Medium Format Cameras

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Mamiya, Leaf unite to extend global reach

Mamiya and Leaf Imaging, two companies controlled in part by Phase One, have announced the creation of a new brand - Mamiya Leaf, to help streamline development and "establish more efficient customer sales...

Medium Format Cameras 16 Jan 2012

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Hasselblad offers upgrade path with its new H4X camera body

Hasselblad, in a bid to upgrade its H1 and H2 camera users, has released the H4X camera body, which will only be available as part of a trade-in option

Medium Format Cameras 27 Oct 2011

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Leica unveils new 30mm lens for its S-Sytem

Leica is expanding its range of lenses specifically designed for its S camera with the release, in December, of the Elmarit-S 30mm f/2.8 ASPH model

Lenses 27 Oct 2011

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Precision shift: Testing Cambo's Wide RS Anniversary pancake camera

Cambo has pulled out all the stops for its handsome Wide RS Anniversary, a limited-edition version of its acclaimed pancake camera. Adam Woolfitt tests it with Leaf’s 80-megapixel back and two Schneider...

Medium Format Cameras 30 Sep 2011

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Leica expands S2 compatibility with new lens adapters

Leica has released a series of lens adapters that will allow S2 owners to use medium format lenses made by Hasselblad, Pentax and Mamiya

Medium Format Cameras 17 Jul 2011

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Close focus: Hasselblad's new research department

Hasselblad has gone back to its roots, creating a new research and development department to serve niche photographers, and starting with aerial specialists. Olivier Laurent speaks with the global special applications...

Medium Format Cameras 11 Jul 2011

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Hands-on with Sigma's SD1

BJP's technical reviewer Richard Kilpatrick has been testing Sigma's 46-megapixel SD1 digital SLR. Ahead of the publication of his full review in August, he gives us his first impressions

DSLRs 04 Jul 2011

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Private equity firm takes control of Hasselblad [update]

A private equity firm based in Germany has acquired the Swedish medium format camera manufacturer Hasselblad

Business 30 Jun 2011

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Hasselblad offers "bonus check" to H4D customers

Hasselblad is set to offer, until 31 July, a "bonus check" worth 10% of the price of a new Hasselblad H4D camera or CFV digital back redeemable against any photography equipment

Medium Format Cameras 16 Jun 2011

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Is a medium format camera right for you?

BJP evaluates the pros and cons of the Leica S2 and Pentax 645D against those of the system approach taken by Hasselblad and Phase One, asking if the increasing affordability of such cameras will finally...

Medium Format Cameras 08 Apr 2011

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Eighty megapixels to go: Leaf's Aptus II 12 tested

Leaf’s latest digital back, the Aptus II 12, delivers a whopping resolution that the company claims eliminates any worries about Moiré. Adam Woolfitt finds himself edging closer to the Holy Grail of...

Medium Format Cameras 05 Apr 2011

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Phase One adds Profoto plug-in to Capture One

Phase One and Profoto continue their collaboration with the release of a new lighting control tool in the Capture One workflow and image management software

Software 07 Mar 2011

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Pentax confirms 25mm lens for its medium format system

Pentax has confirmed to BJP the upcoming release - "within six to eight weeks" - of a 25mm f/4 prime lens for its 645D medium format system

Medium Format Cameras 07 Feb 2011

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Phase One unveils new generation of digital backs

Phase One has unveiled its own version of Leaf's 80 megapixels digital back - the Phase One IQ180, which is part of a new "generation of medium format digital backs"

Medium Format Cameras 24 Jan 2011

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Pentax updates flagship cameras' firmwares

Pentax has released a firmware update for its K-5, k-r and 645D interchangeable lens cameras, bringing support for SDXC memory cards and new ISO settings options

DSLRs 06 Jan 2011

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Loyalty at a price?

Open versus locked: makers in both the mirrorless and medium- format camera markets are taking an increasingly divergent approach to their systems, reports David Kilpatrick in this report from Photokina....

Medium Format Cameras 02 Jan 2011

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