>>4198887yup. thats exactyl why. smaller pixels just cant send as much information as larger pixels can and thats ignoring the larger surface and lenses made for those sensors, that let in almost 25-50% more light in to the sensor compared to apsc and ff specific lenses.
in the most basic scope of things;
more light = more information
more information = better image
thats why shadows and highlights (even when over/under exposed) are always smoother, softer and have more detail on medium format images
thats why colors seems to smoothly blend in and transition from one to the other,
thats why saturation of colors seems so soft and really fine and defined,
thats why contrast is so smooth and looks natural,
thats why the overall tonality is so smooth and soft...
>https://www.tiyana.net/elements/tonalityyou can try to control and improve it with lighting or in lightroom/post with your apsc or full frame camera but the image will never look the same as an actual image from a medium format sensor or an image from a large format or ultra large format film, because the smaller sensor just physically cant capture as much information. color transitions, shadows and higlights, contrast and in short overall tonality just wont look the same because the information isnt there, it wasnt able to be captured by a smaller sensor. the smaller the sensor the less information gets through.
