Medium format image quality

[Tomm111]

One thing that hasn't been mentioned is when loading film in holders the notches on the film should go either to the lower left, or upper right in the holder. Another one of those "who taught you" conventions, this is to be sure the emulsion is facing out. My father had a 4x5 Speed Graphic he gave to me when he thought I was getting serious about photography. The cameras are big but they are light weight and not hard at all to use. There are 2 pin to pc connectors available, see if your shutter has a M and X switch. If the shutter has a piston flash adapter, I am not sure it can be used for a strobe.

I hope I didn't put the sheet film in the wrong side. I think my notches were on the lower right when I shot my two sheets. :-/ So the glossy purple side facing out? Or the matte grey side facing out? I put it in the way previous owner put it (I found two sheets of film already loaded and without knowing that, oops, those two film were exposed to the light when I open the dark slides).

I am unlikely to bother with flash, as I am TERRIBLE even with modern flashes. I do use flash, but I have no idea what I am doing sometimes. LOL

Should be the dull grey side out, just checked a negative and I did give good advice. Really had to check as I haven't shot sheet film in a while. So it is lower left or upper right.

I have 2 or 3 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 sheet film holders if you want them PM me. I'd let them go for shipping costs.

 

[Barry Duggan Photography]

One particular camera I was interested was a Mamiya 645 Pro TL.

I'm aware its a great camera, but how much of an improvement would it be over a Yashica D?

 

[Ken Seals]

The negative is actually smaller, but in my case, I frequently crop to 2x3 so the film area really makes no difference.

 

[Barry Duggan Photography]

Yeah, I'm aware of the difference in negative sizes, just curious about image sharpness.

 

[Neil-O]

I'm sure someone else mentioned it but FWIW I'd look at the Minolta Autocord. For some reason these cameras haven't attracted the same attention that other MF cameras have, and I reckon they are the cheapest way into "quality" MF at the moment.

 

[cptrios]

I'm sure someone else mentioned it but FWIW I'd look at the Minolta Autocord. For some reason these cameras haven't attracted the same attention that other MF cameras have, and I reckon they are the cheapest way into "quality" MF at the moment.

I just bought one for cheap and had it CLA'd (not so cheap). Waiting on the first roll of Ektar to take an interminable time at the lab!

I'll be happy to post scans here when they come back, but there are plenty of samples on Flickr that make its lens look seriously great.

 

[DrBormental]

Yeah, I'm aware of the difference in negative sizes, just curious about image sharpness.

I have a 645 Pro TL with 55mm, 80mm and 110mm C N lenses. In most cases, my resolution bottleneck, I believe, is the scanner. Here's a random full-size scan taken with 110mm. Here's another one with the 55mm (and this lens is usually considered softer than the others). I do not keep track of aperture like some folks do, but both of those are f/5.6 or f/8, I suspect. I can't find any wide-open shots that I can share at the moment.

 

[celestialemissary]

Yeah, I'm aware of the difference in negative sizes, just curious about image sharpness.

I have a 645 Pro TL with 55mm, 80mm and 110mm C N lenses. In most cases, my resolution bottleneck, I believe, is the scanner. Here's a random full-size scan taken with 110mm. Here's another one with the 55mm (and this lens is usually considered softer than the others). I do not keep track of aperture like some folks do, but both of those are f/5.6 or f/8, I suspect. I can't find any wide-open shots that I can share at the moment.

I agree. Most of the time scanner will be the bottleneck.


velvia50


ektar100

scanned on v600
TBH I'm happy with the results but I feel that my fuji 680 and those films have much more to offer

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