PhaseOne
Digital Cameras
PhaseOne
has their own Web site which you might wish to visit. In the meantime,
you can reach them at: Phase One Denmark A/S, Roskildevej 39, DK-2000
Frederiksberg, Denmark. e-mail of Anders S. Anderson, sales manager
for that area, is asa@phaseone.dk
Since
FLAAR has a Dicomed (Better
Light) and as Calumet recently provided us with a newer BetterLight
Super 6000, and as we lack a PhaseOne unit, we suggest you visit
our Better Light site for more information on large format digital
photography.
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Phase
One digital cameras booth
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We
are aware of the Leaf
(Creo) high end systems but after we saw the PhaseOne and tried
out the Dicomed, we are so content with the Dicomed and the PhaseOne
that it would be unlikely that any other system could top this at
the present state of technology. But then there is always a new
tomorrow, and its changes in technology, so we will keep visitors
posted if Leaf or Creo gets back into the cutting edge technology.
Leaf started years ago in digital whereas Dicomed,
PhaseOne, Better Light, and Color
Crisp (ScanView) had the advantage of jumping straight into
the latest developments. They had no need to discard constraints
resulting from legacy hardware and software.
The
high-end digital cameras available today in 4x5 format get more
sophisticated every day. Since publishing and printing is all digital
nowadays, might as well switch to digital format now.
After
our experience with 35mm digital cameras while a Guest Professor
in digital imaging at Japan's National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka
we recommend avoiding 35mm and go straight to 4x5 format. Or, if
a smaller format is adequate, at least go to 6x6 format. But don't
get stuck with a rigid camera like a Hasselblad (or worse, their
flexible cameras for which Zeiss lenses are totally useless). Get
one of the really flexible tilt and swing cameras from a company
that knows how to make them, such as Arca-Swiss,
Linhof, or Sinar.
Avoid
L-shaped studio cameras; the L-systems cannot hold the weight of
the digital insert especially with the extra pull of the often rather
rigid digital cables. SCSI cables can really pull on the digital
insert. Perhaps Fire Wire will have a less aggressive connecting
wire.
At
the recent PMA photography trade show the BetterLight won the award
for best large format scan back; PhaseOne came in last out of the
three cameras tested. The BetterLight image was definitely better
than that of PhaseOne (which was too dark in the shadows and had
other problems with the colors).
If
you really want technical details on inkjet media, inks, and/or
inkjet printhead technology, and especially if you wish to meet
the movers and shakers in this industry, be sure to sign up for
the next conference organized by IMI. To contact them write to imi@tdstelme.net.
These seminars are outstanding; the senior review editor of FLAAR
usually attends because he can get so much fresh information for
the readers of the FLAAR Reports in PDF format and the FLAAR Information
Network of web sites.
Where
and how to store your digital images? RAID,
DVD,
or CD-R?
lots
of links to information on desktop
publishing hardware/software, www.laser-printer-reviews.org
lots
of links to information on desktop
publishing hardware/software, www.laser-printer-reviews.org
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