We obtain new two-sided norm estimates for the family of Bergmantype projections arising from the standard weights (1 − |z| 2 ) α where α > −1. As α → −1, the lower bound is sharp in the sense that it asymptotically agrees with the norm of the Riesz projection. The upper bound is estimated in terms of the maximal Bergman projection, whose exact operator norm we calculate. The results provide evidence towards a conjecture that was posed very recently by the first author.2010 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 32A25; Secondary 32A36, 47G10.