Medium Format and available light ?

Paddy C said:
Images reduced to screen size (even large screen size) can often hide slight-camera induced softness.

I see this all the time on flickr. Photographs look great until you look at the largest size and realize that it is actually soft everywhere.
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Good point!
My shot is sharp but you'll have to take my word for it ;). Looking at the other shots you see details in the clothing, hair, text, etc. that would leave me to believe that they are sharp as well.

I'm not saying medium format cameras are the ideal tools for low light shooting but in the right hands it can be done and done well.

Todd
 
Thomas78,
I never record exposure info unless I'm pulling off some super human feat like 1 second handheld ;).

Todd
 
Norita 66 with 80/2

Pentacon 6 with 180/2.8. I used to use this with either a monopod or handheld with a waist level viewfinder, in a sort of cradled position. The weight of the thing allowed for handheld portraits at 1/15 with decent results. This allows for indoor pics with 400/800/3200 speed film reasonably well.


Tripod
 
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