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    Why Carry 6 Roll Film Backs for Your 4×5 Camera When You Can Have One Frankenstein-Back?
    Dec 11, 2025 David Prochnow

    Imagine a world where you walk into your darkroom, wave a magic wand, and poof your 4×5 camera turns into a shape-shifting medium-format beast. That’s…

    Today is National Camera Day – 29 June 2025
    Jun 29, 2025 David Prochnow

    YAY; photographers of the world rejoice, today is National Camera Day 2025! Who started National Camera Day? Who cares (actually, there is no definitive origin…

    Pask Makes a pinhole camera

    This is what happens when a fine woodworker builds a camera
    Aug 15, 2024 John Aldred

    I’m a guy. As such, I like to make stuff. This means I also like to watch videos of other people making stuff on YouTube….

    Large format from a full-frame digital camera? Yes, it can be done

    Large format from a full-frame digital camera? Yes, it can be done
    Jul 2, 2024 David Hayden

    My interest in photography began in the 1960’s But I had three problems. No dark room, very little skill at the time, and even less…

    How I shot this maternity portrait on a huge 1m² large format camera
    Sep 28, 2023 Davide Rossi

    It’s not often you get to take a family portrait just before the baby decides to be born. But above all, it is not often…

    The Fotodiox RhinoCam Vertex shoots medium format images on L mount cameras
    Sep 27, 2023 John Aldred

    Medium-format digital photography is expensive. There’s no two ways around it. Digital large format isn’t even really a thing outside of scanning backs, either. But…

    The ONDU Eikan large format Camera comes in 4×5 and 4×10 panoramic options
    Jun 29, 2023 John Aldred

    Large format cameras seem to be popping up all over the place at the moment, particularly on crowdfunding sites. The ONDU Eikan (buy here) seems…

    Phase One’s 150MP XC compact medium format camera costs $62,490
    Jun 28, 2023 John Aldred

    Phase One has announced its new 150-megapixel Phase One XC (buy here). As medium format cameras go, it’s pretty compact, and Phase One says it’s…

    What were “Press” cameras and what made them different?
    Jun 14, 2023 John Aldred

    With the resurgence in film, the term “press camera” pops up a lot these days. It comes up often in online auctions and marketplaces. The…

    This crazy looking DIY camera gives the full frame FOV and DOF equivalent of a 35mm f/0.4
    Jul 31, 2022 John Aldred

    You can’t beat a good DIY crazy camera and they don’t get much crazier than this. Built by Matt at DIY Perks, this particular camera…