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[photo-3d] MF, 35mm, VM

  • From: Paul Talbot <ptww@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: [photo-3d] MF, 35mm, VM
  • Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 02:36:04 -0500
"Dr. George A. Themelis" <drt-3d@xxxxxxx> quoted and wrote:

> > As for the argument of medium format being so much better - if
> > that is the case then why isn't large format being touted as
> > so much better than MF?
> 
> Along the same lines, why isn't VM being downplayed as
> inferior to Realist format?

I frequently hear criticism of VM images because of the
puny size.

> Because there are too many considerations beyond sheer size.

Sure there are, but at the extreme of VM's small size, the
disadvantages are so great as to be virtually insurmountable,
in my experience, and speaking only for myself.

Paul Talbot