>> 0 >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >> Medium Format Photography • Introduction Over the last 10 years we’ve been going through a true digital revolution. Film got replaced by SD cards and darkrooms by computers. The main reason being the accessibility of digital photography.
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Medium Format Photography• Introduction
Over the last 10 years we’ve been going through a true digital revolution. Film got replaced by SD cards and darkrooms by computers. The main reason being the accessibility of digital photography.
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Medium Format.• Used by professionals because easier to enlarge than
35mm (bigger sensor) and easier to develop than large format.
• Uses 120 or 220 film.• Pictures are usually square.• Generally more expensive than 35mm photography.• Most common from 1960s until digital age.
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Common MF cameras.Hasselblad Bronica Mamiya
Models 500,200 series ETRSi,sq-a(i)/b RB67, pro TL
Price range Higher Medium Lower
Still serviced? Yes No Yes
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Medium Format: Gallery.
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Lomography.• Inexpensive alternative to MF
photography.
• Plastic, toy cameras
• Because they are so cheap they have flaws and therefore often random end results.
• For example: Holga, Diana.
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Lomography: Gallery.
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Analog vs digital camera sales.
2000 2005
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Film scanning.
-One technology that has made it a lot easier for analog photographers to get their photos printed is film scanning. Here's an example of a popular film scanner:
-By scanning the negatives analog photographers save both money and time because they do not have to go to the lab anymore to get photos printed.