The successful use of an “old fashioned” large format cameras set the real pro or gifted amateur apart. They are an acquired taste but they can be used for every type of photography if you are confident and furthermore endow the user with a magnetic, mysterious almost mythical presence when the general public encounters you on the street, creating a sort of force field around you.( Other than an experience I had along the Thames estuary once, not serious but could have been), here’s some explanatory words on the subject and pics of  one of my cameras, a 1960’s Linhof Kardan Bi series in gorgeous condition, a fully geared shift mechanism and lovely to look at. Fitted with a sliding stitching back which is not needed as this camera has geared lateral shift built in, and digital magazine