JamesJetel
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Did they abandon commercial photographers?
I don’t know what happened over there, but right around the time the 4150s were released, and C1 was spun off, it felt like a sea change.
The XF was a flop for me - beautiful object, middling camera that never realized any of the potential that was promised by “The Infinity Platform”. Cumbersome, dated autofocus performance, it gets left behind for the Fuji a lot.
Which leads me to the second point - The other camera companies caught up quick, and I’m not sure Phase is trying to compete. Of course that’s their prerogative. The Fuji 100s has gone unanswered.
In the tech camera world, the XT wasn’t a strong enough value prop for me to switch from my Arca. Nebulous release dates and lens availability, for what amounted to finally being able to sync strobes simply (please correct me if there’s more on offer there with the XT, would love to hear) I understand for a lot of people it was certainly a strong offering.
Which finally leads me to the IQ4150 itself. I’ve loved using it on my tech cam. When it came out - it finally felt uncompromising when compared to the prior generations. Good High ISO performance, ES, files are fantastic, live view works. Don’t feel the need to upgrade beyond it for tech cam purposes. Although strobe syncing would be nice, my subject matter can get away with continuous.
It’s starting to show its age though - connection drops, long start up times(were always there), battery draining, gets exceptionally hot, crashes, and my least favorite currently - LOTS of noise issues in longer exposures.
Which leads to the softer side of things - the support - what happened there? I feel like the dealers are some of the most responsive, supportive, and knowledgeable people around - but Phase bottlenecks them. It felt like Phase didn’t support the dealers, and were annoyed that customers had the audacity to have questions and needs. Just my impression from my support interactions.
Anyone know if they’re still innovating? Or did someone buy the name and they’re just riding the former reputation until Phase is dead?
Would love to know if there are any interesting stories to hear.
To be clear - this is a tool for me, not a lifestyle, I’m not worried for my identity here. More looking for a “hey, whatever happened to those guys?” style conversation.
I don’t know what happened over there, but right around the time the 4150s were released, and C1 was spun off, it felt like a sea change.
The XF was a flop for me - beautiful object, middling camera that never realized any of the potential that was promised by “The Infinity Platform”. Cumbersome, dated autofocus performance, it gets left behind for the Fuji a lot.
Which leads me to the second point - The other camera companies caught up quick, and I’m not sure Phase is trying to compete. Of course that’s their prerogative. The Fuji 100s has gone unanswered.
In the tech camera world, the XT wasn’t a strong enough value prop for me to switch from my Arca. Nebulous release dates and lens availability, for what amounted to finally being able to sync strobes simply (please correct me if there’s more on offer there with the XT, would love to hear) I understand for a lot of people it was certainly a strong offering.
Which finally leads me to the IQ4150 itself. I’ve loved using it on my tech cam. When it came out - it finally felt uncompromising when compared to the prior generations. Good High ISO performance, ES, files are fantastic, live view works. Don’t feel the need to upgrade beyond it for tech cam purposes. Although strobe syncing would be nice, my subject matter can get away with continuous.
It’s starting to show its age though - connection drops, long start up times(were always there), battery draining, gets exceptionally hot, crashes, and my least favorite currently - LOTS of noise issues in longer exposures.
Which leads to the softer side of things - the support - what happened there? I feel like the dealers are some of the most responsive, supportive, and knowledgeable people around - but Phase bottlenecks them. It felt like Phase didn’t support the dealers, and were annoyed that customers had the audacity to have questions and needs. Just my impression from my support interactions.
Anyone know if they’re still innovating? Or did someone buy the name and they’re just riding the former reputation until Phase is dead?
Would love to know if there are any interesting stories to hear.
To be clear - this is a tool for me, not a lifestyle, I’m not worried for my identity here. More looking for a “hey, whatever happened to those guys?” style conversation.