medium format archives (279 posts)
Pentax pre-announces new lenses (645, K-, Q-) , adapter (K-lens to Q-body), silver Q, 645D tethering, February 7, 2012
Pentax has pre-announced a variety of lens-related products that cover the K-mount, Q-mount and 645D! They include a 50/1.8, 560/5.6 K-mount, an unspecified thin K-mirrorless lens, unspecified telephoto and lens mount cap lenses for the Q system, a 90mm f2.8...
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Mamiya and Leaf consolidate into a unified Mamiya Leaf brand, January 16, 2012
There is some medium format world action today! Mamiya and Leaf, both under the Phase One umbrella, have announced that they are combining forces to form a joint "Mamiya Leaf" group and brand! Megapixel.co.il has an interview with Leaf discussing...
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Pentax considering Mirrorless 35mm Full Frame and Mirrorless 645 (interview), December 18, 2011
UPDATE (Dec-19-2011 10:48pm EST): A photographer in the PentaxForums has translated the interview directly (via Rice High) ORIGINAL POST: The head of Pentax R&D was talking to the Japanese Impress Japan magazine and during that interview he mentioned that Pentax...
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Reviews (GX1, S100, NEX-7, etc) & Samples (IQ180, NX200, etc), December 8, 2011
Time for another review round-up, but first, something unexpected! Imaging Resource will be having a Panasonic GX1 online "townhall meeting" on Monday December 12 at 12pm New York City time! You can ask the IR team questions about the GX1....
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In-progress Reviews (NEX-7, NX200) & Hands-Ons (X10, X100, XZ1, C300) & ISO comparisons (GX1, X10) & Samples (GXR) & Versus (S100 vs X10), December 7, 2011
This is part #2 of the "Catch-up-a-thon". Part #1 was a mega-roundup of completed reviews. This is part #2, rounding up hands-on, partial/in-progress reviews, samples, previews, and such... This post uses a slightly different format (we try to use a...
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Reviews Mega-Roundup (GX1, X10, S100, NEX-7, -5n, NX200, A77, A65, E-PM1, CX, Q, etc), December 5, 2011
Reckoning time! We try to attempt to try to round up many of the reviews since before (!) the Black Friday madness. Fill up the coffee machine and the tea kettle at the same time, this is a long and...
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Interesting forum discussion on future (of) medium format cameras, November 20, 2011
There is an interesting discussion brewing at the GetDPI forums on what medium format photographers want/need/expect from medium format cameras in the next few years. This is not a rumor post discussing future or leaked models, but photographers talking about...
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Reviews (Samsung NX200, Canon S100, etc) [added: A77, WX9 ], November 17, 2011
Time to catch up with today's new round of reviewalia! Interchangeables + SamsuNg NX200 at ephotozine + Sony Alpha A77 at Techradar + Nikon J1 short review at PDN + Leica M9 for street photography at Erik Kim + Pentax...
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Reviews (A65, S100, SX40 HS, etc) & Samples (645D), November 16, 2011
This is turning into a very productive week review-wise! Here is a new wave of reviewalia... Interchangeables + 24-shot gallery with Pentax 645D at dpreview [review may happen at a later date/cycle] + Sony Alpha A65 at Photographic Central [other...
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Hasseblad H4X medium format open-platform camera is now official, October 27, 2011
The rumor-leaked open-platform Hasselblad H4X medium format has now been officially announced! Even if you don't care about medium format cameras, the return of a manufacturer to a more open platform is always welcome news! This is a camera body,...
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New Leica 30mm f2.8 (medium format) lens, October 27, 2011
Leica has added a new lens to their medium format S-system by announcing the new 30mm f2.8 Elmarit-S with a Santa release estimate and with a 5500 euro price. Press release parade at Photoscala (computer-translated), Photoxels, ephotozine, DPhotographer UK, DJoP,...
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Rumor/Leak: Hasselblad returning to open-platform with new H4X, October 24, 2011
There is a big medium format rumor+leak posted at Capture Integration - Hasseblad is planning to return to the open-format world with the rumored-leaked H4X camera body which will be able to use digital backs from third-parties! A screenshot of...
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Reviews (645D, A77, NEX-7, -5n, Nikon V1, J1, M9, X10 samples, etc), October 19, 2011
Now that we caught up with most of the news, it is time for a big reviews and previews and samples catch-up-a-thon. This edition is longer than usual! iLCs (APS-C and above) + Sony Alpha A77 at Photo Club Alpha...
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Reviews (Phase One IQ180 digital-back Dxomark, K-5, GF3, superzooms, etc), October 15, 2011
And now let's check some of the latest reviews. Lots of superzooms are part of today's action, along with the Dxomark-ing of a digital back, and lots mo(i)re... Interchangeable Things + Phase One IQ 180 digital back RAW sensor data...
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Reviews (NEX-5n, -C3, E-PL3, etc) & Samples (Oly 45/1.8 M43rds, E-PM1, etc), September 19, 2011
Time for another review round-up! But first, we have some good news on the next-generation Reviews site. The beta site is secretly up and running and we are asking for feedback from early adopters - if you are interested in...
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