Have a look at for instance: "So the poor quality of some systems and formats is fine, as long as we can decide to use or not to use them."
You'll find i'm not.
Have a look at for instance: "So the poor quality of some systems and formats is fine, as long as we can decide to use or not to use them."
TMY2 "grainless 11x14's"... I doubt that and it's not just about grain but resolutuon too.
You'll find i'm not.
Have a look at for instance: "So the poor quality of some systems and formats is fine, as long as we can decide to use or not to use them."
So, how do you compare a portrait made by 35mm on EI 400 film,
at 1/60 @ f/2.8, with, say, an 85mm lens ?
[...]Context is what matters. In a few circumstances, a cellphone will outperform an 8x10, or a Hasselblad.
If this isn't a viable argument for you, well, so be it.
Exactly my point.
If a 35mm (or smaller) camera is the only feasible tool for a particular job, it is not a "poor quality system" in that context. It is in fact the best system in that context.
And that's exactly the way of thinking i was arguing against.
When you can make do with a low quality tool, it may be best suited for the job, but it still is a low quality tool.
Anyone want a very decent Canon or Minolta kit?
Yawn...
The OP's question was "If Medium Format and Large Format are Better, Why Do We Bother with 35mm?"
The very simple answer is: MF and LF are not better in all contexts. We bother with 35mm because in some (if not many) situations it is the better (or only) tool for the job. In other words, no matter how "good" they are, there are things that MF and LF (or the Hubble telescope) cannot do. If 35mm did not exist, those jobs would either not get done or would not get done as well.
Trying to introduce objective concepts of "high-" and "low quality tools" is not really helpful here.
If you let someone else define what is best or better for you, you might as well throw your camera in the trash and give up. Just my $0.02 worth.
gene
But i'm beginning to explain that once again, and i promised i wouldn't.
Because he hates that darned horse.
That's exactly it.
Or rather, the people who think they are still riding it.
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