Landscape photography from the field

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What a $6,000 Medium Format Camera Taught Me About My Own Limitations
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What a $6,000 Medium Format Camera Taught Me About My Own Limitations

There’s a particular kind of discomfort that comes from watching someone else use a tool you think you understand. I’ve been shooting landscapes for two decades, and I still catch myself assuming that more megapixels, better dynamic range, or a faster autofocus system will solve problems that are actually compositional. So when I sat down with Watch the full tutorial on YouTube - Mark Denney’s hands-on tutorial with the Fujifilm GFX100s - I wasn’t expecting to be humbled.

What a £50,000 Camera Taught Me About Sensor Size (And Why It Still Comes Down to Light)
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What a £50,000 Camera Taught Me About Sensor Size (And Why It Still Comes Down to Light)

There’s a question I get at nearly every workshop I run: “Would better gear change your images?” My honest answer has always been the same. The light matters more than the camera. But I’ll admit there are moments when a piece of equipment makes you genuinely reconsider where the ceiling is. That’s the feeling I got watching Thomas Heaton take a Phase One XT IQ4 into the field, a system that runs north of £50,000, and document what it actually looks like to shoot with it as a working landscape photographer.