Medium & Large Format Cameras, in simple terms, are cameras that take a larger format of film, or have larger digital sensors than the 35mm cameras otherwise found on this website. Like all types of camera, medium and large format cameras come in all sorts of different types. But, with the majority of content on this website being about 35mm cameras, I decided to lump all medium and large format cameras into one category.
If you like the look of one or another of the cameras reviewed below, you can navigate to similar cameras by following the tag links found at the bottom of the review.
Previously, I’ve waxed lyrical about the Zeiss Super Ikonta 532/16 – a top of the line, pre-war German camera. As well as the super-sophisticated, super-heavy Super Ikonta series, Zeiss also produced simpler cameras with the same lenses and shutters but no coupled rangefinder. These were the Ikontas. Then there was a still cheaper range, often …
Zeiss Ikon Nettar 515/2 – A More Affordable Zeiss Camera Read More
The Mamiya 6 Automat, a 1955 folding 6×6 folder has been reviewed most engagingly on Youtube by a bloke called Martin Henson, who has a great accent and a great photographic eye, in addition to an unpretentious and accessible way of explaining things. It’s a camera that is actually superfluous to my ‘needs’ as a …
Mamiya 6 Automat Mini-Review – A small, cheap 6×6 with a good lens! Read More
A medium format camera that weighs just 536g, only twice as thick as my smartphone and fits into my jeans back pocket! Why don’t they make more cameras like this? The above photo is a size comparison between the Goerz Tenax 6×9 and Google Pixel 6 smartphone. This article is partly prompted by a recent …
I began collecting cameras at the age of eleven, and I have fond memories of sitting on a beanbag with an ice block in one hand and a copy of the McKeown’s guide in another. I’d flick through the pages, looking at the weird and wonderful cameras within. One of the cameras I particularly remember …
Marshal Press – A 5 Frame Mini-Review with CineStill XX Read More
What kind of idiot would go on a once in a lifetime trip, to a place they have never been, and take a camera they have never used? Well, me I guess. So this is the story of learning to use the Olympus Chrome Six. Let’s start with some context. In late March, I spent …
Olympus Chrome Six – An Idiot’s Guide / A Trip to Helsinki Read More
