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As of last week we expected the first pre-production preview unit to arrive to our NYC Phase One Demo Center today. Instead the first pre-production preview unit will be arriving to our LA office on Sunday in time for our Phase One IQ4 Event in LA on Monday.
.Couldn't speak to that, but we'll have it in LA and NYC for events next week; you're very welcome to come!
Dropping $22k for yet another upgrade seems like a strange way of “moving on.”
I still use a P25-back on my Contax 645 and I admit that I was last week tempted to buy a new IQ50-XF-80mm kit, for which DT had a special offer at their new shop-site (I think it was 15k). C1 is a wonderful piece of software and I even like the XF and the Danish/Scandinavian design philosophy and corporate culture of perfectionism, all things, I can imagine to invest in. But then I thought about the narrative and perspectives for the future and decided, it will not be for me, why?
That's it in a nutshell - cameras like the XF/H-line + DB are big and heavy, so too the lenses, and now you have a 150MP sensor. If any platform was crying out for IBIS it's MFD. Maybe HB/P1 could lease the tech from Olympus - their implementation (5.5EV body only or 6.5EV when paired with an IS lens) is pretty astonishing.
With all due respect, this is the second thread in an otherwise first class forum that is full of vile comments about Phase One. There is no excuse for this constant desire to hatefully complain about a product... and we all appreciate others having the grace to not do so. Instead, we prefer helpful and comments as part of a community.
Well said, Dave.With all due respect, this is the second thread in an otherwise first class forum that is full of vile comments about Phase One. There is no excuse for this constant desire to hatefully complain about a product... and we all appreciate others having the grace to not do so. Instead, we prefer helpful and comments as part of a community.
A few people here know that I cannot afford anything sold by Phase One, and that is the reality I live with every single day. That reality will not change in my lifetime and is expected to become more dire as time passes. Do I like, admire, respect, and desire the best from Phase One? ABSOLUTELY! And yet, it is impossible. I prefer to see the images and listen to the experiences of others and learn from them.
More than that, those wonderful people at the Phase One dealers at the top of the home page for this thread do everyone a great service as part of this wonderful community. They employ superb people who have only the highest professional standards and personal service in mind for their customers and their local community. I will always strive to support them when and where possible. This last year, families and friends of individual patients recovering their lives from trauma, strokes and diseases have benefited immeasurably from the services of CI here in Atlanta in assisting (with equipment, time, expertise, physical and emotional support) our year long pro bono project of producing Art for Healing.
Phase One, the company that actually produces the very products seemingly under attack constantly by a few, continues to produce the highest quality products and deserve my respect. I gladly give that to them as they deserve it.
I cannot afford a Phase One, yet I choose to do what we are committed to doing in spite of my failure to become wealthy enough to own anything besides a handful of old cameras and a desire to express myself in the hopes of making a difference in this world. Others can certainly afford Phase One and that is the perfect way for Photography, at its highest level socially and ethically to make a difference. This forum shows magnificent work by highly skilled and talented photographers. Those using high end equipment inspire me (as others with humble gear like myself) and many others with every post to do better by learning from them. I know I can!
If not for those who can, I would have fallen away and become part of those who cannot. Phase One, the company and their clients, can! With time and hard work, maybe I will be blessed to be included in the category of those who can... but without Phase One products, and I am okay with that. I am not entitled to anything in life except the list of human rights. Last time I looked, photography gear was not on that list!
While I anxiously look for input and thoughtful recommendations from other forum members everyday, i look forward to the day, when we can all accept others and their lives without putting ourselves in stress over meaningless arguments and hard feelings over mere material possessions.
So is complaining about it.
Notably the Olympus implementation is on a very small sensor. I suspect strongly that if anyone (Fuji, Olympus, Phase, Hassy, whoever) did a medium format sensor implementation they would not be able to gain anywhere near 5+ stops. The weight of the sensor is a cubic function to it's longest side.
That just indicates that the math your using isn't a good proxy to the real world results. This is an example of a question which would require extensive effort to make a perfect theoretical model of the math to predict the results... or you can take a couple pictures and see. To construct a mathematical model, for example, you have to account for which axis the motion is occurring on. Purely vertical motion of the camera on a wide angle shot of an infinity subject (e.g. a grand canyon) is irrelevant. Even if the camera moved an inch during the exposure it wouldn't have meaningful effect. In contrast, an equivalent-energy translated into a change in yaw or pitch would be devastating to sharpness. Note my first job was writing software for vibration analysis software used in the automotive industry; I'm very far from an expert, but I have a surprising familiarity with the science vibration for a camera nerd.
I have adopted a similar approach (though I don't have a P1). My thinking is that with today's sensors, any degradation from using a higher ISO is more than offset by a reduction in camera shake. Auto ISO has changed the way I think about exposure. Unlike with film, we now have three exposure variables for every shot.
Points well taken. I only disagree strongly with what people think is the right direction for Phase One. That is a bit of a stretch for anyone outside of their corporate walls to presume to know the right direction. But I digress.
I don't blame you and I know what you mean. The Contax 645
