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| Professional Photography with Full-frame Sensors |
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The medium format is primarily still very popular among professional photographers. The considerably larger negative delivers clearly better results than the 35 mm format. Digital photography is also gaining acceptance in professional applications as the need for speed and flexibility here is becoming more important. By exchanging the film magazine with different digital backs, professionals can also use their medium format cameras for digital photography. There has been a clear change in the mindset of professional photographers since the introduction of digital SLR cameras with sensors corresponding to the full 35 mm format as these cameras offer many benefits regarding price and usage.
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| The SLR lenses from Carl Zeiss for various analog and digital camera systems |
As before, many digital SLR cameras are equipped with sensors in the APS format. This format is smaller than 35 mm and thus uses only part of the image circle of a lens. This forces photographers to calculate focal lengths. A 35 mm focal length works like a 50 mm standard lens and wide angles were no longer wide-angle. In architectural photography where wide-angle lenses are generally used, for example, this leads to “more common” perspectives. The large picture angle of the focal length can be utilized ideally on a full frame digital camera with the same lens.
Many lens manufacturers develop lenses that have been optimized for the smaller image format in order to simplify the work of photographers. Many of those lenses cannot even be used on full frame cameras as they are designed for a smaller image circle and occasionally extend too far into the mirror box, which could damage the hinged mirror.
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| Digital SLR camera |
By comparison, all Carl Zeiss ZF lenses have already been developed for the full 35 mm format. They offer optimum image results throughout the entire image field. Precise focusing with a particularly large swivel angle enables photographers to focus precisely with a turn of their wrist. The long-lasting mechanical parts and robust metal workmanship ensures the investment of professional photographers – even in harsh conditions.
SLR lenses from Carl Zeiss are available with several types of mounts for digital and analog SLR cameras |
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May 2008 |
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