Brad Kaye

Capture One 20.1 Released

Posted on 2020/06/04 11:54 AM by Brad Kaye

Due to the COVID craziness, I’ve had very little road time with this newest version of Capture One to find any bugs in it, but from the sense of features, I’m very excited about the Before/After tool as well as the improved Healing & Cloning tools enabling better control and less exports to Photoshop just for dusting and small content fixes. – BK As the Capture Integration Tech Support … Read More →

Firmware Update 1.2.0 Brings Focus Bracketing to X1D II 50C and 907X Special Edition

Posted on 2020/06/04 10:19 AM by Brad Kaye

Exciting new firmware release today from Hasselblad for the X1D II 50C AND 907X Special Edition Cameras! Firmware 1.2.0 provides: 1. Video functionalityExpanding the imaging options of the X1D II 50C and 907X Special Edition, 2.7K (2720 x 1530) & HD (1920 x 1080) video capture has been added. Video can be recorded at 29.97 fps with 4:2:0 8bit color. The 2.7K resolution option delivers improved capture of detail, whilst balancing the final video capture size.2. … Read More →

The Continuous Light Advantage in the Studio

Posted on 2020/05/22 9:22 AM by Brad Kaye

The Background: I’ve been a strobe guy since around 1989 when I got my first Novatron 600 watt second power pack, and through the years and through the upgrades to Speedotron and then to Profoto, the workflow has remained essentially the same… I share my workday with the whoosh-hum of fans, the bright pops of light and the confirmation beeps of the packs/heads in order to expose the scene I … Read More →

Capture One 20.0.4 Released

Posted on 2020/04/01 4:00 PM by Brad Kaye

Various squashed bugs and some new camera support, tested only somewhat here as we’re no longer receiving betas, and it’s basically illegal to get to my desk – bk As the Capture Integration Tech Support Manager, I highly recommend that you always read the release notes of any new software platform that you install. With increases in speed and stability comes eliminations of slower computers or operating systems. Please do … Read More →

The Art of Thriving instead of Surviving

Posted on 2020/03/25 1:19 PM by Brad Kaye

While I have many other photography based blogs to write, I thought this the most pertinent to publish at this time. Stress is running high in the population when it comes to the new operating conditions we find ourselves in. Understand that we humans have the tendency to survive, because there have been all kinds of real and imagined catastrophes in the recent and distant past and as a civilization … Read More →

Capture One 20.0.3 Released

Posted on 2020/03/03 8:06 AM by Brad Kaye

Various squashed bugs and some new camera support, untested here as we’re no longer receiving betas, download and test cautiously. (I’ve been getting program crashes as I use the ‘Batch Rename’ tool) – bk As the Capture Integration Tech Support Manager, I highly recommend that you always read the release notes of any new software platform that you install. With increases in speed and stability comes eliminations of slower computers … Read More →

Phase One Labs – Dual Exposure+

Posted on 2020/03/03 7:00 AM by Brad Kaye

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When we first starting working with IQ4-150 in Fall of 2018, the swipe of a window revealed a small beaker. Within that beaker was the control panel for Frame Averaging, a feature that we were truly excited about delving into. The concept behind that swipe out menu and beaker was the pathway to the new Phase One Labs where you could experiment with beta tools the team in Denmark … Read More →

Phase One System Firmware 7 for IQ4

Posted on 2020/03/03 7:00 AM by Brad Kaye

Released publicly today, System Firmware 7.00.7 (including IQ4-150 Firmware 5.00.13) squashes some bugs, refines the UI and makes vast improvements to Live View as well as re-introducing Phase One Labs and a new beta feature called DualExposure+. System Firmware 7.00.7 Bug Fixes & Improvements at a glance: The Automatic Frame Averaging numbers in metadata are now identical to what is set on screen. The Timelapse sequence no longer stops after … Read More →

IQ4-150 Frame Averaging for Noise Reduction

Posted on 2020/03/02 11:29 AM by Brad Kaye

It’s no secret that I’m an absolute fan of Frame Averaging on the IQ4-150, not just for creating mid-day motion blurs without Neutral Density, but for noise reduction captured images. I now shoot a Frame Averaged base layer to every shot I do, whether it’s purely a natural light environment or a scene I’m about to light or paint with light. Having this base layer gives me wonderfully recoverable shadows … Read More →

Phase One IQ4-150 File Format Options

Posted on 2020/02/18 4:08 PM by Brad Kaye

File Format Options IQ1 & IQ2 Series digital backs had IIQ L or IIQ S as available raw file formats, IQ3-100 introduced IIQ-L16 as the top tier format and now IQ4-150 offers up to 5 different versions of near lossless file compression for your raw files. The default on the back is actually S14 which is the 2nd lowest quality on the digital back. ‘Low’ quality is a bit of … Read More →