Category : Tech | Capture Integration

HDR via LCC in C1 6 Pro

Posted on 2010/12/28 2:03 PM by admin

Why Use HDR in Capture One HDR/Tone-Mapping has a bad name because of massive over use by the general photographic community. Like tilt-shift, vignetting, clarity, or art filters in Photoshop the technique can be (and very often is) far over used. However, at heart HDR is simply an automated way of applying dodge and burns to better use the dynamic range of a scene. In HDR/tone mapping the areas of the … Read More →

Capture One 6.0.1

Posted on 2010/12/15 3:37 PM by admin

A Bug Fix Release Only Capture One 6.0.1 has been posted to PhaseOne.com today. It contains numerous bug fixes. Documented in the release notes Some high ISO image quality issues. A number of OpenCL related defects. An issue causing auto select to fail during tethered shooting in some cases (Mac). An issue with the application hanging when picking a skin tone in the white balance tool. A problem always causing … Read More →

Setup Capture Pilot for iPad/iPhone

Posted on 2010/12/09 10:08 AM by admin

Watch Intro Video How does Capture Pilot Work? Capture Pilot is a two-part system: Capture Pilot Server – built into Capture One 7 Pro (in the Capture Tab) Capture Pilot (viewer) – an iPhone/iPad app available through the App Store (iTunes link) Features Set a password (for sensitive shoots) Opt to share all images from the current shoot, specific folders (anything in your favorites list), specific images (by creating an … Read More →

The Wisdom of Waiting – Capture One

Posted on 2010/12/07 8:57 AM by admin

About Software Updates in General It seems that every time Phase One, Adobe, Apple, or Microsoft release a major new version of a piece of software we receive the same calls. Someone has installed the software and is using it on an important job. They are calling because a specific bug is getting in the way of them getting their work done, or because a feature has been changed, moved, … Read More →

Noise Reduction in C1 6

Posted on 2010/12/03 5:12 PM by admin

Noise Reduction in the Age of Affordable Ultra High ISO Shooting Both LightRoom and Capture One have come a long way in the last several years when it comes to processing very high ISO raw files. With the release of Capture One 6 comes further improvements in color noise reduction. To test this we reprocessed a raw file captured in a situation we feel is typical for a high-ISO photoshoot. … Read More →

Capture One 6 – 13 Best Changes

Posted on 2010/12/01 8:36 AM by admin

Capture One 6 includes dozens of enhancements and new features. As with any software the new features often get the most publicity, but often some of the smallest tweaks have the greatest impact on day to day usage. After working with betas for both tethered and untethered photoshoots, as well as reediting or reprocessing previous shoots I have compiled a list of the ten best changes, whether they be new … Read More →

40+ / 65+ backs with FW800

Posted on 2010/10/11 9:09 AM by admin

UPDATE: This article is no longer relevant. An improved firmware has been released that works around the change Apple made to the firewire protocol. With firmware 5.2.2 or later Phase One P40+ and Phase One P65+ backs do not need to be off when plugging in. See our blog entry on this Phase One firmware release. In order to connect a Phase One digital back to tether you must, naturally: … Read More →

Old Firmware + New Software

Posted on 2010/10/08 2:00 PM by admin

If you’re using a Phase One P+ digital back and Capture One 5.2 for tethered shooting please take this opportunity to check the firmware of your digital back. If you are using a P+ digital back and are still using the very old 2.9.8 firmware then you should upgrade your firmware. We have noticed a few customers using this latest software with this oldest firmware version will experience occasional lines through the … Read More →

Upcoming Leica S2 Tethering Improvements

Posted on 2010/09/21 3:07 PM by admin

Among our meetings today at Photokina we met privately with Leica. In attendance was Stephan Schulz the Product Manager of Leica’s S-System. While Dave was excited to talk about lens delivery schedules, promotion/marketing of workshops, etc etc I was very excited to meet with Stephan and see a demonstration of soon to be released firmware for the Leica S2. Every camera has strengths and weaknesses and the Leica S2 is … Read More →

Capture One 5.2.1

Posted on 2010/09/15 9:23 AM by admin

Capture One 5.2.1 has been released with a set of specific bug fixes from the major 5.2 release. Capture Integration will be testing this new version of Capture One. Until then we recommend customers follow the same general advice as always. If you are a professional photographer depending on your computer as a tool to accomplish his work that you should not update their software or operating-system until: the update … Read More →