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Not sure quite what this means: "Upwards, the division is more easily defined, since large format camera use sheet film, not rolls."
Aren't rolls available for aerophotography (I'm not sure whether they're 4 or 5 inches wide)?
And, sheet holders were available for medium format (e.g. Mamiya Quadra, or some such name) in the not-too-distant past.
Also, Polaroid sheet-film cameras are medium-format.
So why not simply say that 4x5 is, as a practical matter, large format?
Okay, I decided to be bold and make some major changes to this page. Initially, I intended to only change the formatting but added and deleted content. I'm a long time reader, 2nd time contributer, so I apologize in advance for any break in convention. If I did do something wrong, either with the content or with my editing, let me know so I wont do it again. -- Clngre 00:42, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Section on Lomography is confusing, first sentence seems like a run-on. rewrite suggested. 68.44.73.253 17:36, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
I'm looking into medium format for an upcoming job. This article gave an excellent overview, but as a 35mm photographer I'm curious how focal lengths in medium format relate to 35mm format.
While shopping, I noticed that medium format lenses tended to be in the 80mm - 120mm range. What would be a good choice for someone doing portrait photography vs. landscape photography?
In October last year User:Oicumayberight moved medium format to medium format (film) and evidently thought that the term "medium format" applied to other stuff besides film. But he was unable to decide what to redirect the original to [1] and it's been redirected back to medium format (film) since February of this year. I can't see any point in keeping this article here with this name. Does anyone have a good reason to keep the article at this name and to not move it back over the redirect? -- Imroy 23:42, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
Taking a step back, wouldn't it be better to rename the page to medium format (photography), to match how the page for large format (photography) is named? The ambiguity of "medium format" is debatable (see above), but "medium format (film)" is also not entirely accurate now that the article discusses digital medium format cameras and sensors. The name "medium format (photography)" would seem to clarify the debated context of "medium format" and better describe the content of the current article as well. Rapid.Rectilinear ( talk) 17:00, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
The last point is a good one, but rather than changing this page to be broader, why not stub the digital talk to "medium format (digital)"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.181.227.179 ( talk) 20:53, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
Many of these brands have merged or gone under. Move for breaking into two sections: Current and Legacy companies --Tom. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.157.176.4 ( talk) 16:11, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
This article jumps about a bit between imperial and metric measures. At some point it talks about an "8×10 sheet of paper". 8×10 what? I'm guessing it's inches and maybe that's obvious to anyone who already knows the topic, but we shouldn't be assuming that much knowledge. I don't have the time to fix this, but thought I'd just flag it here. ☸ Moilleadóir ☎ 11:31, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
This is just the way it is within photography circles - and yes, it's "strange" to outsiders. Medium format and 135 format both use metric units to describe their sizes, with 6x6, 6x7, 6x9, etc. referring to cm. However, within the realm of large format, it is standard that the units of inches are used due to the history of paper sizes linking to film sizes - borne out of the common task of contact printing (or enlarging with perfect ratios) of large format film. Changing it to something like 20.3 x 25.4cm, just for sake of consistency, would probably confuse more people than it helps. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.181.227.179 ( talk) 20:49, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
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I added an image of a Hasselblad camera kit to the section on film types. -- Gallagm2 ( talk) 01:19, 6 November 2023 (UTC)