Cambo

The Cambo Wide provides true wide-angle coverage that is so lacking in most medium format digital photography systems today. With a choice of focal lengths starting at the incredibly wide 23mm up to the moderately telephoto 150mm, the Wide system of cameras are the ideal solution for today’s architectural and landscape photographers.

Overview
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History
Notable Products

Cambo Overview

Cambo is a manufacturer of finely machined photographic products, based in the Netherlands. Their solutions range from the following:

6×9, 4×5, 8×10 View Cameras for digital and film use
6×9 Technical & Hybrid Cameras for digital and film use
Studio Camera Stands & Shooting Tables
Reprographic solutions (motorized columns & cameras)
Video grip and support solutions

The concept of the Cambo Wide family began decades ago. It grew out of architectural and landscape photographers’ needs for a lightweight and portable camera that would produce the finest quality images. As large and medium format was supplanted by high-quality digital backs as the pinnacle of photographic quality, Cambo evolved its Wide cameras to embrace this new technology.

Today we offer three distinctly different models of Wide cameras – the Wide DS, the Wide RS and the Wide Compact. Each model has its own special reason for being and its own unique features, yet all are compatible with a shared family of lenses and digital back options.

All Cambo Wide models combine the quickness and portability of a hand-held DSLR, the latest digital-lens technology and the highest resolution digital backs. The end result gives you the finest quality images possible today.

The majority of Cambo’s products are machined in-‐house. They enjoy world-‐wide distribution and are privately and independently owned.

Company History

Founded by Roelof Bok in Hengelo, the Netherlands, and originally called Technica Hengelo, the name was ultimately changed to Cambo (Camera Bok) to avoid confusion with Linhof products that bore the name of Technica. Cambo was the first camera manufacturer in the world to produce an all metal large format view camera. Their 2000 Square Meter facility is now located in Kampen, the Netherlands. In 1980 Cambo was acquired by Calumet and products were distributed through Calumet worldwide under both the Cambo and Calumet brand. In 2009, Cambo re-‐acquired themselves and now are an independent company with distribution relationships across the world, including with Capture integration in the USA.

This independence has allowed Cambo to refine the quality standards and strengthen the innovative direction that was established earlier in their history. 2012 was a year of continued growth for the company, as they released new products in the Technical Camera category and enhanced their positioning among the worlds great landscape and architectural photographers with products like the WRS-5000 and WRC‐400.

Notable Products & Innovations

1945 -‐ Super Techna *First camera manufacturer to produce all metal view cameras
1956 – AST Studio Stand with Chrome Columns
1958 -‐ Super Cambo View Camera
1967 – PassPortrait Camera with patented 4 Lens mechanism
1969 – Introduction of the Cambo Wide
1972 – TWR-‐545 Twin Reflex 4×5” Camera
1973 – UST Series Studio Stands
1979 – SC-‐5 8×10” Portrait Camera for Polariod 8×10 film
1986 – 40th Anniversary gold plated SC 4×5 Camera
1987 – Legend Series View Cameras
1990 – UBS Studio Stand
1998 – Ultima 4×5 View Camera
2000 – Cambo Wide DS Technical Camera
2002 – Video Boom Series V40, V-‐15, V-‐5 *2003 – Cambo Ultima 35 for DSLR
2004 – Cambo Wide DS Digital Technical Camera
2005 – UniTrack for Videography
2006 – X2 Pro Hybrid View Camera
2008 – Wide RS Technical Camera
2010 – HDSLR & DV Shoulder Rigs
2011 – 65th Anniversary Wide RS Special Edition Technical Camera
2012 – CS-‐MFC-‐2 Follow Focus for Videography
2012 – WRS 1250, 1200,& WRC 400 Technical Cameras