Editing Press camera (section)

{{short description|Medium or large format camera}}
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[[Image:Stanley Kubrick's Speed Graphic camera at the LACMA exhibit.jpg|thumb|4x5" Graflex Speed Graphic press camera with optional rangefinder on left, with attached bulb flash.]]

A '''press camera''' is a [[Medium format (film)|medium]] or [[Large format (photography)|large format]] [[view camera]] that was predominantly used by press photographers in the early to mid-20th century. It was largely replaced for [[Photojournalism|press photography]] by [[35mm format|35mm film]] cameras in the 1960s, and subsequently, by digital cameras. The quintessential press camera was the [[Speed Graphic]].<ref name=Weegee>{{cite book|last1=Fellig (Weegee)|first1=Arthur|title=Naked city|date=2003|publisher=Da Capo Press|location=[Cambridge, Massachusetts].|isbn=0-306-81204-5|page=260|edition=Facsimile}}</ref> Press cameras are still used as portable and rugged view cameras.