.

 

[Brian Moore]

More so. The Fuji feels quite fragile in comparison.

Really! Oh that's interesting. Thanks, Pete.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Wonderful stuff Brian - just blown away by the image quality as well

 

[Brian Moore]

Thanks a lot, Chris. The Mamiya 7's a smashin' camera,...there's nae doubt! Thanks again, Chris.

 

[Nihat Iyriboz]

Brian, I like this image. It's nice to AQ in color with Mamiya 7. Wonderful camera and optics! Cars' stop lights following the redbrick floored mural.