medium format archives (303 posts)


Hasselblad sending invitations for September 18 Photokina press conference, July 24, 2012
Hasselblad is sending invitations for a Tuesday September 18, 2012 press conference at Photokina in Cologne/Koln::Germany. If you want to try to read between the lines, the first two paragraphs have the meat: "In 2002 at photokina Hasselblad launched the... Continue

New Digital Back announcement: 48.8mp Sinar eXact (up to 192mp), July 16, 2012
Don't you forget about us sings the world of Medium Format with a new product announcement today from Sinar, the 48.8 megapixel eXact (their spelling), which can use multi-shot mode to go up to 192-megapixels (nearly 4x of 48.8mp). It... Continue

Hasselblad drops medium format prices by up to 23%, May 20, 2012
Hasselblad has announced price reductions on a number of their H-series models, with discounts up to 23% in both Europe and the USA market. See the new prices at Hasselblad.com and press release action at Imaging Insider and British Journal... Continue

From the Joan Collins department: Hasselblad celebrates Leica adapter, May 14, 2012
If this was a cartoon, it would have a giant Meow! bubble at the end. Hasselblad is celebrating with a press release the launch of a Leica adapter for S-series Leica bodies to use Hasselblad H-series lenses. You don't have... Continue

Leica announces five new medium format lenses (and H-series adapter), May 10, 2012
Not waiting for Photokina, Leica is. And not forgetting their new medium format system they are! They have announced six new lenses for their medium format S-system, along with an adapter for the Hasselblad H-series. (Hasselblad H-series lenses on Leica... Continue

Leaf announces new Credo digital back line (80mp, 60mp and 40mp), April 23, 2012
Don't you forget about us sing the medium format companies as Leaf (part of Mamiya-Leaf) has announced a new line of digital backs with a multi touch screen, the Credo line. There are three new models, the Credo 80, 60... Continue

New Phase One iXA and iXR medium format cameras (aerial & fine art), April 2, 2012
Aerial photography fans rejoice and at the same time hide your wallets and your retirement accounts! Phase One has just announced the brand new iXA medium format camera dedicated to aerial photography. It will come in 80mp and 60mp versions,... Continue

New lens announcement: Pentax 25mm f4 for 645D MF for $5000, March 22, 2012
The previously teased Pentax 25mm f4 medium format lens for the 645D camera is now officially announced by Pentax. Check the details at the Pentax Imaging website. If you are on a smaller screen, page-down on the aforelinked Pentax website... Continue

Cameraholic Digest: X-Pro1 RAW, 5D Mark III, E-M5 RAW, D4 robots, etc, March 6, 2012
We can't even take a lunch break without things piling up to the moon! Time for a new edition of the Cameraholic Digest, which uses a variation of the "trade show format" (updates by manufacturer instead of sensor-size)... Focus on... Continue

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... Continue

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... Continue

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... Continue

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.... Continue

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... Continue

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... Continue

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