A 4×5 field camera isn’t much more of a pain to carry, and thanks to the f/2.8 maximum aperture of the blad lenses I had, I was only using it in decent enough light where even a f/5.6 lens on a 4×5 camera would be fine too – especially given the relative grain size of higher speed film in 4×5 format. I concluded that for the compromises it imposed on me, I might as well shoot 4×5. It was also hard to carry, so I just didn’t carry it. I just found it clunky and a bit of an ergonomic nightmare. I got some ok results, but I didn’t really use it much. I couldn’t use the waist level finder – I’m crap with them – so I used it with an eye level finder. I used to have a Hasselblad, I liked it too, at least in theory. But, with each one of these steps away from 35mm there are a new set of compromises that often make me revert to 35mm. That confession out of the way, I also know that for every inch an image out of a medium format camera can look incredible, an image out of a 4×5 camera looks even more amazing 8×10, more so still. That’s possibly an exaggeration, but my point is that I know the look that’s achievable with medium format cameras, I know that 35mm rarely comes close, and I’d even go as far to say that I prefer the look of 120 to 35mm.
Bronica rf645 vs mamiya 6 series#
Show me a random series of 10 images, 5 35mm and 5 medium format and I could probably tell you which are which. “Medium format sceptic” is probably a slightly heavy handed way to describe me. 1 Medium format for a medium format sceptic?.
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