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Hey guy\u2019s! Around the first of the year, I made the switch from 35mm to Medium Format digital and it\u2019s been quite the transition. Before I made the switch, I had a lot of questions about MF systems and getting all the answers proved kind of difficult.<\/p>\n
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So, this is for all of you who have been wanting a little more information on medium format and have been having a hard time finding it. In this post, we are going to start off with a comparison video which will take a look at a 35mm DSLR and pit it against a Medium Format DSLR.<\/p>\n
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We\u2019ll break each system down into it\u2019s main parts and then take a close look for a breakdown of the pro\u2019s & con\u2019s of each system.<\/p>\n
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Accurate AF
\nMany AF Points
\nUseable High ISOs
\nFast Capture Rate \u2013 Up to 10fps
\nRear Display
\nGood Color**
\nGood built-in Live View**
\nEasy Access to Controls
\nWeatherproofing
\nNot too expensive for body and lenses
\nDecent amount of Tilt-Shift & Macro lens options available
\nVideo Capabilities<\/p>\n
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Image not quite what MF produces (sharpness, color, dynamic range, resolution)
\nDifficult to clean (sensor deep inside body, dark inside)
\nNot very impressive to clients
\nUnimpressive Customer Service when needed<\/p>\n
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As you can see, you get a whole lot for your money out of a decent 35mm DLSR system. And the list of con\u2019s isn\u2019t very long at all.<\/p>\n
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Ability to remove BD and use on Tech Camera
\nTop Image Quality (with MFDB)
\nShallower DoF
\nMore Colors & More Accurate Color Information
\nLarge Dynamic Range (Up To 14 Stops)
\nEasy to Clean
\nImpressive to Clients
\nHigh Quality Lenses Available
\nImpressive Customer Service<\/p>\n
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Expensive Digital Backs
\nExpensive Lenses
\nSingle Focal Point
\nPoor Auto-Focus
\nPoor High ISO Performance
\nSlow Capture Rate \u2013 1fps
\nMost MFDBs have poor rear LCD screens
\nMost MFDBs have no built-in Live View
\nPoor access to controls\/settings
\nNon-Intuitive Custom Settings
\nLimited Selection of Specialty Lenses
\nPoor AF<\/p>\n
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Now that we have the basics out of the way, let’s take a little look at some image comparisons to see just exactly how much of an increase in IQ we’ll get when upgrading to this particular medium format system. Of course, results will vary slightly depending on the 35mm DSLR and which digital backs you use.<\/p>\n
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I wanted to keep the cameras as close in spec as possible for the sake of this test. So, we are using a Nikon D800<\/a> with a 50mm f\/1.8 G Nikon lens<\/a>, and we are comparing it to a Leaf Aptus II-10<\/a> on a Mamiya 645DF<\/a> body with an 80mm f\/2.8 LS D Mamiya\/Schneider lens<\/a>. The 800mm on the medium format system will give us the equivalent of a 47mm lens on a 35mm system. That’s about as close as I can get them to being the “same”. Each is operating with a “normal” focal length lens.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.photigy.com\/school\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2-79.jpg” alt=”Dueling DSLRs \u2013 35mm vs. Medium Format” show_in_lightbox=”on” align=”center” align_tablet=”center” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”3.23″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_sidebar orientation=”right” area=”et_pb_widget_area_4″ _builder_version=”3.17.1″][\/et_pb_sidebar][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dueling DSLRs \u2013 35mm vs. Medium Format Medium Format vs 35 mm DSLR: advantages and compromises? Introduction: Hey guy\u2019s! Around the first of the year, I made the switch from 35mm to Medium Format digital and it\u2019s been quite the transition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4869,"featured_media":62727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9487],"tags":[11505,11504,11503],"yst_prominent_words":[11447,11470,11449,11495,11494,11496,11501,11472,10038,10305,5189,11497,11502,11490,1959,5355,2056,11493,11500,11448],"class_list":["post-62723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cameras-lenses","tag-35mm-vs-medium-format","tag-dueling-dslrs","tag-dueling-dslrs-35mm-vs-medium-format"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.photigy.com\/school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.photigy.com\/school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.photigy.com\/school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.photigy.com\/school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4869"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.photigy.com\/school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.photigy.com\/school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.photigy.com\/school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.photigy.com\/school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.photigy.com\/school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.photigy.com\/school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62723"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.photigy.com\/school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=62723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Sharpness Comparison:<\/h2>\n