Canon Small/Medium RAW Files

Posted on 2012/06/20 1:30 PM by Rob Baker

Canon 5D MkIII Small and Medium RAW files* cannot be used in Capture One Pro. Only full RAW files are compliant at this time. The software reads these files as compressed RAW formats, so they are not recognized in the workflow. If the small/medium RAW format is the only quality captured, you will need to convert these files to the DNG format (using another software such as Photoshop or Lightroom) … Read More →

Minor Improvements in IQ Firmware

Posted on 2012/06/04 11:13 AM by Dave Gallagher

Firmware version 3.01 for Phase One IQ series digital backs Firmware version 3.01 is a service release with some minor stability improvements and corrections to all IQ series backs. New features: All 9 languages fully integrated (English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Swedish) Support for iXR/IXA camera Additional Improvements in Firmware version 3.01, when upgrading from 2.01 or 2.0: Improved performance: Significant Improved speed when showing previews, especially … Read More →

10.7.4 Not CI Certified with C1 Pro 6.4

Posted on 2012/05/10 3:19 PM by Rob Baker

UPDATE: Phase One releases Capture One version 6.4.2, fixing incompatibility with OS X 10.7.4. Read more here. Yesterday, Apple released a major update to their Lion operating system, bringing the version to 10.7.4. The update fixes some issues with FileVault encryption, among other bug fixes. One of the changes affected OpenCL implementation, and some users have reported crashes and unresponsiveness when starting Capture One 6.4 and 6.4.1. The official response … Read More →

Canon 5D Mark III – High ISO Test

Posted on 2012/03/23 1:05 PM by Rob Baker

It’s here! Canon’s new 5D Mark III is now available. Boasting a fair amount of new features, capabilities and functions, the Mark III promises to be a worthy replacement for the 5D Mark II. The camera’s new autofocus system (thanks to the yet released 1DX) and high ISO performance are at the top of the list of these new upgrades. We decided to do a quick test to evaluate the … Read More →

Capture One 6.3.5 adds 60 day trial

Posted on 2012/03/21 4:42 PM by Rob Baker

Phase One released Capture One 6.3.5 today with little documentation or information as to the update. We have confirmed with Phase One that the only change between 6.3.4 and 6.3.5 is the extension of the free trial period to 60 days. Previously, the free trial period was 30 days for Capture One Pro. Keep an eye on our blog for anymore information regarding the changes. Changes 60-day free trial period … Read More →

IQ Firmware 3.0 released today!

Posted on 2012/03/21 9:00 AM by Rob Baker

IQ Firmware 3.0 released today!

New IQ Series firmware gives you a big speed bump! Phase One released IQ firmware 3.0 today with many enhancements to the IQ backs. The majority of the update helps increase the speed of the back itself. Most notably, the new firmware now fully supports UMDA 7 memory cards which allows for a full 119 mb/s writing to cards.   Phase One Release Notes Improved performance: Significantly improved speed when … Read More →

EJJI 10K Rechargeable Battery

Posted on 2012/02/04 9:32 AM by Rob Baker

Overview Last week we previewed a rechargeable battery cartridge for the Phase One/Mamiya 645 camera bodies from EJJI. We wanted to put the battery through its paces in order to see if the battery will actually power a body for 10000 frames as claimed. One of the first things we noticed about the 10K battery was that the base (the part visible when inserted into the camera) is nearly identical … Read More →

Phase One 120mm AF vs. 120mm MF

Posted on 2012/02/02 3:49 PM by Rob Baker

First Thoughts Several months ago Phase One recently released an autofocus version of its venerable 120D f/4 MF Macro. As the 120D MF has been a staple lens for many photographers and one of the sharpest lenses in the Phase One lineup, we wanted to put the two head to head in a quick shootout.   Before we get to the test images, below is a spec sheet highlighting some key … Read More →

Media Pro 1.2

Posted on 2012/01/16 8:10 AM by admin

Media Pro 1.2 has been released. However, Capture Integration has not yet tested it and cannot provide any guidance. We advise patience as it may take up to two weeks for us to fit it into our testing queue. In the meanwhile the release notes from Phase One are below and you can download version 1.2 here. Improved Integration Better support for exporting annotations/metadata to XMP sidecars. Catalog sets, custom … Read More →

Capture One 6.3.3

Posted on 2012/01/04 9:33 AM by admin

Phase One posted Capture One 6.3.3 today. We will be downloading and testing the release in the coming week. Enhancements: Better color noise suppression in previews. Improved ISO 400 and ISO 800 noise settings for P20, P20+, P21, P21+, P25 and P25+. Linear film curves for Leaf Aptus-II and Afi-II series backs. New firmware for a number of Leaf backs. In addition, a number of minor improvements. Camera Support: The … Read More →

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