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> MF is cheaper to acquire in film. By "MF", I take it you mean medium format. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_format https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediu
by Seenso 7y ago
> MF is cheaper to acquire in film.
By "MF", I take it you mean medium format.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_format https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_format
That a very excellent point that emphasizes how technology is often about trade-offs, not linear advancement. With film, it's far cheaper to increase the sensor size because the sensor is literally a consumable item. With digital, the sensor is an sophisticated electronic component that it's much harder and expensive to fabricate the larger you make them.
- mherdeg 7y agoYeah, basically for nostalgia and no other reason I prefer to shoot with full-frame sensors (like Nikon FX) rather than on the crop sensor (like DX). The larger-sensor digital bodies are considerably more expensive, even if they're years old and used.