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Phase One Introduces IQ Medium-Format Camera Backs

17 April 2011
Published in Camera Backs

Phase One has designed a new line of medium-format digital camera backs that offer up to 80-megapixel resolution. This new line includes the IQ180, IQ160 and IQ140 backs, each of which varies in resolution (80, 60.5 and 40 megapixels, respectively).

In addition to offering the highest resolution of any SLR back currently on the market, the IQ180 — as well as the IQ160 and IQ140 — has a dynamic range of 12.5 f-stops, features a USB3 connection for faster image transfers, and has a FireWire 800 connection to eliminate buffering delays. This means that the camera can support continuous shooting until a card is filled...

Phase One, Mamiya, Profoto Develop Vertical Grip, Built-in Flash Technology

30 October 2010
Published in Miscellaneous

Profoto, Phase One and Mamiya have joined forces to engineer the V-Grip Air, a vertical grip for use with Phase One and Mamiya medium-format cameras.

The first vertical grip with a built-in wireless flash trigger, the V-Grip Air enables synch speeds of up to 1/1,600 second and features all the same camera controls and functionality as 645DF cameras. Using Profoto’s built-in flash...

Phase One Launches P 40+ Medium-Format System

14 June 2009
Published in Digital Cameras
p>Phase One has announced the Phase One P 40+, the company's second Sensor+ enabled digital camera back and camera system.

The P 40+ offers two image-capture modes. For high-quality prints, the normal mode captures images with a 40-megapixel resolution.

For higher sensitivity in low-light or faster handheld situations, users can also shoot in...

Phase One Releases P 65+ Full-Frame 645 Camera

16 November 2008
Published in Digital Cameras

Phase One has announced the release of the P 65+ digital back and the P 65+ camera system, a full-frame 645 medium format camera system based on the Sensor+ CCD technology.

The Sensor+ CCD technology has been co-developed with Dalsa Semiconductor and is designed to enable scalable pixel and file size, higher sensitivity and dynamic range, and increased flexibility for operation and capture, as well as improved capture rates.

The Phase One P 65+ takes advantage of a...

Phase One Teams With Hartblei for New Tilt-and-Shift Lens

15 November 2008
Published in Camera Lenses

In a strategic alliance with Hartblei, Phase One has introduced the Phase One 3.5/45mm TS lens, based on Hartblei’s 45mm f/3.5 Super Rotator lens. The small, lightweight, medium-format tilt-shift lens offers up to 12mm of shift and an 8° tilt for maximum flexibility.

The 3.5/45mm TS lens can be paired with the Phase One 645 camera system and offers photographers the ability to correct perspective, selectively sharpen and soften an image, and adjust the plane of focus without changing...

Phase One Releases P21 Digital Back

10 July 2006
Published in Camera Backs
Phase One has developed the third of its P-series digital camera backs, the P 21. At 1.1 frames per second, the P 21 has an 18-megapixel sensor and can create processed image files of up to 54 MB. It writes to Compact-Flash cards at up to 20MB per second. The back has light-sensitivity settings from ISO 100 to 800...

Phase One Develops 39MP Digital Back

15 March 2006
Published in Camera Backs
Phase One has released a digital camera back with a 39-megapixel sensor for medium- and large-format photography. The P 45 has a capture rate of 35 frames per minute, a write speed of up to 20 MB per second and 117 MB per file size capability.
The P 45 digital camera back also includes Phase One’s revolutionary secure storage system (3S) technology...

Phase One Offers New Backs, P45 and P30

10 November 2005
Published in Camera Backs
The new Phase One P 45 and P 30 digital backs have been designed for commercial photographers. The P 45 has a 39-megapixel sensor and 117MB file sizes per shot, for sharper, more detailed images. The P 21 boasts 60 frames per minute, with processed image files of 54 MB...

Object VR

12 October 2000
Published in Electronic Market

Traditional product photography has accompanied websites, print brochures and related sales collateral for many years now. With the global reach and 24/7 timeliness of the Internet, new demands are placed on the seller. As e-commerce matures with the ever-expanding Internet, many companies are now looking for new ways to display and sell their products. When it is not possible for a buyer to see or hold a product for purchase, the next best thing to being there live is an interactive digital image which is now commonly called a Virtual Reality (VR) Object or Immersive Image.

A VR Object consists of a series of digital images shot in sequence then authored into an interactive digital file. These sequential shots simulate the rotation or functionality of an object and display different views...