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 p.3 #13 · fuji medium format compared to others | |
ruthenium wrote:
If cameras A, B, and X (being APS-C, FF, or a GFX) can be used to produce equivalent final (landscape?) images in most cases, that I don't dispute, then the choices that we all make are influenced by "the experience of obtaining the raw pictures and the experience of processing these", like I said.
Our reasons to buy one or the other or two of the different camera systems are a mix of personal and technical considerations. For example, I like my micro-four-thirds camera OM-1 II for macro (for obvious reasons) and I would not use a GFX for macro, even if some do. Also, when hiking, I like my OM-1 II with the 300mm F4 prime more than my Sony A1 with the Sony 200-600 G lens. I like my A1 for landscapes somewhat better than the OM-1 II, but I don't like the performance of the 16-35mm F2.8 GM lens that I have, and I expect that the GFX100S II with the 20-35mm F4 lens should give me much better image quality and user experience.
I hope the point I am making is clear. That with some experience, our choices of photography gear are influenced by a range of personal and technical considerations that can be remotely related to the display of the final products of our photography. The latter we can take for granted that a good photographer can produce good quality, impactful photography work for display to public regardless of the camera system in his/her hands.
When giving advice to others, we cannot promise that a certain camera system should make them better photographers and produce better pictures. But, it would be equally incorrect to discourage others from using some camera systems, e.g. a GFX, on the basis of the argument that the resulting images should mostly look the same as from a camera system A, or B....Show more →
I think your point that a variety of factors influence choices about what gear to purchase and use is in line with something I wrote in earlier on FM about "the best" landscape camera — namely that sensor size and resolution alone do not determine the "best" camera.
For me it isn't so much which camera I enjoy using though — it is more about which works best for the taks at hand based on technical and other objective features. That's why I use a big full frame system with a heavy tripod and large lenses for most landscape photography and a smaller format camera with a few small primes for street photography. If I reversed those I choices, in my case I would impair the quality of the photograph in both genres, and I don't mean simply in a technical sense.
In photography forums there are, among others, a lot of people looking for advice about purchases and they look to those whit experience to share that, sometimes in the form of recommendations. In other cases, folks with various levels of experience in photography simply want to "discuss" some question about things, most often gear. (And, unfortunately, too often gear in isolation from actual photographs.) In these cases it is not wrong to encourage them to make choices that our experience tells us will lead to better results, more effective use of their money, and so on.
BTW, regarding the ABX test... you would not do it with camera A, camera B, and camera X. You test only two systems, cameras A and B. X is actually one of those two, either A or B, and the person participating in the test doesn't know whether it is A or B. (In fact, in different stages of the test X might be the same as A or the same as B.) The idea here is to double-check the reliability of claims that one is able ti distinguish differences between A and B by asking them to determine whether A or B are used in the X sample.
Imagine doing that test with two types of wine, one very expensive and one less expensive, that are otherwise similar in taste, color, and so forth. If people can actually distinguish between A and B they should be able to accurately determine whether sample X is actual A or B, but if they can't do that reliably we have to question their ability to distinguish between A and B.
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