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The 34th Tokyo Used Camera Show: Leicas, Medium Format, And More
Classic & Historical Cameras, Medium & Large Format Systems
Fritz Takeda • Nov 13, 2012 • Published: Oct 01, 2012 • 0 comments
Once upon a time a camera wasn’t just a consumer electronic mediocrity but a gem in a show window reflecting brilliant illumination from its matte chromium skin. Such were the products on display at the 34th annual Tokyo Used Camera Show, which ran in the exhibition hall of Matsuya department store late this winter. Unlike many department stores in the US, Japanese department stores are premium boutiques of selected goods, usually with a big exhibition space as a traffic generator.
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Phase One 645DF With Touchscreen IQ160 Back: An Integrated Medium Format System
Medium & Large Format Systems
Jack Neubart • Jan 23, 2012 • Published: Dec 01, 2011 • 17 comments
It isn’t often that as a camera reviewer you get the chance to test a camera with the technical experts right at hand, but that’s how I got to know the Phase One 645DF and IQ160 back. Actually, I attended one of the company’s Phase One Digital Artists Series workshops in Chicago with other photographers (see PODAS workshops sidebar for further info on this and other workshops the company is offering). Beyond the guided portion of the workshop, we were given time to go off and work with the camera at our own pace. It didn’t take long to find my comfort zone with the new IQ system. By the end of day one, I had a working familiarity with the camera and back and hardly paid attention to the big bundle I was hefting. Although I often felt quite at ease shooting handheld, for night photography and some other occasions I did employ my trusty Benbo tripod, with the camera seated on a Foba Superball M-2 on one day, an Acratech GP-L ball head on another.
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Hasselblad H4D-40 Field Test; Is Spectacular Image Quality Really Worth $20K?
Medium & Large Format Systems
Jason Schneider... • Apr 01, 2011 • 3 comments

The Hasselblad H4D-40 is a formidable piece of machinery in every respect.
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The Phase One 645DF; Medium Format Muscle
Medium & Large Format Systems
Joe Farace • Feb 01, 2011 • 0 comments

Now I know how my erstwhile colleagues at our sister publication Motor Trend feel when they test drive a $1,770,000 Bugatti Veyron.
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Phase One’s 645 AF With P 65+ Digital Back; The Megapixel Race Is Still On
Medium & Large Format Systems
Jack Neubart • Nov 01, 2009 • 0 comments

On the surface, the Phase One 645 AF medium format D-SLR is the identical twin to the Mamiya 645AFD III, albeit with the Phase One logo.
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Mamiya’s DL28 Medium Format D-SLR
Medium & Large Format Systems
Jack Neubart Wi... • Sep 01, 2009 • 0 comments

Technical Specifications: Mamiya 645AFD III
Type: 6x4.5cm format (actual image size 56x41.5mm), electronically-controlled focal-plane shutter, TTL multimode AE, AF single lens reflex
Viewfinder: Fixed prism viewfinder, with built-in diopter adjustment and built-in eyepiece shutter
Focusing Screen:...
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Mamiya’s DL28 Medium Format D-SLR; Digital Or Film, Take Your Pick
Medium & Large Format Systems
Jack Neubart Wi... • Sep 01, 2009 • 0 comments

If this is your first excursion into Mamiya medium format, you’re in for a treat.
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TIPA Awards 2009
Accessories, Amateur Digital SLRs, Compact Digital Cameras, Film & Darkroom Gear, Lenses, Medium & Large Format Systems, Paper & Ink, Pro-Quality Digital SLRs, Scanners & Printers, Software & Computers
The Editors • Aug 01, 2009 • 2 comments

The best imaging products of 2009 were voted on at the Technical Image Press Association (TIPA) General Assembly held from April 2-4, 2009 in Budapest.
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Shutterbug’s Exclusive photokina Coverage; Large Format: Build It Yourself, Wood, And LF Lenses
Medium & Large Format Systems, Show Reports
Roger W. Hicks • Jan 01, 2009 • 0 comments

Let’s start with the cheapest Large Format (LF) camera at the show, and, as far as I am concerned, the one that is likely to be of the most interest to the largest number of our readers: the Bulldog 10x8” camera (also available in 8x10” for the American market—it’s a reversing back and can be used either way). The UK price is £250, which means that although a...
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Shutterbug’s Exclusive photokina Coverage; Rangefinder Cameras: Leica Steals The Show
Medium & Large Format Systems, Show Reports
Roger W. Hicks • Jan 01, 2009 • 0 comments

When it came to rangefinders, Leica completely stole the show: Zeiss and Voigtländer had only one new product each. Admittedly they were interesting—an 85mm f/4 Tele-Tessar in Leica M-compatible ZM mount and a dual-format rangefinder folder, the Bessa III—but they were somewhat eclipsed by Leica’s four new lenses and the revised M8.2 camera body.

The item...
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Shutterbug’s Exclusive photokina Coverage; Medium Format: High-Res Backs Raise The Ante
Medium & Large Format Systems, Show Reports
Roger W. Hicks • Jan 01, 2009 • 0 comments

As ever, medium format—hereafter MF—ranged from the sublime to the ridiculous. For sublime, it’s hard to beat the new 50-megapixel Hasselblad or the 37.5-megapixel Leica S2, or possibly the Rollei/Sinar/Leaf Hy6, built by Franke & Heidecke (with their new option of a 6x6cm rollfilm back). As for ridiculous, well, I know I’ll get hate mail from Holga owners, but...
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Hasselblad’s H3DII Medium Format D-SLR; Medium Format Digital Has Truly Evolved
Medium & Large Format Systems
Jack Neubart Wi... • Sep 01, 2008 • 1 comments

The latest member of the H-series Hasselblad cameras is the H3DII, which takes digital photography and the H-series to new levels. With one version boasting an astounding 39 megapixels, this camera captures unrivaled detail. If you don't need that many pixels, the camera is also available with either a 22- or 31-megapixel sensor. I should also add that although we're...
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PMA 08; Medium Format
Medium & Large Format Systems, Show Reports
Ibarionex R. Perello • Jun 01, 2008 • 0 comments

The absence of the major camera and digital back manufacturers, including Hasselblad, Mamiya, and Phase One, probably reflects less on the viability of the format than the fact that this show is more oriented toward amateur and advanced amateur photographers. But the lack of those exhibitors didn't dim one of the most interesting announcements at the show--a camera that...
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Zeiss ZV Lenses For Hasselblad; Classics In The Modern Age
Medium & Large Format Systems
Roger W. Hicks • Apr 01, 2008 • 1 comments

What is the appeal of "retro" photography? I mean, surely, hasn't everyone "gone digital" nowadays? And equally surely, wouldn't you admit that the three new ZV Classic lenses from Zeiss, for traditional Hasselblads, are as retro as they come?
The answer is no, on both counts.

First, film has no more been killed by digital than...
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Mamiya Press; A Medium Format Rangefinder Camera
Classic & Historical Cameras, Medium & Large Format Systems
Robert E. Mayer • Feb 01, 2008 • 1 comments

There were two models of the versatile Mamiya Press medium format rangefinder cameras in the 1960s and '70s, the Universal Press and the Press Super 23. These cameras were designed to be more compact and in many respects more versatile than the bellows type 4x5 and 2x3 press cameras of that era, such as the Speed Graphic, Busch Pressman, and Linhof Technica. The main...
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