Originally posted by Winder Is school our most of our books were written for 35mm film, but we were using MF & LF in the studio. We were working in a different direction, but it was still equivalence. I still shoot 645 film and APS-C. At one point I was shooting with the Contax 645, Canon 5D, & Olympus E-3. Anyone who picks up a book on photography where the author has used a full frame camera for the examples and setting had better understand equivalence if they want to accurately recreate the exercises.
Absolutely. If you want to follow a photographic cookbook recipe written for 35mm with, say, your Olympus E-3 you had better know your equivalencies. And when you are out in the field with that camera, none of that matters anymore because you have what you have.
Now tell me, where in anything I wrote do you find something to suggest otherwise?
Quote: You guys might not have any use for equivalence.
Not that much, but I do not deny it's usefulness for the purposes outlined in Joseph James' article - which I was lead to believe is the starting point of any meaningful discussion on equivalence.
Quote: You only own one format.
Now, now, what's that got to do with the price of tea in china? a) It is not true, I have cameras ranging from the Q to Medium format and b) it is irrelevant for the purposes of this discussion and more of a reflection on your, er well, way of thinking. It's not about equivalence, it's about gear, ain't it?
Quote: You never read photography books.
Actually I do, but in truth they do tend to be the ones with the pictures, rather than the HowTo's.
Quote: You have no interest in recreating a look. Or you just don't care.
I would not say that. Photographers are often influenced by the "look" created by masters of the art, and I certainly would not mind improved imagery.
Quote: It really doesn't matter. What I don't understand is why you care so much about a subject that you claim you don't care about? I understand why the people who do care about it and want to apply information are talking about it.
It should be pretty obvious what I am for or against regarding equivalence. I outlined it a few posts back in my exagerated 'black cats in coal mines around midnight with a Pentax Q' example.
Cheers
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Originally posted by ElJamoquio How did they decide on that format, anyway? Why was that format what's best for them?
Come again?