Medium & Large Format

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.

23 August, 2020

Six of my Best Freebie Cameras – Part2: The Others – By Rock

By Rock

Following on from my previous post regarding the 'sins' of being given cameras for free, when you have too many anyway, here is part 2 featuring three others. If you took notice...

20 August, 2020

Hasselblad 500CM – Sometimes objects of desire do match expectations – By David Mitchell

By David Mitchell

When I was about 18 I was getting into photography and I had a huge poster of Ansel Adam’s ‘Moon and Half Dome’ on my wall. I devoured everything I could about Adams which led m...

18 August, 2020

Kodak Jiffy VP Art Deco Camera – My Pre-1940’s Camera Project – By Kate Johnson

By Kate Johnson

The Kodak Jiffy VP Art Deco Model, was produced during the main Art Deco Period, between 1935-1942. It was designed by Walter Dorwin Teague, a prominent Art Deco designer of...

15 August, 2020

Kodak Panoram No.1 – Photographing Yosemite with my 120 year old Panoramic Camera – By Dan Cuny

By Dan Cuny

My love for cameras and photography goes back to when I was a young boy living in Chicago. I believe the majority of the people I know with this kind of passion always starts at...

14 July, 2020

Yashica Mat-124G – Perspective From a Newbie – By Salman Rameli

By salmanrameli

Gear acquisition syndrome got the best of me during this quarantine, and I found myself as the new owner of a Yashica Mat-124G on first week of May. It was pretty easy to convin...

13 July, 2020

Mamiya C330 Review – The hunt for the perfect 6×6 – By Anton McCloud

By Anton McCloud

The Mamiya C330 is one of those cameras that ‘got away’ for me. TLRs are a bit of a love hate relationship. When I was starting to shoot medium format, I spent many nights trawl...

13 July, 2020

Cameradactyl OG – 5×4 Large Format Snapshot Camera Review

By Hamish Gill

The Cameradactyl OG is a camera I have been meaning to write about since, well, ages ago (sorry Ethan). It's also my first large format camera review, and indeed the first large...

12 July, 2020

Bronica SQ-B – Panoramic Shooting with a Medium Format Camera – By Noel Roque

By Noel Roque

For quite some time I have been enjoying the Mamiya 6 with its trio of 50/75/150mm lenses, alongside the Fujifilm TX-1 (aka Hasselblad Xpan) panoramic camera. I had recently ret...

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