I more or less carried this preference over to both the M7 and M645 systems. I find that in the 35mm world, I prefer to carry three lenses when doing serious landscape work: 20mm, 35mm and 100mm. Let me talk about the above two MF systems. No doubt such images taken in 4" x 5" format would be even more impressive, especially if wide depth -of-field is required (a major benefit of using 4" x 5"), but with much less portability and convenience. I have a set of images of the Delicate Arch in Utah taken with the system which have such fine resolution that minute details on the mountains far beyond the arch in the distant background are clearly visible. I was really convinced of the quality and usefulness of this system when I got some Velvia images scanned into Photo CD and examined the images closely at high resolution. Both of these systems would meet the need for something bigger than 35mm, but much more convenient than 4" x 5" format. I will discuss both the Mamiya 7 ("M7") rangefinder and the Mamiya 645 ("M645") SLR systems. Since I am eventually planning to set up my own landscape gallery, I want to start building an inventory of grain-free 20" x 30" landscape prints. I guess grain from 35mm might also be a problem in glossy coffee table style picture books and, of course, huge poster size prints. Nevertheless, I know that when I go around landscape-oriented photo galleries, I look very closely at the 20" x 30" prints hanging on the wall and am turned off when I see any grain. What I am trying to say is that, in my experience, with proper care one can get display-quality images from 35mm format with much more convenience than medium format. There is of course some minor grain, but the grain is invisible when you stand back far enough to see the whole 20" x 30" picture at a comfortable distance. They look fantastic in terms of sharpness and color. These photos were taken with a Nikon F90x camera using a consumer-grade Sigma 28-70mm f/2.8 - 4 lens and Kodak Gold 100 color print film. I hope, therefore, that my perspective may be helpful for other photographers making the plunge into MF.įirst, though, let me say that I recently decorated my living room with six 20" x 30" enlargements.
I have only been using medium format ("MF") equipment for about two years, so I am still getting comfortable with it and don't yet have fixed preferences. Today, I am still using these cameras and getting amazing images, even compared with the newest digital SLR cameras. Author's Note: I wrote this article years ago when I had just started using medium format.
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