Author Archives: Richard Lotte
There’s No Secret Sauce
Marcel Boldú is what they call a “self-taught photographer”. In Venezuela, where he grew up, there were no specialized schools to teach you the tricks of the trade. The 1990s were challenging times to learn new skills; no YouTube tutorials, … Continue reading
Not the average Petrolhead
Jonathan Taylor is a travelling photographer. His commercial work for big corporate clients like McDonalds, Jimmy Choo, Christian Dior and Primark leads him all over the globe. Often at night, or in the early hours of the morning, Jonathan will … Continue reading
The missing link
The use of a Mirrorless camera body on a Cambo Actus view camera gives access to a vast choice of lenses. Since most cameras have an in-body focal plane shutter, you’re not limited to leaf shutter lenses. We offer our … Continue reading
Add a Cambo WRS Body to your XT for More Shift
By Steve Hendrix The Phase One XT Camera represents a great innovation for technical camera photography. It features the X Shutter, which provides complete control of the lens shutter and aperture from the rear interface of the IQ4 digital back, … Continue reading
Care and Conservation
In our age of information the need for digitisation of cultural heritage and objects of art has immensely increased. An often time consuming task, which requires craftmanship, dedication and patience. A lot of patience. This three-volume scientific publication about medieval … Continue reading
Just tailor it to your needs
Sometimes one needs to be reminded that the obvious may not be that obvious to all. Dave Gallagher, owner of Capture Integration and a valued Cambo partner, loves the RPM-GFX system. He emphasised the need to clarify its use better. … Continue reading
Taking Toronto
B3K Digital in Toronto have been Cambo’s partner in Canada for many years. Co-founder Walter Borchenko is a keen photographer himself. When we first spoke about the ability to combine a Nikon PC-19 with a Phase One IQ4 he immediately … Continue reading
Dedicated to the job
Digitization is key to make and keep our cultural heritage accessible and to preserve it for the future. Since it’s a labour intensive task, you want to do it once and do it right. Cambo RPS copystand with a Phase … Continue reading
Modern sensors and legacy lenses
Until a few decades ago, it seemed so obvious: Products of European photographic brands were manufactured in Europe. That’s changed for many. At Cambo however, we take pride in our own manufacturing facility in the small town of Kampen, The … Continue reading
Effortlessly rotating
Simultanteously with the Actus-MV view camera we introduced two new digital back adapters: ACDB-990 for use with the Phase One/Mamiya interface and ACDB-991 for Hasselblad V backs. These two adapters have the distinction of an integrated mechanism for the landscape/portrait … Continue reading
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