Last week Phase One released Capture One Pro 8.3.1. This was a service release supporting several new cameras, lenses and bug fixes. During our testing, some of the issues we discovered in 8.3.0 still occur in this 8.3.1 release – namely the Canon 5DS/R still won’t tether (here’s our workaround) and the Text Field bug mentioned in the 8.3 results post. All in all, it’s a good release that overall performs well.
We have tested this update and here are our results:
- It was stable over all, but some users have mentioned sluggishness of the software – however we could not reproduce it on our end.
- Some Windows users are reporting Capture One freezes after minimizing the window, but not all users experience this issue.
- The text field bug from 8.3.0 is still present in 8.3.1. Here are the details:
CI Recommends:
Overall, 8.3.1 is an acceptable update and we consider it safe to upgrade. If you don’t shoot tethered, the text field bug won’t be a big deal and probably won’t affect you at all. If you do shoot tethered, it’s your choice – some might find the bug annoying enough to stick to 8.2.2, while others don’t mind the workaround or need one of the supported cameras and will go ahead and upgrade.
Read on for more details about the update, or visit our Download Archive to get it.
8.3 Update Features
Camera Support
- Preliminary file and tethering support: Sony ILCE-7RII (a7R II)
- File and tethering support: Sony DSC-RX100M4
- File and tethering support: Sony DSC-RX10M2
- File and tethering support: Nikon D7200
- File support: Nikon V3
- File support: Nikon J4
- File support: Samsung NX mini
- File support: Samsung NX3000
- File support: Samsung NX2000
- File support: Canon EOS 750D
- File support: Canon EOS 760D
- Preliminary file support: Leica Q (Typ 116)
Lens Support
- Schneider Kreuznach 35mm f/3.5
Bug fixes
- (Mac) Fixed: Tethering issue with Pro (for Sony) Edition
- (Mac) Fixed: Sync to XMP
- (Mac) Fixed: Issues with EIP applying LCC
- (Mac) Fixed: Background process visible on 10.9
- (Mac) Fixed: Auto-fill behavior for tokens
- (Mac) Fixed: Miscellaneous stability issues
- (Mac) Fixed: Cosmetic improvements
- (Win) Fixed: Crashes when using Fibonacci spiral
- (Win) Fixed: Crash when using Win 7 without SP1
- (Win) Cosmetic improvements
- (Win) Miscellaneous stability issues
- (Win/Mac) Fixed: Naming issue with Olympus TG4 firmware update
Recommendations and limitations
All users
- When you have disconnected a camera do not reconnect a camera until the Camera tool status changes to “No Camera Attached”.
- DNG support is for raw DNG only is not optimized for specific cameras.
Other Camera Users
- Connecting some Canon cameras to the computer after launching Capture One might result in tethered capture being unavailable. If you experience this, connect the camera to the computer prior to launching Capture One.
- This functionality is not supported for Fujifilm RAW files: processing/exporting to DNG, auto mask, healing with Repair Layers and LCC.
- This functionality is not supported for sRAW/mRAW files: LCC analysis and healing with Repair Layers.
- Canon Live View: The image is not rotated according to camera orientation, as Canon does not report the orientation during Live View.
Digital Back users
- Battery charging on IQ systems can cause issues with stability over Thunderbolt adapters or in low power devices such as Laptops. Switch charging off if you suffer repeated disconnections.
- For tethered shooting with Phase One digital backs make sure that your system can either supply at least 10W power via Firewire (more than most laptops can supply) or make sure to activate the “Force Battery” setting on the back. Use the 4.5m Phase One Firewire cable.
- For tethered shooting with Leaf and Mamiya DM digital backs make sure that your system can supply at least 12W power via Firewire (more than most laptops can supply). Use a Leaf or Mamiya Firewire cable.
- Unless otherwise specified for your Phase One camera system, do not open the shutter on the camera prior to opening the Live View window. Doing so will generate errors on the digital back after closing the Live View window. The recommended procedure for using Live View is to first open the Live View window, then open the shutter on the camera, use Live View as desired, when done, close the shutter on the camera, and close the Live View window.
- For Leaf Backs and Mamiya DM systems, the camera body must be selected in preferences before connecting the back.
- For Leaf Backs and Mamiya DM systems, in the case of a communication error during firmware upload, please wait 10 minutes before disconnecting the FireWire cable.
- Leaf Aptus II 8 only works with black and white Live View.
- Focus controls for iXR and iXA cameras are only supported by IQ and Credo backs.
You can find the release notes here: Capture One 8.3.1 Release Notes