Pico

A new standard

for high resolution photography

For more than a hundred years, ARCA-SWISS has been dedicated to offering photographers the best possible equipment and service, and with the introduction of Pico, the company has achieved a new level of innovation and excellence.

Philippe and Martin Vogt’s legacy,

Samuel Vogt’s passion and the expertise and enthusiasm

of the ARCA-SWISS teams has converged to produce the Pico view camera. This new tool is compact, user-friendly, and highly versatile, designed to meet the demands

of modern photography.

Pico sets a new standard for view cameras designed for use with ultra- high-resolution sensors. Embracing the ARCA-SWISS philosophy of craftsmanship, this state-of-the-art view camera stands as a testament to a century of innovation and mastery in camera design and manufacturing.

Efficiency

in movement

Pico features intuitive controls, with tilt and swing adjustments

located at the front and shift controls at the rear. This configuration offers superb control over the plane

of focus, with fine-tuning adjustments for composition, providing a quick and efficient workflow. Our advanced development of self-locking, micro- metric movements has been carried to a higher level, delivering enhanced precision and stability, and ensuring unrivaled ease of operation.

Exceptional rigidity

The patented Pico design is unique and robust. By minimizing moving components Pico incorporates a rigid L-frame that slides within a large, stationary front standard, maintaining the perspective of the lens. The Pico concept ensures optimal parallelism between the front and rear frames, resulting in precision that meets

the accuracy requirements for current high-resolution sensors.

Compact and light

Pico was designed from the outset to obtain the very best accuracy and maximum rigidity at strategic points. Made from a special aluminum alloy,

Pico is lightweight and compact when collapsed for packing away.

Designed for mirrorless cameras and digital backs

With it’s wide range of adapters, the Pico system is compatible with

the vast majority of mirrorless camera mounts, Mamiya/Phase One, and Hasselblad digital backs. Providing remarkable flexibility, Pico system adapters are quickly and easily interchangeable using a single locking lever on the rear carrier.

Innovative ergonomics

The ARCA-SWISS philosophy

of user-friendly view camera controls has been incorporated into Pico:

tilt / swing controls are located on the left, and rise/ fall / shift controls

on the right. With Pico, everything has been designed for intuitive, quick and accurate view camera adjustments.

Also with Pico, advanced development of self-locking, micro- metric geared movements has been taken to a higher level, delivering enhanced precision with stability and ensuring unrivaled ease of operation.

For straightforward lens changes,

a new B-mount bayonet located on the front standard employs a system similar to those found on most mirrorless cameras. Additionally, an R-adapter lens board allows for easy

attachment of lenses in ARCA-SWISS R-mount.

On the rear standard, a simple exchange of adapters will allow new mirrorless cameras to be

mounted using a single locking lever. The change from portrait to landscape format is achieved simply by rotating

the camera body or digital back. Between the front and rear frame, a system of magnets holds

the bellows in place. The bellows are quickly installed and set with one click at the front and another at the rear.

When calibrating floating element lenses (at infinity) the FFD calibration point can be set and memorized, using the inner calibration ring on the focus knob.

Compatible with finest quality optics

Pico is compatible with medium format lenses including the majority of Rodenstock, Schneider, Phase One Blue, and Silver ring lenses.

The Pico system is also compatible with older lenses that are still

in widespread use and available on the second-hand market.

ARCA-SWISS will continue to develop future lens boards to ensure compatibility with the widest possible range of lenses.

Improved comfort, ergonomics

and possibilities over tilt-shift lenses

Two new lenses from ARCA-SWISS

The new 24 mm f3.5 and 50 mm f2.8 Tilt / Swing, both by ARCA-SWISS, are ideal partners for the Pico system.

Each is centered on the optical axis and can utilize 8.5° of tilt or swing, for perfect control of the plane of focus.

The Pico view camera offers enhanced ergonomics and capabilities compared to traditional tilt-shift lenses, making it a quicker, more efficient, and user-friendly option for photographers. Its design separates view camera movements, simplifying subject framing and focusing, and allowing photographers to work more effectively.

The ARCA-SWISS 24 mm f3.5 lens Manual focus, 68 mm image circle. 82 mm filter size. Ideal for architecture and landscape photography offering

very low distortion with exceptional image quality

Unlike tilt-shift lenses, the lens remains fixed in position, preventing any perspective changes while using rear shifts, a feature highly beneficial for composition, or when stitching images. Additionally, the flexible design of the Pico view camera supports the use of various lens combinations with either a camera body or digital back.

The ARCA-SWISS 50mm f2.8 lens Manual focus, 73 mm image circle. 77 mm filter size.

High performance lens for general purpose, architecture and landscape photography.

ARCA-SWISS Pico system

010524

ARCA lens 24

010500

Aperture control module

010550

ARCA lens 50

010225 Adapter for Phase One IQ 010229 Adapter for Hasselblad V

010110 Adapter for Fuji GFX 010111 Adapter for Sony E 010112 Adapter for L -mount 010113 Adapter for Canon R 010114 Adapter for Nikon Z 010115 Adapter for Hasselblad X 010116 Adapter for Leica M 010117 Adapter for Fuji X

010720

Bellows Digital Back

010710

Bellows Mirrorless

010900

Lens board #0

010905

Lens board #0 10mm recessed

010906

Lens board M39

for enlarging lenses

010907

Lens board

R-mount adapter

010910

Lens board Rodenstock 105

010915

Lens board M645

for control of Mamiya and Phase One lenses

010913

Lens board Rodenstock 138

010908

Lens board Hasselblad V

010912

Lens board Pentax 645

Technical specifications

185 mm                                                                                                                        170 mm

Focus

Programmable calibration click

Vertical Shift

+/− 20 mm

Horizontal Shift

+/− 20 mm

Camera plate

Classic & monoballFix

Rail

10 & 15 cm

ARCA-SWISS Pico lens list        * requires 010905, Lens board Pico, 10 mm recessed

Extension

Extension

Rear Horizontal Shift

± 20 mm self-locking micro-metric geared with indicative detents every 3 mm

Rear Vertical Shift

± 20 mm self-locking micro-metric geared with indicative detents every 3 mm

Front Micro-Obix® Tilt ±10° self-locking micro-metric geared with indicative detents every degree

Front Swing         ±10° self-locking micro-metric geared

with indicative detents every degree

Focus control      self-locking micro-metric geared

with programmable detent for calibration

Net weight *       950 grams

Material              high-grade aluminum

Monorail              10 cm and 15 cm rail supplied aside

Bellows               leather with front and rear magnet

Levels                Three tubular levels, easily viewed on the rear carrier

Lens Mount         new B-mount with quarter turn bayonet and release button

Special features

Rear adapter with fast locking lever Rotating rear adapter for portrait landscape orientation

Front Frame with Micro HDMI connection

for transfer of aperture control communication Rear frame magnetic connection

for Aperture Control module

Extension values

Fuji GFX, Sony E,

L-Mount, Canon R, Fuji X

46.5 - 158.5 mm

Nikon Z, Hasselblad X

40.5 - 152.5 mm

Leica M

51.5 - 163.5 mm

Digital Back

35.5 - 147.5 mm

FFD vs. Rear Lenses

* Without bellows, adapter, and base plate

Minimum with 010905, Lens board Pico, 10 mm recessed Maximum with 15 cm rail