Specialty Cameras and Lenses

Specular are an experience supplier of speciality camera systems for (but not limited to) wide-angle, architecture, interiors and landscape. Our range of cameras and lenses from ALPA, Cambo, Horseman, Hartblei, Schneider and Rodenstock can provide superior image width and quality.

The advantage of technical camera systems

The use of the technical camera is growing in popularity. Images taken with a technical camera can have a different look and feel compared to DSLR or medium format capture. The look is achieved through unique focal lengths, use of rise/drop and shift movements available since photography began, and a different optical point of view.

For many photographers, quality cannot be compromised. A technical camera provides significantly more optical quality (especially when combined with a Phase One back and Capture One). The optical path is straight and simple with no mirror systems to worry about. This removes the need of retro-focus design wide-angle lenses that compromise image quality with DSLRs and Medium format. Both Rodenstock and Schneider have produced technical camera lenses that are tuned to the capture area and quality requirements for digital. A technical camera solution offers the sharpest possible results.

Using vertical shift on a building corrects for keystone effect. If the building is in a downtown area, no additional retouching time is required to put in the surrounding buildings. Squaring up buildings in postproduction can still look off because lines are not parallel due to the curvature of wide angle lenses.

ALPA, Cambo and Horseman have a range of technical bodies that suit digital backs that when combined with compatible lenses can provide :

Achieve wide angle with lenses such as :

Tilt swing versions of some these lenses are offered on some camera platforms. Call us to ask about more details.