Category Archives: Studio
New life for your view camera
Many view cameras that were acquired in the Nineties or Zeroes (that sounds horrible!) by commercial studios and schools now have entered the stage of retirement. Not unlike human beings, some of these trusted work horses would rather stay active. … Continue reading
Revealing the unseen beauty of nature
Professor Yuan Yu works on the cutting edge of science and art. As the Shanghai World Expo Museum’s Head of Innovation he’s exploring the latest (microscopical) imaging technologies. His work reveals the beauty of the micro world. Influenced by the … Continue reading
Pictures for Money (Pim Top)
The blog title may suggest it’s a how-to about making money as a photographer: We’re sorry for deceiving you! Pictures For Money is Pim Top’s Instagram account. And it shows all but straightforward pictures made by a photographer shooting objects … Continue reading
Sigma FP meets Cambo Actus
Here we see the smallest Full Frame interchangeable lens camera attached to the smallest view camera. It’s the latest addition to the L-Alliance announced at Photokina 2018. Leica, Panasonic and Sigma made public to use the Leica L bayonet (by … Continue reading
More than a modern classic
Basically a view camera is nothing more or less than a flexible connection between a lens and a light sensitive medium. The latter being a glass plate, a sheet or roll of film or a digital sensor. One could easily … Continue reading
Fachkameraworkshop in Frankfurt am Main
In their new Frankfurt based store Calumet Germany will conduct a View Camera Workshop. A blog entry in German: Calumet Deutschland veranstaltet in Frankfurt einen Workshop Produktfotografie mit der Fachkamera. Wir werden dafür technische Unterstützung und Demo-Apparatur zur Verfügung stellen. … Continue reading
Bruce Allinson, Commercial Photographer
In 1979 Bruce Allinson followed his passion for cars and motorcycles and began his working life with an apprenticeship in a local garage. It didn’t take long before he realised that turning your hobby into a full time job isn’t … Continue reading
Fine Ratio Gears for the Actus
We’ve started shipping the AC-380 and AC-381 fine ratio gears for the Actus. It comes with a printed instruction manual and the required allen key. It’s easy to install. For your convenience we’ve uploaded a video: short how-to video … Continue reading
Support you can count on
Cambo offers an extensive line of studio stands. It’s possible to build up a stand that suits every photographer’s needs. Almost every photographer. Sometimes we’ll need to build a studio stand on request! The one shown here, is a Cambo … Continue reading
What’s cooking Jordan Bush?
A couple of years ago, Lancaster based photographer Jordan Bush published an article that caught our attention. It was about cable management. Now to many of us cable management may be a necessary evil. Not to Jordan. He starts his … Continue reading
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