Re: Fuji Medium Format Digital System is on it's way...
bobbytan wrote: Tariq Gibran wrote: gdanmitchell wrote:
To get us back on the Fujifilm MF topic once again...
... if I were to consider getting one, I would be less interested in the MF rangefinder design and more interested in something more oriented to tripod-based work, perhaps a design roughly along the lines of the Pentax 645z. I know opinions vary, but for me there wouldn\'t be too many advantages in having the larger sensor in a camera that is designed for handheld shooting, since current MFT, crop, and FF cameras already do a great job for that kind of shooting and come in smaller packages more amenable to things like street photography.
If I were to use MF digital, my use would be for some subset of my landscape photography — the part not requiring very long focal length lenses.
I\'d be interested to hear from those who might prefer that it be a rangefinder-style body. Why is that attractive to you in a a mini MF camera?
Dan
\"Decisive Moment\" landscape work, often of quickly changing and fast moving clouds.
This is a new one to me.
Actually... it is a common misconception that landscape photography always is done at a leisurely and deliberative pace. Some is, but quite a bit of it happens quickly, especially when changing light and weather is involved.
One of my quickest ever photographic opportunities was a landscape photograph in the eastern Sierra Nevada one fall morning, when I gave up my initial aspen photography plans due to poor light up in the eastern country and spontaneously headed east instead, aiming for a specific spot on a back road where I thought something might be interesting. As I got close I noticed a band of dawn light descending the front of the range and saw virga... and soon saw a developing rainbow.
I drove too fast to my spot, stopped, pulled out gear and attached lens to camera and camera to tripod, and set out to small rise with barely a look at the scene. I got there and made two exposures before the rainbow disappeared.
So, yes, sometimes it is a decisive moment sort of thing. :-)
Dan
Sep 04, 2016 at 09:27 AM
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