Phase One is a Danish company specializing in high-end digital photography equipment and software. They manufacture open platform based medium format camera systems and solutions. Their own RAW processing software, Capture One, supports many DSLRs besides their backs.
PODAS workshops (Phase One Digital Artist Series) is a series of worldwide photography workshops designed for digital photographers interested in working with medium format, high-resolution cameras. PODAS is a part of the Phase One educational division. Each attendee receives a Phase One digital camera system for the duration of the workshop.
On 18 February 2014, it was announced that UK-based private equity firm Silverfleet Capital would acquire a 60% majority stake in the company.
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Products
Cameras
In 2009, Phase One purchased a major stake in Japanese Mamiya and the two companies develop products together. The following cameras are currently produced and sold by Phase One:
- Phase One 645XF
- Phase One 645DF+ (discontinued)
- Phase One 645DF (discontinued)
- Phase One 645AF (discontinued)
- Phase One iXA (aerial)
- Phase One iXG (reproduction)
- Phase One iXR (reproduction)
- Phase One iXU (aerial, surveillance and UAV operations)
The Phase One 645DF+ and 645DF cameras are medium format cameras which support both focal plane and leaf shutter lenses with shutter speeds ranging from 1/4000s to 60 minutes and flash synchronization up to 1/1600 sec. Among the new features on the 645DF+ are:
- Fast and accurate auto focus especially in low contrast environments
- Custom focus fine-tuning adjustment
- Rechargeable Li-ion battery with up to 10,000 captures on one charge
- Rugged construction for high volume production use
The Phase One V-Grip Air vertical grip is compatible with the 645DF+/645DF. The V-Grip Air supports a Profoto Air flash trigger for wireless flash synchronization.
The 645DF+/645DF supports digital back interfaces including the IQ and P+ series digital backs as well as 3rd party digital backs from Hasselblad, Leaf and others.
In 2012, Phase One released two specialty cameras: iXR which is made specifically for reproduction and iXA which is made specifically for aerial photography. Both uses the 645 lenses as the normal 645 cameras. Main difference on this camera is they have no viewfinder and very few mechanical moving parts.
In 2013, Phase One signed a collaborative distribution agreement with Digital Transitions (DT) to deliver advanced digitization solutions for cultural heritage preservation imaging projects worldwide (Repro camera solutions). The range of Digital Transitions digitization equipment includes a multitude of reprographic benches, purpose-built reprographic cameras, specialized book copy stations, film scanning kits, and accessories that are designed to host the line of Phase One digital capture hardware and Capture One software.
In 2014, Phase One launched a medium format digital back with a CMOS/active pixel sensor: The IQ250. All Phase One digital backs launched prior to the IQ250 have sensors based on the CCD (Charge-coupled device) technology.
In 2015, Phase One introduced the XF camera system. A new digital camera platform, medium format system built with the intention to grow over a series of updates throughout the lifetime of the camera system. At the same time, the IQ3 series digital backs were introduced. This included the IQ3 50MP based on the previous IQ250, the IQ3 60MP based on the previous IQ260 and the newly introduced IQ3 80MP which includes a new CCD (Charge-coupled device) sensor exclusive to Phase One.
