Large Format Photography Gaining Popularity
Large Format Photography Gaining Popularity
Large Format Photography Gaining Popularity
Despite the remarkable growth of digital photography, large format 4X5, 8X10 and larger format camera sizes are gaining in sales among photography purists. Arca Swiss continues to make a terrific line of very fine cameras.
Film Availability
Kodak is still continuing to produce film in the large format sizes.
Fuji as well is still continuing to produce film in the large format sizes, however, they are no longer producing ready loads in the 4X5 format.
Large Format Photography is alive and well.
Large format describes large photographic films, large cameras, view cameras (including pinhole cameras) and processes that use a film or digital sensor, generally 4 x 5 inches (10x13 cm) or larger. The most common large formats are 4x5 and 8x10 inches (20x25 cm). Less common formats include quarter-plate, 5x7 inches, 11x14 inches, 16x20 inches, 20x24 inches, various panoramic or "banquet" formats (such as 4x10 and 8x20 inches), as well as metric formats, including 9x12 cm, 10x13 cm, and 13x18 cm.
The Polaroid 20x24 inch instant camera is one of the largest format cameras currently in common usage, and can be hired from Polaroid agents in various countries.[1] Many well-known photographers have used the 235 pound (106 kg), wheeled-chassis Polaroid.
The term of art "Large Format" refers to film and camera formats that generally use sheet film in sizes equal to or larger than 4 inches by 5 inches (or 9x12 cm). (Although there are some view cameras in sizes smaller than 4x5 inches, or 6x9cm). Large Format distinguishes large cameras 4x5, 5x7, 4x10 and 8 x10 inches, from medium format cameras and film (6x6, 6x7, 6x8, 6x9cm roll film cameras) and from small format cameras of 35mm, 110 and smaller film sizes. Above 8x10 inches, the formats are often referred to as Ultra Large Format (ULF) and may be 11x14, 16x20, 20x24 inches, or as large as film, plates or cameras are available.
Control
Most large-format cameras have adjustable fronts and backs that allow the photographer to better control rendering of perspective and depth of field. Architectural and close-up photographers in particular benefit greatly from this ability.
Aside from the focusing action common to all formats, the special movements of many large format technical and view cameras allow the front and/or back of the camera to be tilted out of parallel with each other, and to be shifted up, down, or sideways. Based on the Scheimpflug principle, these movements make it possible to solve otherwise impossible depth-of-field problems, and to change perspective rendering, and create special effects that would be impossible with a conventional fixed-plane camera.
Ansel Adams' photographs demonstrate how the use of front (lens plane) and back (film plane) adjustments can secure great apparent depth of field when using the movements available on large-format view cameras.
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