DWeston
DWeston
my opinion may differ...
my opinion may differ...
As a past owner of a Mamiya 7 as well as other MF gear, like Hassy, Fuji 6x9, and a current owner of an M8 and 5D, I would like to offer another opinion. I have a 4x5 and no longer use that either, but I do get the bug from time to time. With either current cameras, the M8 or 5D, and most lenses, one can make just about any size print they wish, I have done 24x36 prints on my old 7600 printer that easily equal or surpass all the MF images in quality I had made. These were all printed not by me, but by professional labs at the time.
In some ways we as photographers are really at a time of greatness as far as equipment is concerned, a renaissance if you will. Does it take a committment to learn new techniques, sure, but I look back at images I made or had printed a decade ago or longer and am amazed by the quality of todays gear....albeit, I might have gotten better in my old age, also, but the ease of making consistently good images, prints is far easier to day. Either of my current kits is much lighter by kilograms then my old Hassy or 4x5 gear, not to mention loads smaller. This does not mean one can become sloppy in technique, but the results are there to be had if one cares and my creative juices are not weighted down by bags of film etc....jmho......
I would also guess that most of us would be very happy with a carefully shot and printed 30x45 or larger.....may have to do some 30x45 crops and compare to the same size large 30x45 or larger prints I have in my office that were made with 4x5 previously.....bet they come awfully close...
my opinion may differ...
As a past owner of a Mamiya 7 as well as other MF gear, like Hassy, Fuji 6x9, and a current owner of an M8 and 5D, I would like to offer another opinion. I have a 4x5 and no longer use that either, but I do get the bug from time to time. With either current cameras, the M8 or 5D, and most lenses, one can make just about any size print they wish, I have done 24x36 prints on my old 7600 printer that easily equal or surpass all the MF images in quality I had made. These were all printed not by me, but by professional labs at the time.
In some ways we as photographers are really at a time of greatness as far as equipment is concerned, a renaissance if you will. Does it take a committment to learn new techniques, sure, but I look back at images I made or had printed a decade ago or longer and am amazed by the quality of todays gear....albeit, I might have gotten better in my old age, also, but the ease of making consistently good images, prints is far easier to day. Either of my current kits is much lighter by kilograms then my old Hassy or 4x5 gear, not to mention loads smaller. This does not mean one can become sloppy in technique, but the results are there to be had if one cares and my creative juices are not weighted down by bags of film etc....jmho......
I would also guess that most of us would be very happy with a carefully shot and printed 30x45 or larger.....may have to do some 30x45 crops and compare to the same size large 30x45 or larger prints I have in my office that were made with 4x5 previously.....bet they come awfully close...
