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Subject: [OM] Re: MF, LF
From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 18:28:07 -0700
Or MF, manual focus and AF, automatic focus. You are most large.


Winsor
Long Beach, CA
USA
On Jul 22, 2004, at 7:24 PM, cygnus wrote:

> I'll send this again to the list since I think my previous reply went 
> directly to the actual poster....
>
> LF refers to cameras that shoot 4x5" or larger film, the most common 
> being 4x5" and 8x10".  My Deardorrf, however, is actually a 5x7 body 
> (I also have a 5x7 back) with a 4x5 reducing back.  I also have an 
> 8x10 Deardorff that I'll probably be selling since I really don't see 
> myself shooting 8x10 any time in the forseeable future.  Friend of 
> mine also has an 11x14 camera, an 8x20, and a couple others.
>
> MF (medium format) generally refers to cameras that shoot 120 film, 
> either in square format like Hasselblad or twin-lens cameras like my 
> Mamiya C330, or 6xi7cm format like Pentax or some others.
>
> At least, that's the way I understand all of it.
>
> Paul
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