large format
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…
Ektachrome 120 and 4×5 formats will be available in the next ten days, Kodak confirms
Dec 10, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
In early 2019, Kodak announced the comeback of Ektachrome 120 roll film and large format sheet film. After keeping us waiting for almost a year,…
Phase One has announced Capture One 20 with an array of new editing and workflow features
Dec 4, 2019
John Aldred
Phase One has today announced the launch of the latest version of their photo editing software, Capture One 20. They say that the latest release…
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…
Kipon’s two new Mamiya 645 lens to Sony E mount offer electronic aperture control
Oct 28, 2019
John Aldred
It’s unlikely that Sony shooters are going to go out and buy Mamiya 645 lenses, but it’s not outside of the realm of possibility for…
Phase One XT is a 150MP medium format camera system in a travel-friendly body
Sep 10, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
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
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…