Medium format has traditionally referred to a film format in photography and the related cameras and equipment that use film. Nowadays, the term applies to film and digital cameras that record images
Popular examples of medium format film cameras: Hasselblad 500C/M, Yashica Mat 124, Rolleicord IV
A size comparison of medium-format film (left) and 35 mm film. Medium-format film lacks the sprocket holes of 35 mm film.
Pentax 6×7 format SLR camera with perspective control lens
50th anniversary Hasselblad 500 CM classic camera kit
Large format photography refers to any imaging format of 9 cm × 12 cm or larger. Large format is larger than "medium format", the 6 cm × 6 cm or 6 cm × 9 cm size of Hasselblad, Mamiya, Rollei, Kowa, a
Medium format
…mm (0.94 in × 1.42 in) used in 35 mm photography (though not including 127 film), but smaller than 4 in × 5 in (100 mm × 130 mm) (which is considered large format photography). In digital photography, medium format refers either to cameras adapted from medium-format film photography uses or to cameras making use…
Lens and mounting of a large format camera
Ansel Adams's large format photograph The Tetons and the Snake River (1942)