Now that digital medium format is approaching and even beating high-end DSLRs and mirrorless cameras on worth, extra individuals are contemplating making the swap. One of many issues to consider, although, is that the bigger you make your sensor, the shallower your depth of subject turns into relative to your subject of view.On this video, Mark Denney talks about this drawback for panorama pictures since switching to the Fuji GFX 100S. He additionally busts a couple of of the myths which can be usually touted as causes towards shopping for into medium-format which can be now not actually related with as small as medium format cameras have began to develop into.It’s as true now with digital medium format because it was within the movie days. It’s why some medium format cameras just like the Fuji GFX680 (nonetheless on my wishlist) supplied entrance commonplace actions much like these of a large-format digicam, so as to have the ability to shift your airplane of focus (amongst different issues) and compensate for the shallow depth of subject inherent in bigger movie codecs.Sure, from a purely technical standpoint, your depth of subject doesn’t change. However as a result of you need to change focal size as a way to get the identical subject of view that you’d with a full-frame or APS-C digicam, the mix of the 2 does end result within the look of a shallower depth of subject for a similar composition. APS-C has a 1.5x crop issue (until it’s Canon). The Fuji GFX 100S has a 0.79x crop issue. So, you’re taking pictures at an extended focal size for a similar subject of view. And simply as full-frame has a shallower relative depth of subject than APS-C, medium-format has an excellent shallower relative depth of subject than full-frame.For some, although, the shallower depth of subject shouldn’t be solely not a difficulty however is definitely a fascinating trait. It’s the entire cause that they purchased into medium-format within the first place. However it’s one thing for potential patrons to pay attention to.But it surely does imply that for panorama shooters who wish to put one thing within the foreground, you is likely to be typically taking a number of photographs at completely different focus distances and compositing in put up as a way to keep sharpness all through the picture. For portrait shooters, you might need to cease down greater than you anticipated to have the ability to get each eyes of your topic in concentrate on a close-up headshot.With the costs at which you’ll be able to choose up a medium format digicam nowadays – lower than many flagship DSLR or mirrorless cameras – they’re turning into way more common. Individuals hear issues like “enormous sensor” and 16-Bit RAW information and that’s what they have an inclination to focus in on. The potential depth of subject points aren’t one thing that often spring to thoughts until you’ve had prior expertise with medium or massive format movie.It didn’t spring to Mark’s thoughts. He is aware of higher now.What’s stopping you from switching to medium format?