The Hasselblad Manual, 7th Edition

19Close-Up Photography on Film or Digital

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CLOSE-UP PHOTOGRAPHY IN DIGITAL IMAGING AND FILM PHOTOGRAPHY

Lenses and close-up accessories form the image on the sensor of a digital camera or digital back in exactly the same way as they do on film, therefore,the techniques discussed in this chapter apply whether you work with film or digitally.The image size recorded digitally with Hasselblad is however different from the image size recorded on film and magnification fac- tors and everything related to it is therefore also different. This topic is discussed in more detail at the end of this chapter where I describe the use of the close-up charts.

For successful close-up photography, it is helpful to understand how lenses form the image ...