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Lloyd Godman
Film - Digital
Which
film camera should I use?
While there
are many formats of camera from:
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35mm
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8x10
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it is quite
important to use the right format for the project one is working on. While photographers might
base all their work on the use of one format or even a specific camera,
it should be remembered that each camera has certain characteristic which
may or may not be useful for the type of work you want to undertake -
so there is no one camera for all situations.
For
instance it is valuable to consider the camera format.
When we
talk about formats we are referring to the film size. Film has the ability
to record only a certain amount of information per square cm and the larger
the format the more detail that can be recorded. It might be unseen, but
even digital cameras have a ccd which is a fixed physical dimension.
While larger
formats like 4x5 inches or 8x10inches have the ability to record exceptional
amounts of information they require cameras that are less mobile and take
much longer to set up than a smaller format like 35mm. As larger
format cameras like 8x10" use comparatively longer focal
length lenses than smaller formats
like 35mm, the depth of field also
decreases accordingly.
For the Drawing
from Nature Project I used a range of cameras including
35mm SLR camera, a 120 SLR and a panoramic camera
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