Jon Warwick
Member
I've recently moved over to digital medium format with a Fuji GFX100S. Really delighted to date with the results, even compared to my 5x4 film camera.
My question is to do with tripods ....I historically used my 5x4 film camera on a Gitzo Systematic G1348. I sold that Systematic tripod for a very very light (albeit short) Gitzo 1-Series Mountaineer when I moved increasingly into 35mm digital full frame. Now that I've moved to medium format digital, I haven't found any obvious problems with my GFX100S on this tripod ...ok, maybe it's a bit top-heavy, and the tripod is sometimes too short for my preference.
But when I look in this forum at "behind the scenes", a very casual glance gave me the impression that many people are still using pretty "solid" looking tripods (ie, the sort of thing associated with heavy large format film cameras), such as the Gitzo Systematics or some of the larger RRS models. Are people using this type of bigger / heavier tripod because that's the main option to achieve the tripod height you want? Or because you find it reassuringly less likely to be top-heavy? Or do you really think a larger tripod is essential to reliably capture every bit of resolution from a 100mp camera ....even if the vibration from an electronic shutter + smallish camera means the inherent vibration, even with wind, should be really small from the camera itself, certainly compared to the bellows-like sail of large format cameras?
My question is to do with tripods ....I historically used my 5x4 film camera on a Gitzo Systematic G1348. I sold that Systematic tripod for a very very light (albeit short) Gitzo 1-Series Mountaineer when I moved increasingly into 35mm digital full frame. Now that I've moved to medium format digital, I haven't found any obvious problems with my GFX100S on this tripod ...ok, maybe it's a bit top-heavy, and the tripod is sometimes too short for my preference.
But when I look in this forum at "behind the scenes", a very casual glance gave me the impression that many people are still using pretty "solid" looking tripods (ie, the sort of thing associated with heavy large format film cameras), such as the Gitzo Systematics or some of the larger RRS models. Are people using this type of bigger / heavier tripod because that's the main option to achieve the tripod height you want? Or because you find it reassuringly less likely to be top-heavy? Or do you really think a larger tripod is essential to reliably capture every bit of resolution from a 100mp camera ....even if the vibration from an electronic shutter + smallish camera means the inherent vibration, even with wind, should be really small from the camera itself, certainly compared to the bellows-like sail of large format cameras?