large format
Capture One 11.1 update offers new workflow improvements and camera support
Apr 20, 2018
John Aldred
Capture One seems to be growing rapidly in popularity. Since Adobe’s decision to split Lightroom up into multiple products, and ditch the perpetual license they…
This is what it’s like to shoot ultra large format wet plate macro in a cherry blossom tree
Apr 19, 2018
Markus Hofstätter
Because the snowdrop shoot what so much fun, I wanted to do something like that again. After I saw the cherry blossoms on my tree,…
The world’s first single shot 8×10 large format digital camera can be yours for a mere $106,000
Apr 18, 2018
John Aldred
Large format digital cameras aren’t an entirely new idea. They’ve been around for a little while now, and a number of people have built their…
DIYP takes a look at the new Chroma 4×5 large format technical camera
Apr 17, 2018
John Aldred
The Chroma 4×5 large format technical camera has intrigued me since it was announced last February. When I found out its creator, Steve Lloyd, was…
Pixel peeping at an impressive 709MP drum scan of 8×10 slide film
Mar 18, 2018
Dunja Đuđić
100 megapixels or 400 megapixels sounds like a whole lot, doesn’t it? Well, large format wilderness photographer Ben Horne takes it even further and gets…
This guy made a whole bunch of 3D printed cameras and put the plans online for free
Mar 10, 2018
John Aldred
Regular DIYP readers will know that I’ve been researching 3D printing recently. My goal is to see how one might be able to help me with…
Shooting steampunk style wet plates handheld
Feb 20, 2018
John Aldred
Shooting wetplate is a bit of a feat all by itself. Sure, it’s getting a little more common than it was a decade or two ago,…
The Chroma is a new and unique large format technical camera
Feb 12, 2018
John Aldred
I find the rebirth of film to be absolutely fascinating to watch. No longer are they merely the tools we need to do our jobs….
How we built a mobile darkroom and a 16”x20” DIY camera
Feb 8, 2018
Natalia Barberis
PART 1 – The Camera Starting back in May of 2014, I finally put my first foot forward in the making of a 16×20 inch…
This photographer built her own DIY ultra large format camera from scratch
Jan 30, 2018
Dunja Đuđić
Animation filmmaker and self-taught photographer Ursula Ferrara has made her own 16″ x 20″ camera entirely from scratch. She shares some images of the creating…