Large Format Photography readership survey

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Question 1:  What is your primary LF subject ?
     votes  percent
  1.) natural landscape 288   74%
  2.) architecture 41   10%
  3.) the human form 33   8%
  4.) still lifes 29   7%

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Total Votes:  391


Question 2:  What is your secondary LF subject (if any)?
     votes  percent
  1.) natural landscape 59   15%
  2.) architecture 137   36%
  3.) the human form 49   13%
  4.) still lifes 70   18%
  5.) none (primary subjects accounts for most of my photographs) 70   18%

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Total Votes:  385


Question 3:  Do you use B&W or color in LF ?
     votes  percent
  1.) almost exclusively color 65   17%
  2.) mostly color 42   11%
  3.) about the same amount of both 53   14%
  4.) mostly b&w 79   20%
  5.) almost exclusively b&w 153   39%

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Total Votes:  392


Question 4:  What is your primary format ?
     votes  percent
  1.) 35mm 81   19%
  2.) MF (4.5x6,6x6,6x7,6x9 cm) 79   18%
  3.) panoramic MF (6x12,6x17 cm) 4   1%
  4.) 4x5 209   49%
  5.) 5x7 6   1%
  6.) 8x10 44   10%
  7.) 11x14 and up, regular aspect ratio 2   0%
  8.) banquet formats 3   1%

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Total Votes:  428


Question 5:  What is your secondary format (if any) ?
     votes  percent
  1.) 35mm 128   30%
  2.) MF (4.5x6,6x6,6x7,6x9 cm) 119   28%
  3.) panoramic MF (6x12,6x17 cm) 4   1%
  4.) 4x5 100   24%
  5.) 5x7 12   3%
  6.) 8x10 20   5%
  7.) 11x14 and up, regular aspect ratio 7   2%
  8.) banquet formats 4   1%
  9.) none (primary format accounts for most of my photographs) 26   6%

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Total Votes:  420


Question 6:  How remote are the places you photograph with LF?
     votes  percent
  1.) inside a building 23   6%
  2.) next to the road 46   12%
  3.) short hiking distance 203   52%
  4.) long hiking distance 81   21%
  5.) backcountry 41   10%

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Total Votes:  394


Question 7:  How far do you take your LF camera ?
     votes  percent
  1.) stays inside the studio 6   2%
  2.) local trips 59   15%
  3.) regional trips 177   46%
  4.) domestic air travel 80   21%
  5.) international travel 67   17%

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Total Votes:  389


Question 8:  How many days of LF photography do you do per year ?
     votes  percent
  1.) 0 7   2%
  2.) 10 47   12%
  3.) 20 100   25%
  4.) 30 85   22%
  5.) 40 34   9%
  6.) 50 31   8%
  7.) 60 31   8%
  8.) 70 4   1%
  9.) 80 10   3%
  10.) more 46   12%

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Total Votes:  395


Question 9:  For how long have you been a LF photographer ?
     votes  percent
  1.) not yet 43   10%
  2.) 1 year 105   25%
  3.) 2 years 81   19%
  4.) 5 years 73   17%
  5.) 10 years 54   13%
  6.) 20 years 40   9%
  7.) more 28   7%

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Total Votes:  424


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