New Phase One ariel and repro cameras

[yaya]

Yes, it's one thing explaining to the wife you've bought a new set of Gitzo legs or Arca head to go with your new camera but an aeroplane! :ROTFL:

Just think about the possibilities Gareth...a weekend away with you flying the thing...cameras and Gitzos can Still go in the back

 

[gazwas]

...cameras and Gitzos can Still go in the back

But not the wife? :toocool:

 

[yaya]

But not the wife? :toocool:

Wife AND kids if you get a King Air !

 

[Stefan Steib]

Yair - after buying the privat Boeing I still have a question-
The Industrial site has some interesting infos:

Industrial camera systems

after reading through it and also the brochure - it seems there are no Leafs allowed on the iXA and the only backs that support clustering are the IQ´s. there are special cables available - is this a new feature or did the IQ´s support this from the beginning ?

Regards
Stefan

 

[Shashin]

Just think how much you could save on scanning...

 

[malmac]

Well this chap Richard Green in Australia uses a helicopter to access remote locations for his photography - Now he should really have an IXA!

Richard Green Australian Landscape Photographer

 

[Shashin]

One thing is sure, Phase does not like to make cameras photographers would actually enjoying using. At least Linhof puts handles on their aerial cameras.

 

[tashley]

So this is the camera body that has been hinted at recently but obviously not the one that the majority of us are waiting for.

So it seems the DF replacement is still some way off into the future.

C'mon, the process of extinction and replacement whereby dinosaurs give way to more well adapted life forms can take aeons...

:angel:

 

[ddanois]

So all of the cries for an improved body from the masses were overshadowed by the cries from all of the ariel photographers?

Never knew that market was so big that it would command the focused R&D attention from Phase One ahead of the DF replacement.

Crazy!

 

[Shashin]

So all of the cries for an improved body from the masses were overshadowed by the cries from all of the ariel photographers?

Never knew that market was so big that it would command the focused R&D attention from Phase One ahead of the DF replacement.

Crazy!

If it actually can take the input from a GPS system to stamp the images, that would be valuable. But if it is just a box with remote capture to an on-board computer, that is less than exciting.

 

[Vivek]

If it actually can take the input from a GPS system to stamp the images, that would be valuable. But if it is just a box with remote capture to an on-board computer, that is less than exciting.

The microscope cameras (film) were this sort with pretty much nothing. Digital made them redundant and they never progressed to the point of a date back.

These aren't unlike the Kenko extension tubes for DSLRs.

 

[Anders_HK]

Out of curiosity;

Who fabricates these cameras for Phase One and in what country???

 

[dougpeterson]

One thing is sure, Phase does not like to make cameras photographers would actually enjoying using. At least Linhof puts handles on their aerial cameras.

The reason for the small footprint is that many (most) of the target market mounts the camera in some manner of leveling device, and the size-profile of the camera matters a lot there. Also, some in the target market will produce multi-camera systems, all of which must fit together into an apparatus which levels it and points out through a viewport in the bottom of the plane.

This is not a "point out the side of a helicopter" aerial camera. Think more science and less art. The target market would have no problem at all adding a handle to the chassis in-house should they desire to add one.

 

[dougpeterson]

If it actually can take the input from a GPS system to stamp the images, that would be valuable. But if it is just a box with remote capture to an on-board computer, that is less than exciting.

It accepts GPS signals with a high degree of sophistication. It gets a bit technical, but most devices that accept GPS signals are at the mercy of an interval-limitation of the GPS device; this system will be able to sample even higher accuracy than that and synchronizes to the shutter release with extreme accuracy.

 

[dougpeterson]

Out of curiosity;

Who fabricates these cameras for Phase One and in what country???

Good question Anders!

I must admit I never asked during our meetings. I'll check for you now.

 

[Ben Rubinstein]

I certainly would like to see how Phase has overcome the 'Traveling' 110 lens issue. My 110, along with others, will not stay in focus if tilted downward. The front of the lens simply slides/turns all the way out..... regardless if in manual or auto focus. That would make art repro impossible.... at least with that lens.

Victor

The Schneider 80mm does the same thing.

 

[Swissblad]

Have to say the title to this thread is completely misleading. It should read Phase introduces two specialized cameras. Nothing more nothing less and not a advertising plug for something else.

+1

 

[dougpeterson]

The body is manufactured by Phase One Industrial in Israel.

 

[Anders_HK]

The body is manufactured by Phase One Industrial in Israel.

+1 , thanks.

(+ wishful thinking that they also make a Hy6 II from there...)

 

[Joe]

So all of the cries for an improved body from the masses were overshadowed by the cries from all of the ariel photographers?

Never knew that market was so big that it would command the focused R&D attention from Phase One ahead of the DF replacement.

Crazy!

They only need one buyer...... The one in the 5 sided building...... Think DRONES...... Lots of drones