Medium format vs Full frame still life photography

Phase One iXA180 80MP Medium format camera compared to Canon 1Dx Mkii 20MP Full frame camera.
Lighting techniques to add interest to still life photography.
Everything is covered from studio lighting, through the tethered capture in Capture one software, to the final image in Adobe Photoshop.
Whether it’s studio flash, speedlight, strobe, or daylight, easy techniques simply demonstrated.
Plus, some tips and tricks in Photoshop to help things along a little.
Arri L7 c LED Studio light. 160W (approx. 1000W tungsten equivalent)
Arri L10 c LED Studio light. 500W (approx. 5000W tungsten equivalent)
Phase One iXA180 80MP Medium format Arial Camera.
80mm 2.8 Schneider Lens.
Canon 1Dx Mk II 20MP Full Frame Camera.
Canon 24-70mm f2.8 Lens.
Manfrotto 475B Tripod with a 410 geared head.
Phase One capture one software.

[@richheaton4008]

Thanks for making this. I have been wanting to get a real color difference between larger normal medium format and full frame and this does that

[@CameraClubLive]

Glad it was helpful!

[@yukonica4560]

The lack of a viewfinder takes the Phase One off my 'must have' list even if it were on sale. Nice video.. thank you.

[@CameraClubLive]

Glad it was helpful!

[@leto_len]

Wonderful thank you, really nice to see the phase one image.

[@CameraClubLive]

Glad you liked it!

[@colinfwalters]

Thanks for imparting some of your skill and knowledge in this video. And yes, the colour from the Phase One has opened my eyes to what is possible.

[@CameraClubLive]

Glad it was helpful!

[@imperfectphotography578]

Well done! You demonstrated that really well. It isn't just pixels that makes the difference and your comment at the end about you could get similar results from the full frame, if yountry is also very true!

[@CameraClubLive]

Thank you, your comments show true understanding. Thanks for watching.

[@pauldarville3843]

Thanks, that was a very informative video for the Phase One camera!!

[@CameraClubLive]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@tomservo3728]

Wonderful job, thank you! (and I didn't see your hands shaking while you were holding that £50,000 camera!)

[@CameraClubLive]

Glad you liked it!

[@Arripa-777]

Funny, I was also photographing wilted flowers today ! Very interesting video. I like the light effect on the background. Thank you very much !

[@CameraClubLive]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@bikalpa1234]

Interesting. Thank you very much. Have a nice time.

[@CameraClubLive]

Thank you! You too!

[@nord_seher]

That was an impressive performance. PhaseOne, which I can never afford, and a FULL FRAME camera. To match the results I would create a colour profile ... or live with the slightly less saturated version of the full frame camera. Personally, I would have no comparison. It was once an interesting comparison for me, but without any practical use ;-)

[@CameraClubLive]

Thanks for watching.

[@aviewfinder]

Thank you for this comparison. It would be great to see the color and tonal differences after a custom profile was made for each camera using your X-rite color checker and Capture One.

[@CameraClubLive]

Thank you for the suggestion, I will bear that in mind.

[@aarontharris]

Definitely greater resolution, though I'm not sure what I'd do with 80MP, the typical 40-60MP of modern FF cameras is already more than enough. The only real difference I see is light and color contrast, not color accuracy. The contrast may be a result of wider latitude from MF or it may be the Capture One profile. I wish you would have pushed both images 5+ stops to explore the difference. In any case I can definitely see the contrasty FF shadows would need to be pushed 1-2 stops further resulting in more noise. Combining a couple bracketed shots from a FF would make up the shadows in the few cases that needed it. I used to be a product photographer for tech companies in San Francisco -- back then (early 2000s) we mostly shot Medium Format Film -- I would have killed for "Live View", for that we used polaroid backs. If I bought a MF digital back today, it would be for nostalgia shooting my old MF Cameras :)

[@CameraClubLive]

Thank you for your comment, and thanks for watching.

[@wk278]

I’m no pro, but my preference is for the full frame. I like the contrasty look better than the more muted, albeit more accurate, tones of the medium format photo.

[@CameraClubLive]

Thank you for your insight.

[@alanparkinson549]

And of course, those of us (all of us?) watching via video captured by computer, edited by computer, streamed from another computer to our own computer and displayed on a probably uncalibrated monitor have absolutely no idea what the "accurate" colour should be! I think I'm with you in preferring the more contrasty DSLR version.

[@Steve-qi7hc]

I'm curious about the pixel density. Would a full frame camera with a higher pixel count give similar results as the medium frame camera? Very interesting video, thanks so much.

[@CameraClubLive]

Glad you found it interesting. To a certain degree the pixel count is irrelevant to the final look. It is the architecture of the sensor in the camera which gives the medium format look.

[@oneeyedphotographer]

I think you should have sized them images to "fit window," and set the P1 to 3x2 instead of its native 4x3. There's also the likelihood "about the same" is not good enough for this comparison. I think you needed a Canon zoom to make an exact match for the area covered by the P1. Eventually, you showed is two megapixels images. That really helps us compare twenty from one with eighty from the other. Better colour? I don't see that. Mind you, with all that jumping around with different sizes, I can't be sure. Same size, a, b. A,b. A,b. Like your optometrist. I think you saw what you wanted to see.

[@CameraClubLive]

Thank you for your thoughts.

[@oneeyedphotographer]

100W tungsten isn't the same as 100W tungsten. Yors run from 110VAC, outs (when we had them) from 240VAC. I researched the light output, they differ. We need lumens. Watts is good for circuit design, battery capacity estimation. It's not a measure of light output.

[@CameraClubLive]

Thank you for your comments. All comments help to grow my channel. Thanks for watching.

[@thomastuorto9929]

Sensor is twice the size? Would something like the Xrite (now Calibrate) Color Checker Passport straighten out the color? Quality indeed but without the customer base or the winning Power Ball lottery ticket, not worth the extra $60k!

[@CameraClubLive]

The phase one sensor is approximately 1 1/2 times the physical size of a full frame sensor. Thank you for your comments.

[@peterhardy9754]

Would a ef sr 50meg or higher, camera compare in quality to the p1

[@CameraClubLive]

No not really, it's more about the architecture of the sensor, wide dynamic range, colour depth, than the pixel count. Thanks for watching.