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.

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...

25 June, 2020

Holga (and Umbrellas) – a 5 Frames mini-review – By Zac Lukins

By Zac Lukins

People on film photography forums and around the internet go on and on about the virtue of medium format, they will say “the larger negatives take my photography to another leve...

31 May, 2020

Fuji GFX100 – Just a camera, but it’s the right camera for me – By Adam Hoskins

By adamhoskins

Last year in July I bought a Fuji GFX100. If you know anything about this camera its either a big deal or not, everything is subjective isn’t it? For me, it was a big deal. In a...

4 April, 2020

Pentax 6×7: My journey so far, or: A camera too far – By Rock

By Rock

So I bought a Pentax 6x7 in May 2018. That was the year I felt it was time to be more serious with my photography and that meant a serious medium format set-up. Abandoning digit...

13 November, 2019

Balda Baldix – A mini-review of 1950’s Folder – By Dave Donnelly

By Dave Donnelly

I forget how I acquired this Balda Baldix camera but I love the compact nature of it, and how it "pops" out at the touch of button on top which never fails to amuse me. This is ...

4 November, 2019

Mamiya 7 vs. Makina 67 – Spoiler: the Makina Wins

By Hamish Gill

Last summer I finally bought myself one of my dream cameras, the Plaubel Makina 67. You might be wondering what this fact has to do with the Mamiya 7? Well, it all comes down to...

31 August, 2019

Voigtlander Bessa & Brilliant V6 Two Classic 1938 Medium Format Cameras – By Phil Harrison

By Phil Harrison

The Voigtlander’s in question are a 1938 Brilliant V6 TLR and a 1938 Bessa folder. My Grandfather had this model of Bessa, I found his camera in our attic and learnt how to use ...

16 August, 2019

Mamiya 6 IV Review – The Original 6- by Ray Goodwin

By raygoodwinphotos

When one thinks of the Mamiya 6; an image of the well renowned 1990's version comes to mind. However, there was a medium format, 6x6 rangefinder that out dates this model entire...

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