I have recently been experimenting with film again and, using a normal 35mm camera, and decided that I wanted to try something with panoramic format. There is an obvious choice,...
I first became interested in the Pentax 6x7 system when I saw one in a camera shop window in 1976. I thought that the camera looked like a giant 35mm SLR, and in a sense, that's...
I bought a Hasselblad H1 by accident. Like it’s older cousin, the Hasselblad V, the H series is modular. It has options for batteries, viewfinders, and camera backs, in addition...
The essence is this: I find myself with two 6×6 SLR systems from the 1970s. One of them was a staple of professional photography for half a century. The other was a rival t...
It was the camera that got me into medium format film photography, and for better or worse, the one that I love, and the one that frustrates me the most. A Soviet tank of a came...
The Bronica S2A is a hefty 6x6 focal plane medium format SLR that was produced in Tokyo from 1969-1977. It was the last fully mechanical 6x6 SLR among Bronica's Z/D, C, and S se...
A lot of photographers have the opinion that an investment in new equipment will solve their photographic problems and let them make better photos. In most cases this is an illu...
After recently acquiring my Pentax 6x7, I already had a pre-planned road trip in place so it was inevitable that I'd take it along with me to give it a full on road test. I had ...