Photographer builds world's first 4x5 film camera with AF, hybrid finder and universal lens mount

Aleksi Koski has designed and built the Conflict AF45 camera, which is currently in a functional prototype stage, and he believes it's the world's first autofocus-enabled 4x5 film camera. It uses a laser-based focusing system that's accurate to around 1-2mm. The camera's focus pull is 62mm, enabling close focus to about 50cm with a 150mm lens and 10-20cm on a wide-angle lens. The lens range is 65-150mm. Koski has been shooting large format film cameras for nearly two decades and has designed the...