We cannot be certain, but it is a fair bet that the folks who invented the modern digital cameras, be they DSLR or mirrorless, did not envision that they would be attached to large format view cameras. Can you do it? Yes. Does it work? Yes… I guess. Is it practical and easy? Nope. Should you do it? Maybe. Is it fun? Yes!
I will admit, I’ve never shot large format film. I have friends who shoot large format and it always looked super cool watching them adjust focus on a view camera and compose the scene from an inverted image on a beautiful ground glass (that is, if they weren’t shooting under the hood). As awesome as the process looked, and as stunning as their prints and scans were, I never felt the desire to pursue large format photography.
Then, at a Photo Plus Expo a few years ago, at the Shanghai ShenHao booth, I spotted a (what the heck is that?) 4 x 5 large format camera back with a FUJIFILM X mount on it. Whoa. What would you use that for? You can put an APS-C camera on the back of a 4 x 5 camera? Why? What is the point?
Well, it’s more than a year later and I still haven’t answered all of those questions, but I have had a lot of fun in the meantime. Do you want to join the fun? Here is how I did it…
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