large format

    How I built a large format 8×10 Afghan box camera
    Mar 30, 2020 Antoine Loncle

    So, I’ve posted my 8×10 camera on several photography groups and I’ve gotten a lot of interest. I figured I’d do a little write up…

    How to build a DIY 4×5 large format digital scanning back from a portable flatbed scanner
    Mar 13, 2020 John Aldred

    Large format film still holds a huge draw for a lot of photographers. It has a look that the relatively tiny digital sensors today (yes,…

    Leica’s medium format S3 DSLR is out and it can be yours for “only” $19,000
    Mar 6, 2020 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    First photos of Leica S3 leaked ages ago, and earlier this year we saw the specs leak as well. But now it’s official: Leica S3…

    Hasselblad’s new 45mm f/4 “P” lens is the ideal street photography lens for their X mirrorless system
    Jan 15, 2020 John Aldred

    Hasselblad has today announced the new XCD 45P; a 45mm f/4 lens for the Hasselblad X medium format mirrorless system. Officially, the “P” stands for…

    How we built Bertha – A large format camera that will shoot 1.1×1.1 metre slides
    Dec 30, 2019 Davide Rossi

    It’s called Bertha, it’s a gigantic camera built out of a desire to find out what photography can reveal beyond certain limits. From the first…

    How to make your own DIY ground glass focusing screens for large format cameras
    Dec 23, 2019 John Aldred

    These days, if you want to shoot large format, you might have difficulty finding replacement parts. Large format cameras aren’t exactly as common as they…

    Get that 4×5 large format look by photographing the ground glass of a large format camera
    Nov 15, 2019 John Aldred

    Large format film is something that many photographers would like to experiment with if it wasn’t such an expensive way of shooting. There are a…

    Phase One XT is a 150MP medium format camera system in a travel-friendly body
    Sep 10, 2019 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    Phase One has just announced XT, “the first of its kind” full-frame medium format camera system. It’s aimed particularly at travel and landscape photographers, and…

    This photographer turned a broken computer into a working large format camera
    Aug 6, 2019 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    What would you do with a computer you used 20 years ago? Most of us would take it to a recycling center, perhaps feel a…

    How to modify an 8×10 sheet film holder for shooting wet plate collodion
    Jul 27, 2019 John Aldred

    While it was once the only way you could really shoot a photo, wet plate photography went off almost into the realm of complete non-existence…