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  1. Explaining the "Medium Format Look" - B&H Photo …

    • The two clearest signifiers of a medium format look are sharpness and resolution, mainly because they are the two factors that tend to be objectively different, compared to smaller format cameras. … See more

    Color and Tonality

    The two other chief signifiers of a medium format look are color and tonality, along with how … See more

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    Medium Format Film

    One additional point worth referencing is medium format film, and how It compares to medium format digital. The photosite size and sensor dimension advantages are all respective … See more

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    In Practice

    Armed with all of this information, how do we make use of a medium format look? What kinds of photography does it benefit most? Well, that’s obviously subjective and ultimately u… See more

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  1. This distinctive but hard-to-describe look is commonly associated with medium format cameras (hence its name) and refers to aesthetic qualities in an image, such as pronounced smoothness, more blurriness in shallow-depth-of-field images, more accurate color rendering, and so on.
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    This lack of perspective distortion, which warps and transforms an object significantly from how it looks with a normal focal length, medium format images tend to look closer to what your eyes see in the real world. This natural look is what makes medium format images so powerful.
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    In that regard, medium format mimics how your eyes actually see the world, at least more so than the smaller 35mm size. The effect is even more apparent with large format 4x5, 5x8, or 8x10 film. You can shoot an extremely wide scene but it will have the "real-world" look of a lens with a longer focal length.
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    Feb 17, 2021 · If you've ever wondered what exactly is this medium format camera "look" that all your photographer friends seem to be raving on about, you're not alone. Essentially, the idea is that medium format camera produce …

  4. That medium format ‘look’: what is it? - Ming Thein

    Feb 24, 2015 · Beyond the obvious very large print or Ultraprint, if you’re judging images at web sizes on a computer – or worse, a phone – sorry, you’re just not going to see it. A typical web image is less than 1% by area of a 40-50MP …

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  9. Is bigger better? Why I still love the medium-format look

    Jan 21, 2023 · Frankly, I think you can, although my rather nebulous description is the “medium format look”. This is, however, more concretely related to the particular combination of definition and depth. With medium format

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  11. Your Guide to Medium Format Film Photography

    Oct 11, 2019 · Medium format film cameras have a wider field of view compared to 35mm cameras when you’re using lenses with similar focal lengths. That large negative lets you see more of the scene you’re shooting than you would with a …

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