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 — ...

Say cheese! That old camera buried under a couple boxes in your attic — or any other place you might find vintage collectibles in your home — is worth another look. Certain brands and models can be ...

Five years ago, ARRI announced that it would make its large-format digital camera available for rental, but it has taken a few years to understand the dramatic impact they would have on filmmaking ...

Cinematography, perhaps more than any other aspect of filmmaking, has experienced tremendous change as a result of shifting technology. One of the biggest disruptions has been the creation of bigger, ...

You can’t argue with the results of large-format film cameras — picture the boxy bellows held by a cigar-chomping big-city press photographer of the 1940s — but they don’t really hold a candle to the ...

Film is about recording moments. Moments that have passed, even as the shutter clicks. It’s no wonder photography is bound so deeply to nostalgia, sending us down memory lane to simpler times. But the ...

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 ...

Andy Holman, co-owner of The Bricoluer antique store, talks about running his film camera store, STL Vintage Camera on Friday, April 7, 2023. ST. LOUIS — Old cameras — the kind that took pictures on ...

Not much has changed in the world of large format film photography for decades, but the team behind the Smartflex SLR 4x5 ...