Lenses
The 645DF / DF+ / XF is compatible with the following lenses:
- Phase One Digital focal plane lenses
- Schneider Kreuznach leaf shutter lenses
- Mamiya 645 AF lenses
- Mamiya 645 manual lenses
- Compatible with Hasselblad V and Pentacon 6 (via multimount adaptor)
The following lenses are Phase One branded and produced by Mamiya:
- AF 28mm f/4.5 aspherical
- AF 35mm f/3.5
- AF 45mm f/2.8
- AF 80mm f/2.8
- MF 120mm f/4 macro
- AF 120mm f/4 macro
- AF 150mm f/2.8
- AF 75-150mm f/4.5
Schneider Kreuznach
- LS 28mm f/4.5 aspherical
- LS 35mm f/3.5
- LS 40-80mm f/4-5.6
- LS 45mm f/3.5
- LS 55mm f/2.8
- LS 80mm f/2.8
- LS 110mm f/2.8
- MF 120mm f/5.6 T/S
- LS 120mm f/4.0
- LS 150mm f/2.8
- LS 150mm f/3.5
- LS 240mm f/4.5 IF
- LS 75-150mm f/4.0-5.6
Digital backs
IQ3 series
IQ2 series
IQ1 series
The IQ series Phase One backs include many industry-first innovations. It is the first camera to utilize a USB 3 connection. At the time of the release, this is not very widespread but USB 3 is backward compatible with USB 2. Also, it is the first camera to include a high resolution multi-touch display, which is similar to the "Retina" screen used in the iPhone 4.
P+ series
The P+ series are similar to the normal P series but have higher capture speeds, better response to long exposure times, and add Live Preview, which allows the user to focus and compose on a monitor while tethered. Also, a new high resolution LCD screen was implemented with better resolution and luminance.
P series
The P series are fully untethered backs available for many different camera mounts.
H series
The H series are tethered backs available for many different camera mounts. Camera back connects through standard 6pin IEEE 1394. Originally this type of camera back was released as the "Lightphase", a continuation of Phase One's previous tradition of using the name "phase" in the name of the product. This changed with the release of the "H20", which was originally called "Lightphase H20" but the name was changed to "Phase One H20" for better brand recognition.
Scan backs
The Scan backs are tethered digital scan backs. All use SCSI connection except for PowerPhase FX, which uses IEEE1394 "Firewire". The very early models, which were known as the CB6x (StudioKit) and FC70 (PhotoPhase), were made in plastic and had external control unit that connected to a computer through NuBus.
XF Camera System Feature Updates
The XF Camera System is designed to grow over time, introducing new features and functionality in regular intervals over the lifetime of the Camera System.
- Feature Update #1 - October 2015
- Vibration Delay, Bullseye Level Tool, Hyperfocal Point Tool, Capture One Focus Step
- Feature Update #2 - March 2016
- Focus Stacking Tool, Timelapse Tool, HAP-1 Update, OneTouch UI
- Feature Update #3 - October 2016
- Profoto Air Tool, Electronic Shutter, Flash Analysis, Icon Control
- Feature Update #4 - September 2017
- Autofocus & Recompose, Automatic Focus Stack Calculator, Focus Trim Tool, Vibration Analysis
Repro camera solutions
Phase One reprographic camera systems and book capture / scanners are purpose-built to provide preservation-level rapid capture of rare books, circulation materials, manuscripts, documents, photographic slides, photographic negatives and photographic glass-plates.
Phase One repro camera solutions include the following products:
- Phase One IXR camera
- DT RCam reprographic camera
- DT RG3040 reprographic system
- DT RGC180 capture cradle
- BC100 Book capture system
- DT Film scanning kit
Imaging software
The Capture One software comes in several flavors but is still a single binary. License key and option selected determine which version which is active:
- PRO, this is the full features version which supports all cameras which Capture One lists as supported.
- PRO (for Sony), full featured but only supports Sony branded cameras.
- CH, specialized version for cultural heritage, has some features which PRO does not, like resolution ruler, L*A*B readout, auto-crop etc, support only Phase One IIQ RAW files.
- DB, free version, full featured like PRO but works only with Phase One IIQ RAW files.
- Express (for Sony) limited featured version, works only with Sony branded camera.
