No More Crashes w/ Fast Canon Shooting

To allow tethering to Canon and Nikon cameras Capture One uses an SDK provided by Canon to Phase One. Canon did not update their SDK after the release of OSX Leopard (OSX 10.5) and that SDK was found to be unstable when used with later versions of OSX 10.5 and all versions of OSX Snow Leopard OSX 10.6. This lead to a lot of very unhappy Canon users when tethering … Read More →

Phase One IQ180 Sample Raws

80 Megapixels of OMG Capture Integration believes that the proof is in the pudding.  That’s why when our owner, Dave Gallagher, was invited to be one of only two US Phase One dealers present at the Dubai pre-release of the Phase One IQ he was very happy to see the back being tested by photographer Bryan Siebel in the most challenging of situations:  Shooting directly into the desert sun.  The … Read More →

Nauticam 645DF Underwater Cam

Nauticam 645DF Underwater Cam

P65+ goes Underwater for first time in new Nauticam Housing A few weeks ago I traveled with our company to Cancun, Mexico to test the new Nauticam Underwater Housing for Phase One P65+ with Del Sol Photography. We met Matt Adcock and Sol Tamargo and traveled into the deep country side of Cancun to a Cenote where they like to shoot. For this test they wanted to do a “trash … Read More →

Capture One 6.1

Capture One 6.1 release, which includes camera support of the powerfull new Phase One IQ series of digital backs, has been released. Capture One 6.1 includes the following new features: Local contrast and brightness adjustments Pen pressure and eraser support for local adjustment masks Getty Images metadate and import Capture One 6.1 offers support for the following new cameras and hardware: Phase One IQ189, IQ160 and IQ140 Leaf Aptus II … Read More →

LCD Resolutions Explained

Resolutions of camera LCDs

A Difference in Definition To avoid any confusion we want to clarify a difference in how photographers define resolution and how LCD manufacturers define resolution. The manufacturers of LCDs that are used in, among other things, in cameras and photos count the “resolution (total)” as the total number of red dots, plus blue dots, plus green dots used to form the image. Photographers are used to the red, blue, and … Read More →

The Phase One IQ180, IQ160, IQ140

Phase One Announces IQ Series Digital Camera Backs Designed for Ultimate Creative Freedom Copenhagen, January 24, 2011 — Phase One, the world’s leading pro photography equipment provider, today announced a bold new generation of medium format digital camera backs. The Phase One IQ180, IQ160 and IQ140 digital camera backs feature maximum resolutions of 80, 60.5 and 40 high quality megapixels respectively. This series sets new standards for medium format camera … Read More →