so, do you guys consider my 6x9 to be "large format"?

**Leonard Evens** · 31-May-2007, 15:42

I had a 6 x 9 camera with view camera capability which I used for some 30 years before moving up to 4 x 5. Using movements immediately places you out of the range of the usual kind of photography. These days the gap is growing even larger since fewer and fewer people in the "small format" range even use film.

But I've found there are some significant differences between 6 x 9 and 4 x 5 which go beyond the size of the film. With my 6 x 9 camera, for example, I seldom needed to use tilts or swings because I usually had more than enough DOF without them. Similarly, I seldom needed to worry about subject or camera motion, particularly in daylight.

**Brian Ellis** · 31-May-2007, 20:19

Medium format film on a medium format camera is medium format photography. Movements don't define LF. If they did a Canon or Nikon with a tilt/shift lens would be large format.

**Oren Grad** · 31-May-2007, 21:14

Just to up the gain a bit on the cognitive dissonance, try this.

**Turner Reich** · 1-Jun-2007, 02:49

Kinda no Kinda yes, no it's medium format.

**Greg Lockrey** · 1-Jun-2007, 02:53

It's "Large Format" wannabee.

**John Hoang** · 1-Jun-2007, 06:23

I googled and found this link. Of the 2 definitions, one says yes and one says no. So yes and no!

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US

fficial&hs=gRR&defl=en&q=define:Large+format+camera&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title

**seawolf66** · 1-Jun-2007, 07:33

Decide-ing which size is which: Is like saying [Twiggy is a minox style] and Madonna is
a digital size and saying that Barbara walters is Medium format and Of course there is
Rose O'donell and Oprah should equal Large and Ultra large format :: really Its one choice of which one likes:

**Bill_1856** · 1-Jun-2007, 09:41

How about 9x12 cm? That's smaller than 4x5. Or my 3 1/4x4 1/4 Graphic View II with full movements? Or Edward Weston's 3 1/4x4/1/4 Graflex with no movements? The whole concept of "who belongs to OUR club?" is pure eliteism.