The Look of Medium Format

In our last article, we talked about using Medium Format film in photography. When we left off, I said I’d discuss the look of Medium Format in comparison with smaller formats… But I lied.

What more is there to say? We’ve already discussed that Medium format film has a greater dynamic range between what is over-exposed and what is under-exposed. And that it also has a greater resolution. And we’ve already discussed the use of longer lenses and how they affect pictures.

So the only thing left is to show you a few Medium Format pics of mine that can help you to be the judge:

“Fog and Fence”

The Depth of Field changes dramatically as your format grows.

“Sun over a snowy field”

Notice how the Sun looks like a Sun? Also how the snow isn’t overexposed and bleached out of existence? You can even pick up a lot of the details in the shadows. Digital could not allow something like this to happen.

Oh, what the heck. I’m just going to shamelessly throw a few more Medium Format pics in…

We’ll talk more about this in a future article, but I’m hoping you get the Medium Format bug and go take a few pics to try on your own. I promise, it’s a format you’ll absolutely love.

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