Press camera

The Graphlex Speed Graphic models [5] and the Ihagee Zweiverschluss ("two shutters") Duplex[6] are examples of press cameras that had both focal plane and iris shutters.

In news photography, the press camera has been largely supplanted by the smaller formats of 120 film and 135 film, and more recently by digital cameras.

The advantage of the 4×5 inch format over 35 mm format is that the size of the film negative is 16 times that of a 35 mm film negative image.

The smaller formats gained acceptance as film technology advanced and quality of the smaller negatives was deemed acceptable by picture editors.

[8] Compared to view cameras, press cameras do not have the range of swing/tilt movements of the front standard, and rarely have back movements because many were fitted with focal plane shutters.