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Advantages of large format camera, why should we use large format camera comprehensively?

Large format is a camera specification with a photosensitive area of 4X5 inches or more. The image taken by the large format camera is larger in size, clear in imaging, real in texture, delicate in tone and tone level, and more saturated and realistic in color. The area of a 4X5-inch loose leaf is 13 times that of 35mm film, a 5X7 loose leaf is 25 times that of 35mm film, and an 8X 10 loose leaf is 50 times that of 35mm film. For a simple example, when you need a picture of 8X 10 inch, you must use a 35mm negative (24mmX36mm) to enlarge it by more than 50 times, and a 4X5 inch negative (99.6mmX 125.4mm) only needs to enlarge it by 4 times. However, if an 8X 10 inch negative (20 1.7mmX252.5mm) is used, only 1: 1 is needed to print the proofs directly. The clarity, graininess, tone and texture of the image brought by large format photography are incomparable to small and medium-sized cameras, and they have absolute advantages unless you don't need them for your purpose. After entering the digital age, the area advantage of large format is more prominent, and now hundreds of millions of pixels have become the new favorite of the market. Moreover, it is also very advantageous to allocate it to unit area, high sensitivity, low sensitivity, background noise, purity and so on. In addition, the large-format body is very individual, but the lens is universal. With a large-format camera, you can choose hundreds of lenses accumulated by world-famous artists in the past 100 years. You can also shoot special effects such as shifting axis and macro by adjusting the lens board.