Uff! What a long month. I must say, 1 month in Brazil can be a great experience but at the same time, constant heat does affect my brain a little! After hanging out at Profcolor studios, I realized how delayed Brazil is in certain aspects of photography. For example: there was a photographer that for years used a Mamiya RZ76, which I consider one of the best cameras in the world. Unfortunately, film is so so so old school, in such am embarrassing way that he put aside the camera that made him one of the best photographers in his area. He had about 8 Rollei's and I can't count how many Mamiya's...and obviously a pair or to of Nikon's, Canon's and Pentax's! and he told me in great pain that in Brazil, even as an amateur photographer, you'd be laughed at. Let me tell you something about MF...Its a completely different aspect and way of shooting, and here in "Europe", as they like calling it, film is still part of any type of photography, both in studio and location. I'm telling you, I wanted to cry...It was such a sad image. For photography lovers, like you and me, old school is the new school, and let's be honest: digital well never reach the raw,pure quality of our good old film..specially if its medium format!
