2009 May :: Capture Integration – Medium Format Digital Back Sales & Rental and Other Professional Photographic Equipment

5D Mark II owners should ensure that their firmware is 1.0.7 [Menu > Utilities (yellow) > Firmware Ver.]. You download the firmware update as a single file and place that file on a CF card which you then insert into the 5D Mark II to actually update the firmware. Be very careful to note that you should only do firmware updates on a full battery and you should not rush through the process; botched firmware updates can make your camera non-functional.

From Canon

Firmware Update Version 1.0.7 improves and mitigates the following two types of image quality phenomena that occur under certain shooting conditions.

- “Black dot” phenomenon (the right side of point light sources become black)
- Vertical banding noise in sRAW1 and sRAW2

Download the firmware update.

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Optimizing a Computer for Capture One

May 20, 2009 | Tech

There are many types of upgrades available for Mac laptops and desktop, and each effects computer performance in different ways. Capture Integration is a leading expert at customizing computers for photographic applications, especially for tethered and untethered use of Capture One. This article is meant to to help identify what upgrades will have what effect on the speed of Capture One.

Capture Integration a Professional Value Added Reseller and offers both standard and highly customized Apple laptops and desktops. Call 877-217-9870 to discuss your needs.

Read the Full Article

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Highly Customized MacBookPro

May 20, 2009 | Tech

Capture Integration was recently asked to research the fastest possible MacBookPro for on-location Capture One work.

With some dramatic customizations we were able to come up with a system that would be blazing fast, even compared to the fastest system available from Apple.com.

We remove the DVD Drive from the MacBookPro (we give you an external DVD burner which runs off of USB power to replace it) and put in two of the fastest laptop hard drives in the world and RAID them together for 3.3 times the speed of the standard Apple hard drive. For backing up during the shoot we provide an external 7200 rpm hard drive with both USB and firewire interface. We package it together with a HyperMac battery which will run the hard drive and computer for up to 27 hours. At your request we will install, configure, and optimize Capture One.

Modifications for Photography

2.93 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
DUAL High Performance SSD Hard Drives in RAID 0
Slim External USB powered DVD Burner
Matte Screen (“antiglare”) with Screen Shade
8gb of ram
320gb 7200 rpm external FW+USB HD for backup
HyperMac Battery for up to 27 hours of battery life
3-year AppleCare

Capture Integration’s Price is less than Apple.com

Our customized systems have no direct equivalent from Apple. However, our system is less expensive than Apple.com’s closest equivalent. Because component prices are always changing and every system is customized to the clients need please contact us for a custom quote.

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Why Buy From Capture Integration

Expertise: We are a Value Added Professional Photography Apple Reseller
Price: In most cases we are able to beat the price from Apple.com
Tax: If you live outside Florida/Georgia you will not pay sales tax
Support: We stand behind our sales and offer top-notch support
Customization: We take pride in eking out every ounce of performance

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Capture One 5 vs. Capture One Pro 5

May 18, 2009 | Tech

Capture One is sold in a pro and non-pro version.

Capture One Pro has everything that Capture One has as well as:

Tethering - Shoot directly into the computer for large, fast, and stylized previews and easy on-set organization
Live Preview - while shooting a digital back tethered you can use a live video feed for focus/composition
Focus Mask - a editing tool unique to Capture One, this mask identifies areas of focus with a mask for quick editing
Lens Correction - to sharpen soft corners, remove lens-falloff, remove lens distortion, correct lens cast, and add/remove vignetting
Clarity – gives the similar to a high-radius unsharp mask
Moire Reduction – for easy removal of moire patterns (e.g. fabric)
Color Editor - for customizing the ICC profile of your camera (e.g. for skin tones)
Styles – A quick way of collecting your image adjustments into looks for quick creative image editing
Individual RGB Levels - adjust each channels’ levels independently
Individual RGB Curves - adjust each channels’ curves independently
Skin Tone Enhancer – Increase the consistency and pleasantness of skin tone, during or after a shoot
Dust Remover – Remove sensor dust from a single frame, or all the frames of a shoot quickly and easily
Watermark Tool – Add your copyright or logo to images without the need for another program
Skin Tone Tool – for matching colors in changing lighting conditions
Overlay Tool – for previewing the raw image in an ad layout or page design
Process Recipes - to memorize a particular output type (e.g. 16 bit TIFF in adobe 98
Sessions – a project based way to organize your raw and processed files
Second Monitor Support – Allows you to use the second monitor for additional viewing flexibility
Menu Customization - allows you to change the location of any tool as well as float individual tools
Workspace Save/Load – allows you to save the customized location of your tools

You can purchase Capture One Pro, or upgrade from a previous or non-pro version of Capture One through Capture Integration, which will get you a 10% discount. It’s fast, easy, and entirely online. A link to do so will be added here shortly – until then call 877-217-9870.

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5D II Batteries/Grips IN STOCK

May 14, 2009 | News, Tech Features

The batteries and vertical battery grips for the Canon 5D Mark II have been in short supply. But Capture Integration has both in stock today. Call 877-217-9870 to place your order.

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10.5.7 released. USB camera bug fixed.

May 12, 2009 | Tech, Tech Features

When Apple released 10.5.6 it contained a major bug which made tethering with USB cameras (e.g. Canon 1Ds III, Canon 5D II) unstable in any capture program. In Capture One this manifested itself as an application-freeze after about 110 raw frames, rendering 10.5.6 useless for those tethering USB cameras.. This bug *appears* to be fixed with 10.5.7. Our Head of Technical Services, Doug Peterson, has just fired off 500 shots on a Canon 5D mark II and is still going.

We will do complete testing, and post a side-by-side speed comparison soon which will include the incredibly fast P40+ digital back as soon as time allows.