Medium Format Archives

July 27, 2024

Vietnam, Small Motorcycles, and Big Cameras

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Martin Misiak uses a Kiev 60 Soviet-era medium format film camera to shoot a trip through Vietnam on the back of a small Honda motorcycle.

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October 30, 2023

These are the Best Medium Format Film Cameras for Beginners

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James lists a number of the best medium format film cameras for people just starting their medium format journey.

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October 18, 2023

Lomography Announces Big Price Cuts on Medium Format Film!

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Lomography has just announced massive price cuts on their medium format film. Here are all the juicy details.

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September 16, 2022

The Camera of Shattered Dreams: Living with the Lomo LC-A 120

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Rich lays out the good and the bad about Lomography’s Lomo LC-A 120, a super cheap medium format film camera.

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August 4, 2022

Ugly Lens, Beautiful Photos – My Experience With Cheap Gear

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Milo Krims sold their pristine Mamiya C330, bought a rather worn replacement, and was surprised by the quality of the images it made.

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July 28, 2022

Konishiroku ( Konica ) Pearl IV – The Last, Best 645 Folder

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Cheyenne reviews the Konishiroku ( Konica ) Pearl IV, one of the last, and best, folding medium format film cameras to come out of Japan.

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July 25, 2022

Parents and Portraits with Film Photographer Han Phan

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Film photographer Han Phan chats with us about photography, her parents, portrait projects, and the rising costs of photography.

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March 2, 2022

Getting to Know the Cameradactyl Rex

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Rich previews teh Cameradactyl Rex, a 3D printed camera that exposes Fuji Instax Wide film or 120 film using Mamiya Press lenses.

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November 24, 2021

The Mamiya M645 as my First Medium Format Film Camera

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I’ve been using cameras for half my life and I felt like I knew my way around any basic system, until I discovered medium format. The upgrade in resolution was an entirely new beast I…

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September 9, 2021

Kodak Reflex II Review – A Rollei Competitor at a Tenth the Price?

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Juliet reviews the Kodak Reflex II, a contemporary of the Rollei TLR which makes beautiful photos at a tenth the price.

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August 16, 2021

Chincoteague with a Rolleiflex and Kodak Portra

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A visual feast of pastels and beach tones results when Juliet takes a Rolleiflex to Chincoteague, an island off the coast of Virginia.

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July 26, 2021

The Rolleiflex Old Standard – the First Rollei to Shoot 120 Film

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Juliet reviews the Rolleiflex Old Standard, the first Rolleiflex TLR film camera to use standard medium format film.

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February 17, 2021

Plaubel Makina 67 Review

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Aaron reviews the Plaubel Makina 67, a medium format rangefinder film camera with a beautiful, fixed Nikkor lens.

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January 29, 2021

The Yashica A as a First Medium Format Camera (And Beyond)

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Dave’s first medium format camera was the Yashica A. Three years later, he tells us why it was a great first camera – and then some.

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