Category : Tech Camera | Capture Integration

Introducing New ALPA Accessories

Posted on 2015/12/23 1:00 PM by Rob Baker

ALPA has introduced new accessories for their growing product line: The all new ALPA 12 FPS lens modules for Contax 645, Hasselblad H and Rollei 6000 enhance the FPS system to one (or the) most flexible and versatile camera system on the market. The lens modules allow shift movements of 12 mm left/right and rise and fall with a unique and stunningly fast locking mechanism. Just hold the camera or lens, … Read More →

Cambo Actus ACTAR-24 Lens

Posted on 2015/11/18 12:00 PM by Rob Baker

NEW Cambo ACTAR-24 Lens Available for pre-order at digitalback.com Shipping in December 2015 $1,695 USD Cambo’s ACTAR-24 is a 24mm wide-angle lens, dedicated to the Cambo Actus series. Thanks to its design it will focus at infinity with mirror-less as well as DSLR camera bodies. On full frame 24×36 sensors, the optics allow for 10mm shifts. Using smaller sensors, you may gain more shift – as the Actus offers more adjustments within the … Read More →

IQ3 interface plates for technical cameras

Posted on 2015/06/23 4:00 PM by Anthony Festa

With the introduction of the IQ3 camera systems, Phase One has added additional pins for extra communication with the XF camera body with the digital backs. As some have noticed, the interface plates for technical cameras have a cut out for the older pin configuration and will not accommodate the added pins. This means that the pins will touch the metal plate itself. While this does not impede usage, the pins were … Read More →

Cambo Unveils New Website

Posted on 2015/06/09 12:00 PM by Chris Valites

Cambo has launched a new website. Unlike their previous site, this is now responsive, allowing for use on tablets and smartphones. This is a great new resource for viewing details on Cambo lenses and cameras, allowing you to fully explore the entire Cambo lineup in detail. You can check out the new and improved website here: https://www.cambo.com/en/ Remember, all Cambo lenses and cameras are available for sale through your Capture Integration … Read More →

CI Tech Tip: Cambo WRS Macro Adapters

Posted on 2015/05/04 12:00 PM by Chris Valites

When using a Rodenstock 90mm f/5.6 HR Digaron-SW lens, or a Schneider 120mm f/5.6 Asph. N Apo-Digitar lens, you will need to have macro adapters for use beyond the minimum focusing distance of the lens. We’ve compiled a list of what focusing distance you can expect with each spacer below: Performance with Schneider 120mm f/5.6 Asph. N Apo-Digitar Performance with Rodenstock 90mm f/5.6 HR Digaron-SW

Replacement Tech Cam Lens Caps

Posted on 2015/03/27 3:49 PM by Chris Valites

Ever misplace a lens cap for your tech cam while hiking? Perhaps you went up a mountain and came down a little bit lighter, or your cap just took a tumble out of your pocket when you were shooting a seascape. Either way, finding a replacement cap can be a bit of a pain. Luckily, we’ve added the appropriately sized Schenider Kreuznach and Rodenstock lens caps for the lenses we … Read More →

Cambo Actus DB – Big Changes for a Tiny View Camera

Posted on 2015/02/12 2:24 PM by Steve Hendrix

This could be considered Part 2 of – “My gosh, what has Cambo done”? If we jog our memory back to last summer, we saw the release of one of the grooviest products we’ve seen in some time, the Cambo Actus, an unbelievably small view camera for 35mm DSLR and mirrorless cameras. http://205.186.138.113/plesk-site-preview/captureintegration.com/205.186.138.113/first-look-cambo-actus/ While that tiny little view camera has been a hit with our smaller format clients, as one … Read More →

Copal Shutter Repairs On The Rise – Updated

Posted on 2015/01/28 1:45 PM by Steve Hendrix

A must read if you use a Technical Camera or View Camera. This is a re-print/re-edit from an article we posted back in 2010 regarding Copal Shutter repairs, and the recent increase we had seen in the occurrence of those repairs. Since shutter repairs can be expensive, and the original article was posted 4 years ago, I felt it would be a good idea to refresh it and bring it … Read More →

CI Top 10: Explaining The Phase One A-Series Camera System

Posted on 2014/12/18 12:30 PM by Dave Gallagher

Today Phase One officially announced their new A-Series line of digital backs packaged with an ALPA TC front end. There has been so much misinformation about this system leaked online over the past few weeks that we feel it is important to sort out the truth from the marketing hype. Let us say first that the Phase One A-Series system is a great idea and it will be a great … Read More →

Behind the Curtains at Alpa

Posted on 2014/12/18 8:00 AM by Steve Hendrix

A few weeks back, Anthony Festa and I spent 4 days in Zurich at Alpa Headquarters. Capture Integration has been selling and supporting Alpa solutions since late 2013, and this trip was designed to help fill in some knowledge gaps, get to know the entire company more intimately, and deepen our understanding of the products and the philosophy and culture of the company. Alpa’s headquarters is a modest 2 story … Read More →