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Equipment & Techniques => Medium Format / Film / Digital Backs – and Large Sensor Photography => Topic started by: Juanito on July 13, 2008, 02:38:27 am

Title: Any Advantage to Shooting MFDB on a 4x5?
Post by: Juanito on July 13, 2008, 02:38:27 am

I just started shooting with the H1 and Aptus 22.  I don't shoot architecture, still life or anything that requires camera movements. Besides the shift/tilt movements, is there any advantage to shooting with the 4x5 over the SLR? I've shot a lot of portraits with 4x5 film and love the deliberate process. I just can't think of any photographic advantage since size of the capture medium isn't changing. Or am I missing something? I assume that when people on this forum use the 4x5, it's for the movements.

John

Title: Any Advantage to Shooting MFDB on a 4x5?
Post by: klane on July 13, 2008, 03:05:28 am

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I just started shooting with the H1 and Aptus 22.  I don't shoot architecture, still life or anything that requires camera movements. Besides the shift/tilt movements, is there any advantage to shooting with the 4x5 over the SLR? I've shot a lot of portraits with 4x5 film and love the deliberate process. I just can't think of any photographic advantage since size of the capture medium isn't changing. Or am I missing something? I assume that when people on this forum use the 4x5, it's for the movements.

John
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I can think of a few...

1. if you are doing portraiture, is easier to maintain eye contact if you have a large lcd to focus on next to you.  

2. You like the slower process of using the camera and the response from shooting an odd looking camera (to most)

3. You enojoy using a view camera.  

I use mine for still life, but I actually plan on doing some portraits with it. Its not for everyone, but its a joy to use...