Medium format
Feb 20, 2022 17:44:46 #
donphotog wrote:
I’ve been seriously considering the Fuji GFX 100S ... (show quote)
It's your money. Spend as you see fit.
Ann Landers once said she usually got letters from people who *needed* to be spanked, to bring them back to reality. If your reality includes a GFX 100S, or even the 50S, so be it. They're incredible cameras for the price. In my dreams, I'd be a landscape photographer, and use a GFX 100S to photograph national parks for 8' high, hallway length composite panorama prints with insane amounts of detail.
But MY reality beckons... Unless I needed a lot of 30x40 prints that would be viewed from VERY close distances (about a foot), I'd buy something more important than another camera. I'm happy with a lowly Micro 4/3 16MP camera and Lightroom Classic's Photo Enhance Raw Details with Super Resolution. See attached 40x30 from a Lumix GH4. Please pixel peep the download.
Of course, better results can be obtained from any new full frame mirrorless camera above 30 MP. At that point, I would argue you are into the realm of diminishing marginal returns on expenditures. But smoke 'em if ya got 'em, right?
Feb 20, 2022 17:49:29 #
I'm interested in buying one simply because I'd enjoy using it. No other reason required. And no need or desire to make big prints.
For around 95% of the photos we see on here, a phone would be good enough, never mind FF or MF. Now I'll wait patiently for the usual barrage from the BIF people...
For around 95% of the photos we see on here, a phone would be good enough, never mind FF or MF. Now I'll wait patiently for the usual barrage from the BIF people...
Feb 20, 2022 17:59:35 #
mudduck wrote:
Gee, with everybody loving FF sensors, it seems to me a sensor the size of a Graham cracker would be advantageous.
It's about balance more than sensor size.
FF is easily the most balanced sensor out there...giving the best bang for the buck...and then some.
MF had it's day...in film.
Digitally...it's a big yawn.
Feb 20, 2022 18:08:45 #
Canisdirus wrote:
It's about balance more than sensor size.
FF is easily the most balanced sensor out there...giving the best bang for the buck...and then some.
MF had it's day...in film.
Digitally...it's a big yawn.
FF is easily the most balanced sensor out there...giving the best bang for the buck...and then some.
MF had it's day...in film.
Digitally...it's a big yawn.
Competent photographers obtain some spectacular results from phone, bridge cameras, and APS sensors as well as FF.
Few people truly "need" FF - they want FF for their own purposes, and there's nothing wrong with that at all.
I wonder if some of the FF owners are ending a little defensive about MF cameras.
It's certainly true that the the richest suite of features are found in top of the range FF cameras and also APS - but so what?
What I like about Fuji cameras is their relative simplicity, and that they allow people to reconnect with what brought them into photography in the first place.
To mis-quote Marie Kondo, it's all about whatever sparks joy.
Feb 20, 2022 18:13:08 #
alexol wrote:
Competent photographers obtain some spectacular re... (show quote)
No doubt. But they have to work harder than FF.
No doubt it can be done.
FF is the most balanced...
It's also where the lion share of tech research coin is spent...the market has spoken already...years ago.
Feb 20, 2022 18:49:14 #
rmalarz wrote:
Just started. Hassleblad 907x on a 500C. I haven't done anything but tests and profiles so far.
--Bob
--Bob
I look forward to hearing about your progress.
Feb 20, 2022 18:50:32 #
Feb 20, 2022 19:52:23 #
rbhallock
Loc: Western Massachusetts
Vincejr wrote:
Does anybody use medium format digital camera and make do you use.
Yes. Mamiya 7. Great film camera. 80 mm standard lens, also 150 mm.
Feb 21, 2022 01:08:20 #
amfoto1
Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA
BebuLamar wrote:
Which is currently the largest medium format sensor?
Dimensionally, the largest sensor is in the Hasselblad X1D II 50C. It measures 43.8 x 32.9mm and is 50MP.
In terms of resolution, the largest MF sensor is 102MP, as found in the Fuji GFX 100 and GFX 100S.
Feb 21, 2022 01:19:50 #
Sorry to be disagreeable amfoto1, but Phase1 now offers two cameras with 151 megapixels.
Unfortunately, they cost as much as a luxury car, so you probably thought they weren't worth mentioning.
Cheers.
Unfortunately, they cost as much as a luxury car, so you probably thought they weren't worth mentioning.
Cheers.
Feb 21, 2022 11:32:35 #
bweber wrote:
Most of the replies to this post were from people ... (show quote)
I used medium format in film cameras and loved it. People always said 35mm is big enough. I disagreed then and I disagree now. If I could afford it, and some day I will, I will have a medium format digital system and never look back!
You're right, all the naysayers are speaking out of ignorance, not personal experience!
Feb 21, 2022 11:40:45 #
Canisdirus wrote:
Everyday...ppl make choices without having first hand experience....folks can read...infer...solve problems...amazing.
Film...MF was great.
Digital...a white rhino.
Film...MF was great.
Digital...a white rhino.
Nonsense!
Feb 21, 2022 11:50:09 #
alexol wrote:
Remembering from 645 & 6x6 film days, and from what I've seen & read of the 'big' Fujis, the difference is less about it sharpness ec and more about a sort of 3D effect present with the bigger sensors. The overall image quality is just beautiful.
I don't have the technical knowledge to explain it and it may only be my perception rather than something real. Nonetheless, I love the images from the 50 & 100 Fujis and am considering trading up.
I don't have the technical knowledge to explain it and it may only be my perception rather than something real. Nonetheless, I love the images from the 50 & 100 Fujis and am considering trading up.
Feb 21, 2022 11:50:57 #
Feb 21, 2022 11:51:57 #
Retired CPO wrote:
Nonsense!
Evidently for some, digital FF is artistic & technical perfection and they have no other aspirations.
My Bronica lacked a great many of the so-called features and benefits of my 850, yet my Bronica images were superior.
Personally, I think it is because I enjoyed every moment of the experience of simply using the Bronica. The 850 on the other hand may be close to current technical perfection but gives me all the joy and emotional involvement of using my technically highly advanced washing machine.
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