Jaaksi's built his lens to be used with a vintage Graflex medium format film camera, as an experimental project where the lens's charismatic lo-fi look matters far more than outright sharpness.

Digital SLRs are ubiquitous enough that anyone who wants one can have one, and meanwhile the revival in film use has given many photographers a fresh excuse to use their old camera the way it was ...

After 20 or so years of development, digital cameras may soon be superior to film in almost every way ... decided to build a digital large format camera, using an interesting device you don ...