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Phase One IXU Aerial or Hasselblad A5D Aerial?
- Thread starter Ztacir
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You might also want to think about the X1D (when it gets here). I know someone who has been experimenting with an X1D and a drone.
stephengilbert
Active member
dougpeterson
Workshop Member
There are a lot of places where 100mp vs 50mp doesn't make a lick of difference.
Very large prints of highly detailed aerials is not one of those.
The iXU (or an XF with mirror locked up and viewfinder removed to reduce weight) would provide 100mp. If budget (and weight) allow it's a no brainer to do it over any 50mp solution.
As far as I know Phase is outselling Hassy in the aerial market by a very wide margin.
The detail is ridiculous!
Sample -
Full frame
1200px wide crop
(no sharing outside this forum please)
Kind regards,
Gerald.
Is that a drone carrying the iXU or a 727? I think the OP asked about using a drone.I can highly recommend the iXU-1000.
We flew with it in a Shotover...
The images were as to be expected - astounding.
Totally agree with Doug - nothing can touch the iXU. Unless there are severe budgetary constraints, it's a no-brainer.
Kind regards,
Gerald.
Hi Howard -
It's a chopper. Yes - I am aware that the OP use case is on a drone, but regardless of what flies the camera, the images will be of the same quality.
The question being asked is "Phase One iXU or Hasselblad A5D Aerial". I was providing insight into aerial photography using the Phase One.
Kind regards,
Gerald.
yaya
Active member
This could be of interest to some on here https://cdn.ampproject.org/c/applei...off-in-massive-17-gigapixel-aerial-image/amp/
Those numbers don't make sense. 380 photos only giving a 1.7GP stitch?
dougpeterson
Workshop Member
380 * 100mp - 55% net overlap between images = 1.7 gp no?
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Yay!I can highly recommend the iXU-1000.
We flew with it in a Shotover...
The images were as to be expected - astounding.
Totally agree with Doug - nothing can touch the iXU. Unless there are severe budgetary constraints, it's a no-brainer.
Kind regards,
Gerald.
This is exciting. May I ask, completely cluelessly, how did this work? The Shotover was yours or does it belong to the helicopter company?
Sorry, missed this reply.
Nope - you're out by a factor of 10!
Kind regards,
Gerald.
Well it's not mine personally!Yay!
May I ask, completely cluelessly, how did this work? The Shotover was yours or does it belong to the helicopter company?
The film production company I work for owns it.
Trying to remember how we did it now... IIRC, HDMI out from the Phase One is sent over Ethernet cable through the Shotover and up to the display and control panel in the back of the heli. Because the gimble can spin continuously, you need to get the signal through the rotating bit, and it's wired for Ethernet. We also created a custom trigger cable.
There's no way to control the camera other than triggering it, and no way to view the shot taken. No issues though since you can frame it before shooting, and the auto-exposure feature of the back takes care of the rest.
Kind regards,
Gerald.
Hi Guys,
interesting post read here...
We've been working directly with Phase One and just started lifting the XF100 on our drone to take remote 100mp shots from 500 meters away. We're pretty much the only ones who have figured out how to do it so far and it works amazingly well. Will hopefully be able to share some results with you guys soon but the results are incredible.
Check out our webpage here with a little bit about our capabilities http://www.fleye.co.uk/medium-format-aerial-stills-photography/
And questions just drop me an email - [email protected]
Thanks and hope you find it interesting.
Will
interesting post read here...
We've been working directly with Phase One and just started lifting the XF100 on our drone to take remote 100mp shots from 500 meters away. We're pretty much the only ones who have figured out how to do it so far and it works amazingly well. Will hopefully be able to share some results with you guys soon but the results are incredible.
Check out our webpage here with a little bit about our capabilities http://www.fleye.co.uk/medium-format-aerial-stills-photography/
And questions just drop me an email - [email protected]
Thanks and hope you find it interesting.
Will