Originally Posted by
Oren Grad
It depends on your particular equipment. I'd say for me it was very similar, because both my cameras and my backpack loaded with working kit were comparable in size and weight for the two formats. I say was, because I've just started working with a whole plate Century with a 240 Germinar-W, which is a very compact and lightweight combination.
That's such a subjective thing. I find 6.5x8.5 to be qualitatively different from 5x7, while 8x10 just feels like an overgrown whole plate that's a bit too large and square. OTOH, the jump from 8x10 to 11x14 is once again a leap into a qualitatively different space, not just in terms of camera handling but visually as well.
And further to Sal's point, whether whole plate is "big enough" depends too on what you want to do with them - are you making prints to hold in the hand, or to fill a space on the wall?
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