Well, for the couple of days, I have been reading up on large format, especially the 4x5. I am still uncertain if it is right for me. Of course, the 4x5 inches negative is nice. However, lugging ...

I'm selling my 35mm SLR because I never use it and I'm going to put the money from it towards getting a real 4x5 camera. I think I'm going to get a Speed Graphic, though I'd also love to someday have ...

The Travelwide is a new large format film camera that costs just $149, but shoots on 4×5 film. If you’ve ever wanted to experiment with analog writ large, this is probably one of the most affordable ...

It took Birmingham, Ala., photographer Cary Norton more than a year to achieve what seemed like an impossible task. He painstakingly assembled the Legotron, Mark I using a 127mm F4.7 lens that he ...

4×5 photography isn’t a form in which enthusiasts can easily dabble. It’s expensive, finicky to work with, and typically requires collecting a lot of old gear to even get started. Once you’re over ...

For most people, film photography exits solely as a memory of a time long past. There is still one area in which film trumps digital, however, and that is in large-format photography. While ...

When fate lands a very high quality lens in front of you, what do you do with it? If you are [Tim Hamilton], the solution is obvious. Use it in a huge large-format camera. The lens came from a ...

When you think about all that the digital age has changed, there are few categories that have changed more — and less — than optics. Film cameras are nearly obsolete and the great names of the past — ...

Growing up on the island of Mauritius, off Africa's south-east coast, Dominique Pierre-Nina was a long way from the world of creating images for fashion magazines. But, encouraged by an aunt, he has ...