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02/06/2008 02:04:29 AM · #51 |
I know there is square medium format. But, I thought most cropped for prints.
I've actually been debating on a medium format camera to use for art work.
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02/06/2008 02:51:19 AM · #52 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
I know there is square medium format. But, I thought most cropped for prints.
I've actually been debating on a medium format camera to use for art work. |
I have a couple of friends who shoot almost everything medium format. Generally, as they have told me, when doing a scenic landscape that does not have a lot of points of interest in it...crop. If you have a multitude, or busy, shot, square is the way to go. Some of the images they have printed up as square are awesome. There really IS a difference.
In the mid-80s, I had a Pentax 6x7 that shot a 56mm x 70mm format neg. The almost double-35mm size was grand to work with and the resolution of the prints was unbelievable. I would think that shooting in say a 6x6 format would give you a ton of choices.. to crop or not to crop, etc. My friend Jerry's Hasselblad (6008?) shoots this and is a wonderful, glorious and a complete drool over camera. Of course, it cost him over $30,000 for the body alone, but, even as a hobby, his final photos are something to see.
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02/06/2008 02:58:36 AM · #53 |
As far as colour goes, I am not sold on film. Digital works so much better for me within this field, and I am very happy with the changes I can make in photoshop. Working in pitch black, and waiting for a processor to spit out my images, which need slight adjustments over and over again is not my game. Then you get a speck of dust, and can start all over.. Hail spot editing! But to me, there is something amazing about developing your own black and white prints. Sure, digitally it works out well, because you can control the the slightest changes, and I'm not even going to talk about dodging and burning.
Still, i love the experience of moving from negatives, to contacts, to test strips, to prints. It feels much more like an artistic achievement than using photoshop. And there is something very aesthetic about circular grain, that square pixels cannot reach, even with high resolutions. This can be adjusted, but using film also FORCES me to make prints. Most of my digital files remain digital, and are 'printed' on websites such as this one. Its nice to have to make prints...
However, I love having my dark room on a laptop, without intoxicating chemicals. Plus, i get a tan from all the radiation ;) -- the dark room just makes me pale... Perhaps i just need a nice 1000 dollar printer, and a canon 5d and ill be sold on digital.. |
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02/06/2008 03:02:39 AM · #54 |
Originally posted by tapeworm_jimmy:
However, I love having my dark room on a laptop, without intoxicating chemicals. |
Aaahhhh... how I love the smell of Dektol in the morning!!!
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02/06/2008 03:04:19 AM · #55 |
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02/06/2008 03:21:46 AM · #56 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
I'll go both ways :-P |
I have heard that rumor!!! LOL
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