Category : Tech | Capture Integration

Is the Phase One XT the Holy Grail?

Posted on 2019/09/10 6:59 AM by Steve Hendrix

Ok, kind of a teaser title, forgive me for that. But let’s face it, if you have by now any inkling of what the Phase One XT Camera is all about, then I think it becomes a legitimate question. First, let’s properly introduce you to the Phase One XT Camera and what it does bring to your table. Phase One XT Strong Points Compact and lightweight 12mm X/Y Shift Built-in … Read More →

Fuji vs. Phase One: How good is your glass?

Posted on 2019/09/10 6:59 AM by Dave Gallagher

The old adage of “you are only as good as your glass” rings as true today than it ever has in the past. We are in the age of smaller and smaller pixel widths combined with sensor resolutions yielding higher quality than 8×10 film. The demands on today’s optics are changing with every improvement in sensor design. Lenses that performed beautifully at 30mp resolution are falling apart at 100mp resolution. With this … Read More →

Phase One XT System: What you need to know

Posted on 2019/09/10 6:59 AM by Dave Gallagher

By now, you should have read about the new Phase One XT camera system but in case you have not, here are the basics that are covered by every other website today: The Phase One XT is the first fully electronic integrated field camera that marries the highest quality optics with the world’s highest quality digital capture device, the Phase One IQ4 150mp. It is shipping today with Rodenstock HR … Read More →

Capture One 12.1.3 Released

Posted on 2019/09/09 8:57 AM by Brad Kaye

Fresh out of the labs in Denmark, Capture One 12.1.2 releases and not only provides a large list of bug fixes but also new camera support for the Sony a7R IV, lens support for some Pentax & Leica lenses, but also additional support for a camera that I can’t even tell you about (yet*). ( If you know you know, but you didn’t hear it from me.) 12.1.3 Camera & … Read More →

Light Painting with the ALPA Silex Mk II

Posted on 2019/09/03 11:41 AM by Brad Kaye

The methodology of Light Painting exists in various forms for photographers. It can be used in the studio or out on location, and can be produced from constant lighting like a flashlight, a Hosemaster, a LED panel or a strobe modeling light in an umbrella or soft-box. (one of my favorites, see my When 150mp isn’t Enough blog for the subtle light painting down the firetruck in the final shot to … Read More →

Capture One 12.1.1 Released

Posted on 2019/08/01 1:40 PM by Brad Kaye

Hey, have you been keeping up with the release notes of the latest version of Capture One? Yeah, me neither. This one landed moments before I was heading out for our Michigan Gatherings workshop, so this info is a week+ late. Have a look though, if you’re a Canon EOS R shooter (as the squashed bugs have mostly to do with it) or the Nikon P1000 (which is what exactly?) then … Read More →

Released: IQ4 Creative Control Package Service Release 1

Posted on 2019/07/25 12:47 PM by Brad Kaye

Today Phase One publicly released the IQ4-Series digital back Creative Control Package Service Release 1, which serves primarily to fix the 5.00.20 Bug that upon digital back startup, did not acknowledge the user preference for IIQ file format and instead shot into IIQ 14-bit Small format regardless of what file compression format was displayed on screen. As with the XF System 5.00.20 package, 5.01.0 requires that you have had already installed XF … Read More →

Notice: IQ4 Creative Control Firmware 5.00.20 Bug Alert

Posted on 2019/07/13 2:11 PM by Steve Hendrix

It has come to our attention that there is a bug in the current IQ4 firmware (5.00.20) that provides some exciting new features, notably frame averaging. See: Phase One IQ4 – Long Awaited Frame Averaging for full details on the feature. The bug is realized in this way: – Single frames will be shot at 14 bit S. – Frame averaged shots will be shot at 14 bit L. There is currently … Read More →

Tech Tip – IQ4 Frame Averaging File Organization

Posted on 2019/07/12 11:47 AM by Brad Kaye

TechTip-IQ4-150_Frame_Averaging_Organization

Been having lots of fun continuing to test and use the IQ4-150’s new Frame Averaging Tool but in comparing frame averaged to non frame averaged files, there is nothing readily available to identify the frame averaged shots from the single shots in the browser unlike other tools utilized through the XF body, like Focus Stacking, HDR & Time-Lapse, that identify the groups of files with a special indicator. From the … Read More →

Phase One IQ4 – Long Awaited Frame Averaging

Posted on 2019/06/29 3:17 PM by Brad Kaye

Amidst the announcement of the Phase One IQ4 150 last year and the many substantially upgraded and new features, one of these stood out as a bit of a wild card. That was the “Phase One Beta Labs”, which promised regularly downloadable feature firmware updates, similar to the ones the XF camera has seen. The first of these was to be the ability to produce Frame Averaged captures in camera. … Read More →