I’ve always been somewhat afraid of medium format. When my friend was shooting medium format film, it seemed like such a hassle, but when I saw the shots I could see why people do it. I think it’s probably the same deal for medium format digital. What are you going to do with 56 megapixels and 16-bit color depth? But there’s something about having that amount of data, setting up your shots, and getting something picture-perfect, so to speak. I guess that’s why they use these things for like fashion and product photography — they can make anything look beautiful.

These new Leaf cameras have big 3.5″ swiveling touchscreens, many megapixels, excellent color depth, and their sensors range in size from 56×36mm to 44×33mm. I’m pretty sure they’re very, very nice. And that’s why they start at $20,000.
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