With a history spanning more than 400 years, Yu Garden in Shanghai is much more than just a large garden. It is home to one of the national intangible cultural heritage activities – the Yu Garden Lantern Festival. The lantern festival is one of the highlights of the Spring Festival every year.
Watch the video of Phase One Ambassador Sails Chong with his XF IQ4 150MP Camera System at the lantern festival, get a few tips for shooting night street photography with medium format cameras, and explore Sails’ images in the high resolution gallery below.
Tips from Sails:
- Use leaf shutter lenses to reduce vibration substantially, making it possible to take handheld shots at night with a super high resolution medium format sensor.
- Adjust the focus peaking to suit your needs. It is quite accurate, and you don’t have to worry about de-focusing at a large aperture.
- For street photography, turn off the image playback so that you will not miss the next shot because the last image is still being previewed on screen.
- Remember that with 150MP, you don’t need a bunch of lenses or a zoom lens to get the final image you were looking for. Shoot a bit wider, and crop into the composition in post – you have plenty of resolution to play with!
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Ambassadors
White Forest by Gemmy Woud-Binnendijk
![](https://www.phaseone.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Jonny_wilson_hero_image-scaled-1-600x300.jpg)
1-Minute Inspiration
Young and Hungry – Upgrading your career and kit with Phase One
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Ambassadors
Stonehenge Revealed
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Ambassadors
I am ME with Gemmy Woud-Binnendijk
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1-Minute Inspiration
Floral Dreamland with Paloma Rincón
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Photographer Stories
Seeing the world through Michael Hochfellner’s eyes
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Ambassadors
Wastelands – Simon Puschmann
![Capturing night scenes in street photography](https://www.phaseone.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Sails_Chong_Street_Hero-scaled-1-600x300.jpg)
1-Minute Inspiration
Nighttime street photography
![](https://www.phaseone.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Jeroen_Nieuwhuis-e1611740274353-1-600x300.jpg)
Photographer Stories
Knights of the windmill, a tribute to the miller’s craft
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Photographer Stories
Finding your story with the XT Camera System: Andrew Ling in Alaska
![](https://www.phaseone.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Andrew_Vukosav_Hero-e1612774828837-600x300.jpg)
Photographer Stories
Visions of the Australian landscape
![](https://www.phaseone.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/PierreFolliet_Hero-scaled-1-600x300.jpg)
Photographer Stories
Managing the subjective experience
![](https://www.phaseone.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ken_Rhodes_Hero-e1612780760829-600x300.png)
Photographer Stories
Capturing time in landscape
![](https://www.phaseone.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Miles-Flint-Hero-e1612783336421-600x300.jpg)
Photographer Stories
Finding a new home
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Photographer Stories
Opening windows into other worlds