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I've been thinking of getting a new camera; owning just a bare-bones 35mm is nice, but I'd like something a bit 'better'. Anyway, I was just wondering what was your preferred/favorite looking format?

Me, well, they all have their uses... but 6x6 is awfully fun to shoot with.

pretty much anything bigger than a 35mm is going to be better, plus you would need a dark room for anything larger.

i've only been on digital, 35mm, and 110. i hope to try some medium some day.

digital of course :), it's the only vegetarian option!

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Oh boo-hoo! "I don't want to hurt things... I'm such a pussy! BOO HOO!"

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I've seen a bunch of 4x5 field cameras around lately, used of course. THAT would be fun.

i would buy a 645 cam right now or a large format if the stuff didn't have to be developed. i don't mind developing, but i couldn't develop anywhere in my current living conditions. i'm also sad that it's so expensive to develop for fun.

new canon digitals are non factored 'full-frame' cmos sensors which is so good.. finally!! all this screwy lens factoring. nikon needs to get their act together. sadly the higher end gets the non-factored stuff first (canon 5d).

dannyp: any resources you could point me to that would tell me more about digital camera technology? I'd like to know what you mean by 'full-frame' CMOS sensors and lens factoring and the like.

sure thing yo! basically the lenses on most digital slrs produce a larger image than cmos sensors can perceive. consequently when you look through the viewfinder on most dslrs it is noticably smaller, personally it's frustrating. compare looking through a regular slr with a dslr's viewfinder and you'll see what i mean. they call the cameras factored. and so you'll generally see 1.5x field of view[fov] crop.

ref:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_frame_digital_SLR

thx!

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