Dave Gallagher

Meeting Cambo – Long Time Partner

Posted on 2010/09/22 12:36 PM by Dave Gallagher

Our second day at Photokina started off with a long meeting with Henk and Rene of Cambo Photograhic Industries. One of the huge advantages of owning your own company is that you can decide whose products you choose to promote. In my eyes, products are just products and only a small part of the business equation. Some of the most important aspects of my business are never seen by my … Read More →

Hands On: the new Arca Swiss RM3Di

Posted on 2010/09/21 4:40 PM by Dave Gallagher

By Dave Gallagher I have been in the large format business for over 20 years now. Architectural photography is a medium that I still have a passion for and love the technical aspects of the format. Loving the medium and shooting it myself, we have all the best gear in our demo collection or as my wife says “toys that make male photographers weak in the knees.” So it was … Read More →

Capture Integration Bips Invade Kina

Posted on 2010/09/21 3:46 PM by Dave Gallagher

Capture Integration Bip – Now in stock – $19.95 Our soft releases reduce camera shake, some experts recommend gently squeezing the shutter release button. Unfortunately, the recessed design of many shutter releases makes squeezing off shots difficult. The Capture Integration Bips screw into the shutter release button, thus raising it and overcoming the problem – allowing you to take hand-held shots at slower shutter speeds. Plus they just look really … Read More →

Phase One Partner of the Year, 2010

Posted on 2010/09/21 2:29 PM by Dave Gallagher

September 21, 2010, Cologne, Germany: Once every two years Phase One hosts an international dealer conference and invites its top partners from around the world to share marketing, sales techniques, and to view the road map of the company for the next 24 months. The partner conference coincides with Photokina in Cologne, Germany, the largest photographic trade show globally. At this meeting, Phase One singles out a Partner that it … Read More →

The Photokina buzz has begun!

Posted on 2010/08/23 5:44 PM by Dave Gallagher

By Dave Gallagher, President of Capture Integration Over the next 30 days, the majority of photo manufacturers will begin laying out their new product road map for the next 12 months. Doug Peterson and myself will be heading to Cologne, Germany for Photokina and will be blogging daily from the meetings and the show floor. In addition to technical coverage of the products announced we will also be sharing with … Read More →

Pro Bono P65+ work at the Neighboorhood School

Posted on 2010/06/13 9:15 AM by Dave Gallagher

By Dave Gallagher, Owner, Husband, Father I live in downtown Atlanta. Two of my children go to a local charter school. Charter schools are privately run primary and secondary schools that receive partial public and partial private funding. The positive aspect of these schools are that the community decides on curriculum, scheduling, and management and are not held to the regulations of state run public schools. The negative aspect is … Read More →

Monitor Shoot out

Posted on 2010/06/12 6:49 AM by Dave Gallagher

Ever wonder why one 24″ monitor sells for $900 and another monitor of the same size can be more than twice that cost? Of course you can read all the marketing BS from each manufacturer and try to disseminate the truth from the reality yourself. Each manufacturer will tell you why they have the better specifications, tolerances, and value. But who do you trust? This is easy for us………………… We … Read More →

Thank You………………..

Posted on 2009/12/31 5:33 PM by Dave Gallagher

Its 7:30PM and I am closing down the company for 2009. We made it through the hardest year of business in my lifetime and we are still healthy at it’s finale. I am thankful for more people than I can list. I have a team that isn’t afraid to get their hands dirty and will work long hours. They don’t complain about the extra time we put in to make … Read More →

Medium Format TTL?

Posted on 2009/03/18 8:34 AM by Dave Gallagher

I recently tested the Metz 54 MZ-4i flash with a SCA 3952 adapter to see if it was possible to shoot full TTL on the Phase 645 / Mamiya body. I was a bit apprehensive if it would work, but it worked great! I shot with the flash head straight at the subject and bounced off of the white ceiling and both exposures were dead on. I was not able … Read More →

Digi Clean – How To Video

Posted on 2009/02/08 7:18 PM by Dave Gallagher

When your CCD gets dirty on your Phase One digital back, usually you will utilize a blower bulb to expel any minor particles. If your CCD requires a more thorough cleaning I might recommend using Digi Clean. Note that we recommend using only the “Solution B” which is an alcohol for the vast majority of cleaning. If you use Solution A which is a soap you will have to clean … Read More →