SLRs didn't have leaf shutters in the film days either. There's a few reasons for that. Firstly leaf shutters tend not to allow high shutter speeds unless you want massive vignetting, generally ...

The purpose of a shutter is to control the amount of light reaching the image sensor. Back in the days of film, mechanical shutters were the only option and there were only two types: focal plane and ...

Mamiya have announced their latest digital camera, and if you're a slave to megapixels then you won't be disappointed. The Mamiya DM40, as the name suggests, has a 40-megapixel sensor with a new "DF" ...

To think, it's been the better part of five months since Phase One teased us with some professional-grade photography equipment, and here to satiate our cravings yet again is the new 645DF medium ...

If you shelled out for the $5,990 Mamiya Phase One 645DF, you probably have the funds to support your photography habit. Mamiya Leaf wants you to expand your arsenal, offering three new digital backs ...

"The PENTAX smcp165mm f/4 LS (Leaf-Shutter) lens incorporates its own shutter mechanism which allows the use of a flash at speeds up to 1/500 second, making it an ...

The Mamiya Leaf Sekor 120mm F4.0 AF Macro ($4,290) is a sharp macro lens for Phase One and Mamiya Leaf medium format camera systems. Its field of view is roughly equivalent to a 90mm lens on a 35mm ...

Leaf-shutter lenses exist for flash use on focal-plane-shutter medium-format SLRs, with shutter speeds up to 1/1600s @ f/2.8; so they'd be possible for small-format cameras - possibly with full TTL ...