- Capture One v10
- Capture One 10 PRO
- Capture One 10 PRO (for Sony)
- Capture One 10 CH
- Capture One 10 DB
- Capture One 10 Express (for Sony)
- Capture One v9
- Capture One 9 PRO
- Capture One 9 PRO (for Sony)
- Capture One 9 CH
- Capture One 9 DB
- Capture One 9 Express (for Sony)
- Capture One v8
- Capture One 8 PRO
- Capture One 8 PRO (for Sony)
- Capture One 8 DB
- Capture One 8 Express (for Sony)
- Capture One v7
- Capture One 7 PRO
- Capture One 7 DB
- Capture One 7 Express
- Capture One v6 (discontinued)
- Capture One 6 PRO
- Capture One 6 DB
- Capture One 6 Express
- Capture One v5 (discontinued)
- Capture One 5 PRO
- Capture One 5 DB
- Capture One 5
- Capture One v4 (discontinued)
- Capture One 4 PRO
- Capture One 4 DB
- Capture One 4
- Capture One v3.x (discontinued)
- Capture One PRO
- Capture One DB
- Capture One SE (discontinued 2004)
- Capture One LE
- Capture One REBEL (discontinued 2004)
- Lightphase Capture 2.x (discontinued, changed name to "Capture One" from version 2.7)
Capture One companion software:
- Capture Pilot (available on the Apple App Store)
DAM software
- Media Pro SE
- Media Pro 1 (formerly known as Microsoft Expression Media and iView MediaPro)
Studio management software
- Portrait One (discontinued)
- Portrait One Executive
- Portrait One Lite
- Portrait One Sales
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Product release in reverse chronological order
- IQ3 100MP Trichromatic - September 2017
- Phase One iXG - August 2017
- IQ3 100MP Achromatic - April 2017
- IQ3 100MP - January 2016
- IQ3 50MP, IQ3 60MP, IQ3 80MP - May 2015
- Phase One XF May 2015 (645 camera body)
- IQ150 - 2014
- Phase One iXU - 2014
- IQ250 - 2014
- IQ280, IQ260, IQ260 achromatic - 2013
- Phase One 645DF+ - 2012
- Phase One iXR, Phase One iXA - 2012
- IQ180, IQ160, IQ140 - 2011
- P40+ - 2009
- Phase One 645DF - 2009
- P65+ - 2008
- Phase One 645AF - 2008
- P20+, P21+, P25+, P30+, and P45+ - 2007
- P21, P30, and P45 - 2005
- P20 and P25 - 2004
- H25 - 2003
- H101 (H10 11 MP, Hasselblad H1 design) - 2002
- H10 (11 MP) - 2002
- H5 and H10 6 MP (re-branded Lightphase) - 2002
- PowerPhase FX+ - 2002
- H20 - 2001
- PowerPhase FX - 2000
- LightPhase (645 versions and BB03) - 1999
- LightPhase (BB02) - 1999
- LightPhase (BB01) - 1998/1999
- LightPhase (BB00) - 1998
- PowerPhase - 1997
- StudioKit - 1996
- PhotoPhase (+) - 1995/1996
- CB6x and FC70 - 1993
References
- Reviews
- photoartsmonthly.com: On location with the Phase One IQ180
- shutterbug.com: Phase One 645DF With Touchscreen IQ160 Back: An Integrated Medium Format System
- rangefinderonline.com: First exposure: Phase One IQ180 Digital Back
- pdnonline.com: 2011 Photo Gear of the Year
- news.cnet.com: Phase One IQ180: 80 megapixels of lavish color
- dxomark.com: Phase One IQ 180: the new king of all sensors
- luminous-landscape.com: More Than Megapixels - Phase One IQ180 in The Field
- wired.com: What Would You Do With 80 Million Pixels? (IQ180)
- Phase One material
- List of serial number prefix to identify model of camera back
- Official Press release announcing Phase One becoming major shareholder in Mamiya Digital Imaging
- Official Press release announcing Phase One starting the new subsidiary "Leaf Imaging"
- Official Press release announcing Phase One cooperation with Schneider Kreuznach to develop lenses
External links
- Official website
- Mamiya Leaf web site
- Official Press release announcing Phase One cooperation with Schneider Kreuznach to develop lenses
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