Archive for the 'Medium-Format' Category

The Leica S2, Lecia's medium format camera, is one of the most expensive cameras out there today, retailing at just under $30,000. So it's good to know that Leica supports its most expensive equipment with regular firmware updates.
The new 1.0.0.24 firmware for the S2 fixes a number of issues, lossless DNG compression, which compresses ...
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December 27th, 2010 | Posted in Leica, Medium-Format | Comments Off

We just recently told you about the Stainless Steel H4D medium-format camera from Hasselblad and already this time we have another announcement. However, this time, if you're looking for something a bit more affordable you're looking in the wrong place as this time we've got a Ferrari branded H4D medium-format.
Priced at €21,499 ($28,425), the Ferrari branded ...
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November 27th, 2010 | Posted in Hasselblad, Medium-Format | Comments Off

Hasselblad is a big name camera manufacturer with several of their offerings causing waves. Today, the company has come forth to announce a special edition H4D-40.
Made out of Stainless Steel, this special edition H4D-40 features a production run of just 100 units making for a perfect collectors edition. Of course, considering it's a limited edition ...
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November 26th, 2010 | Posted in Medium-Format | Comments Off

If you got a $15,000 Hasselblad camera, you'd want some nice glass for your medium format sensor. Which is why Hasselblad has some serious lenses and has now introduced two new optics: an updated 50mm prime and a 120mm macro lens, which are targeted at the updated H4D line, and its 50 and 60 MP ...
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September 28th, 2010 | Posted in Hasselblad, Medium-Format, Uncategorized | Comments Off

Pentax has updated their medium format 645D over the years, and the newest edition is set to be released in the US later this year, Pentax confirmed. It will sport a medium format 40 megapixel sensor and will retail for $10,000, which is not bad, considering the size of the sensor and megapixel count.
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September 28th, 2010 | Posted in Medium-Format, Pentax | Comments Off

Recently, Fujifilm released its GF670 medium-format folding rangefinder camera in the United Kingdom. However, it was also launched for sale as the Voigtländer Bessa III for the rest of Europe.
This device features 6” x 6” and 6” x 7” format shooting, selectable options through a basic switch, 120 and 220 roll film, Fujinon EBC ...
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June 22nd, 2010 | Posted in Medium-Format, Other Brands | Comments Off

If you were to ask people on the street randomly about the highest camera prices out there, you'd probably get answers in the $300 range. However, that price range is for digital single-lens reflexive cameras in the consumer market. But have you ever considered what the medium-format camera costs or even heard of ...
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June 16th, 2010 | Posted in Medium-Format, Other Brands | Comments Off

Mamiya has come forth today to show us a camera that only people with fat wallets need to pay attention to. Complete with a 33 megapixel 48 x 36mm CCD sensor, the RZ33 digital medium format camera from Mamiya isn't a camera to mess around with.
TThe RZ33 features true 16 bit/channel RAW capcture, an ISO ...
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June 3rd, 2010 | Posted in Mamiya, Medium-Format | Comments Off

It makes sense that Nethra, founded in 2003, was looking for a networking switch to combine with it's Video solutions, to promote high preformance and low power - Why they chose to knock on Fujitsu's door. With Fujitsu's outstanding reputation in the industry and Nethra's background of image processing and distribution across the video signal ...
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February 18th, 2010 | Posted in Accessories, Medium-Format | Comments Off

For those of you who believed that the megapixel war is over, well, say hello to papa nuke--the Hasselblad H4D-40, a forty megapixel digital camera.
Yes, forty.
Most digital cameras these days come somewhere between ten and twelve megapixel, with a few trending up into the fifteen megapixel route, but not the Hasselblad. And the official launch ...
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February 4th, 2010 | Posted in Hasselblad, Medium-Format | Comments Off