Capture One 11.2.1 – Tested & Approved

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Capture One 11.2.1 debuts today and provides support for the new IQ4 series digital backs, also includes new camera and lens support, as well as some bug fixes. 11.2.1 Camera Support Phase One IQ4 150MP (Preliminary) Phase One IQ4 100MP Trichromatic (Preliminary) 11.2.1 Lens Support Sony FE 400mm F2.8 G Master OSS Super-Telephoto RSM Lens 150mmAF f/5.6 RSM Lens 80mmAF f/5.6 RSM Lens 80mm f/5.6 RSM Lens 35mm f/5.6 Voigtländer 17,5 … Read More →

Phase One IQ3-100 Electronic Shutter – Triggering Options

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The purely electronic shutter in Phase One’s IQ3-100 digital backs allow for imaging without the use of any mechanical shutter.  As explained previously, the use of the electronic shutter comes with some caveats of procedure and use, but also there are several methods of firing the electronic shutter when the IQ3-100 is connected to a manual, technical or view camera. Method 1:  IQ3 User Interface This is how most users … Read More →

Capture One 11.2 – Tested & Approved

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Capture One 11.2 debuts today and provides primarily new benefit to Cultural Heritage users, but also includes new camera and lens support, as well as some bug fixes. 11.2 Camera Support Canon 4000D Canon 2000D Panasonic Lumix TZ200/TZ202/TZ220 Panasonic Lumix ZS200/ZS220/TX2 Panasonic Lumix GX9 / GX7MK3 11.2 Lens Support Canon EF 85mm f/1.4L IS USM Voigtlander MACRO APO-LANTHAR 65mm f/2 ASPH Voigtlander Nokton 40mm f/1.2 ASPH Voigtlander Nokton Classic 35mm … Read More →

Dark Frame Be Gone!

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In order to maximize image quality and minimize noise on all Phase One digital captures, an additional dark frame of the same shutter speed duration is captured immediately after the image has been captured to record the noise print from that time of shooting and the math from that temporary image will later be subtracted from the original exposure when you view the image in Capture One.  When the dark frame subtraction (DFS) … Read More →

Profoto Firmware Update

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The Current Versions of Profoto Firmware The A1 update ‘B5’ (skipping directly from ‘B2’ to ‘B5’ for the A1) provides:  HSS boost mode is added. HSS boost mode increases max HSS light output with almost 2 f-stops at some cost of stability. HSS boost mode is set as default HSS mode in version B5 but HSS remains selectable in menu. Fixed bug with battery indication not showing full on fully … Read More →

Capture Pilot 2.0 Released

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Phase released version 2.0 of Capture Pilot for iOS last month and now provides Sony camera support as well as unlisted bug fixes and performance tweaks.   Version History 2.0 – Apr 19, 2018 – Sony Camera Controls (in app purchase required) – Bug fixes and Performance tweaks 1.12 – Jan 19, 2018 – iPhone X support – iOS 11 support – Bug fixes 1.11 – Sep 19, 2017 Compatibility with IQ … Read More →

Capture One 11.1.1 Released

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Capture One 11 debuts today and delivers not only a considerable list of bug fixes, but also some new features and performance improvements including: Faster importing for large collections on Mac Faster “locate” directories (in Catalogs) on Windows Customize Toolbar now supports Icon & Text when selected (Mac) Floating tools persist when switching focus to another app (Mac) Improved Live View for Nikon D850 Faster tethering performance on Windows Mac … Read More →

Copal Shutter Care & Alternatives

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Since the dawn of Photography, we have made use of some sort of shutter that was part of, or that complimented the optics in the cameras early photographers used to image scenes onto the recording media of the time.  The evolution of chemicals, substrates and processing methods evolved separately from the mechanical designs of what started with the camera obscura. Electro-mechanical camera systems have for decades risen over the purely mechanical … Read More →

Lens Alternatives for Technical Camera Use

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The great majority of my favorite landscape images have been taken at the wider end of the spectrum of focal lengths.  Since moving to a technical camera a few years ago, my wide-angle lens of choice is the Rodenstock 32HR.  It provides a field of view of roughly what a 21mm lens would provide using a 35mm format.  If I need to create an even wider view, then I will … Read More →