 Rita Snow |
Large and meduim formats What is the difference between large and medium formats and which one do you mostly use...Rita Snow
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Large and medium formats are derivates of the glass negative cameras of the 19th century. Large format is/was 8"x10", and medium format is 4"x5". This of course refers to the size of the negatives, thus of film and film cameras.
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Mark Feldstein |
But nowadays most of us in the profession refer to large format as view camera work which could be anything from 4x5" to 8x10 to even 11x14. I suppose it might be construed as 2 1/4 x 3 1/4" depending on the camera and/or back you're using. As for medium format, these days that's usually considered 6x7 cm or 6x6 or superwide formats like from appropriate Fuji and Linhof cameras. My own preference is medium format with Hasselblad V series equipment. Then for large format, I like that for studio work but you sure can't beat it for outdoor scenic shots, IMHO. If he was still around, I'd bet Ansel Adams would agree that the quality of work you can do with a large format, in terms of the finished enlargement, is superior to medium format camera negs.
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John H. Siskin |
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