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Mac Pro Special – NEW Last Gen

Posted on 2010/10/14 12:19 PM by admin

Warranty and Condition These are new units, not refurbished, not used, and not open-box. When Apple introduces a new model their third-party distributors are left with the just-discontinued model. These are the last of those units and are a great value for those wanting an Intel tower with lots of power and expandability. How this Mac Pro Compares When judging the value of buying the previous generation you should take … Read More →

40+ / 65+ backs with FW800

Posted on 2010/10/11 9:09 AM by admin

UPDATE: This article is no longer relevant. An improved firmware has been released that works around the change Apple made to the firewire protocol. With firmware 5.2.2 or later Phase One P40+ and Phase One P65+ backs do not need to be off when plugging in. See our blog entry on this Phase One firmware release. In order to connect a Phase One digital back to tether you must, naturally: … Read More →

Old Firmware + New Software

Posted on 2010/10/08 2:00 PM by admin

If you’re using a Phase One P+ digital back and Capture One 5.2 for tethered shooting please take this opportunity to check the firmware of your digital back. If you are using a P+ digital back and are still using the very old 2.9.8 firmware then you should upgrade your firmware. We have noticed a few customers using this latest software with this oldest firmware version will experience occasional lines through the … Read More →

A Hundred Beautiful Things

Posted on 2010/09/28 1:47 AM by admin

Capture Integration is very proud to be sponsoring “A Hundred Beautiful Things”, a juried Pushpin exhibition and silent auction this Friday at 211 Walker Street in Atlanta.

Cambo Copy Stand System

Posted on 2010/09/22 3:10 PM by admin

Cambo announced a new Copy Stand system at this year’s Photokina. Copy stands are used in Art Reproduction and the digization of gallery/museum archives as well as speciality applications. The heart of the system is a Cambo Wide DS which guarantees the sensor plane and lens plane are in exact alignment while allowing the use of large format digital lenses from Schneider. The Cambo Wide DS body includes generous shift left/right and … Read More →

Cambo dSLR Rig

Posted on 2010/09/22 1:54 PM by admin

Using 5D Mark 2 and Canon 7D bodies for video has opened a new world of video by dSLRs. The quality (when done right) from one of these bodies matches video-only solutions that are many many times as expensive. However many still-shooters greatly underestimate the importance of having a video-oriented support system around the camera to provide ergonomic shooting, smooth capture, manageable focusing, and professional appearance. Every time I shoot video without such a … Read More →

Hands On: Schneider 120mm Tilt-Shift

Posted on 2010/09/21 4:02 PM by admin

Today at the Phase One booth at Photokina we got a chance to play hands on with the Schneider 120mm Tilt-Shift lens. Four things struck me that weren’t obvious from the press release: It’s much larger than I expected, physically It’s much lighter than I expected, weight-wise It’s got shockingly few glass elements The mechanics of the lens are some of the best I’ve felt Anyone who has used or … Read More →

Upcoming Leica S2 Tethering Improvements

Posted on 2010/09/21 3:07 PM by admin

Among our meetings today at Photokina we met privately with Leica. In attendance was Stephan Schulz the Product Manager of Leica’s S-System. While Dave was excited to talk about lens delivery schedules, promotion/marketing of workshops, etc etc I was very excited to meet with Stephan and see a demonstration of soon to be released firmware for the Leica S2. Every camera has strengths and weaknesses and the Leica S2 is … Read More →

Leaf Aptus-II 12 & Aptus-II 12R

Posted on 2010/09/20 3:00 AM by admin

Introducing the Leaf Aptus-II 12 Leaf Imaging announces today the Leaf Aptus-II 12 and Aptus-II 12R 80 Megapixel 53.7mm x 40.3mm sensor size (full frame 645) 10,320 pixels x 7,752 pixels 1.5 seconds per frame continuous capture ISO 80-800 480 MB 16-bit TIFF 16 bit Color Native Print Size Comparison (300dpi) For more information and comparison to the other Aptus-II digital backs see our Aptus-II page. 100% Crop Example Click above for … Read More →

New Lenses for Phase One System

Posted on 2010/09/19 7:27 AM by admin

Adding to an already strong line of lenses available for the Phase One DF platform, today Phase One and Schneider announced four new lenses for the Phase One DF Platform. Phase One 35mm f/ 3.5 D Compact Fast AF Minimum focusing distance of 1.5 feet (45 cm) $1990 USD Phase One 120mm f/4 D Macro AF Up to 1:1 Magnification Limiter Switch for faster Auto Focus (70cm +) $3590 USD … Read More →