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November 30, 2010 | Top Articles

Intro to C1 Express	Intro to C1 PRO	Pref and Customize	User Interface
Working in Sessions	Importing Images	dSLR Movie Import	Rating
Focus Mask	The Library Tab	Naming	Variants
Clipboard	Search and Filter	Full Screen	Loupe
Workspace	Movie Viewing	Auto Adjust	Local Adjustments
Keystone Correction	Black and White	Exposure & HDR	RGB Leves & Curves
Clarity	Lens Correction	Vignette	Adjust the Color Tone
Basic Color Editor	Advanced Color Editor	Composition	Optimizing Sharpness
Moire	Spot Removal	Styles	Web Galleries
Express Workflow	Workflow C1 Pro

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Phase One Winter Specials

November 24, 2010 | Promotion

Upgrade to a P40+ for $9,899

Great value for both Plus and Non-Plus P25/P30 backs. A Capture Integration exclusive.

When trading in a P25, P25+, P30, or P30+
An $8,091 trade-in value for your used back!

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Upgrade to a P45+ for $10,899

Great value for both Plus and Non-Plus P25/P30 backs. A Capture Integration exclusive.

When trading in a P25, P25+, P30, or P30+
An $9,091 trade-in value for your used back!

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The Ultimate P65+ Kit

• Phase One P65+
• Phase One DF Body
• ANY currently shipping Phase One / Schneider Lenses
• V-Grip Air
• Capture One 5
• Warranty and Dealer Support
• All for just $36,990!

Eligible Lenses

• $3,490 value00 Schneider 55mm f/2.8 D LS
• $2,490 value00 Schneider 80mm f/2.8 D LS
• $3,990 value00 Schneider 110mm f/2.8 D LS
• $4,490 value00 Phase One 28mm f/4.5 D
• $3,990 value00 Phase One 45mm Tilt-Shift
• $1,990 value00Phase One 45mm f/2.8 D
• $1,290 value00Phase One 80mm f/2.8 D
• $2,290 value00Phase One MF 120mm Macro f/4 D
• $3,090 value00Phase One 150mm f/2.8 D
• $3,890 value00Phase One 75-150mm Sekor f/4.5 D

Example Kit

As an example you could buy a Phase One P65+ with a Phase One DF body and get the Schneider 110mm LS lens and V-Grip Air for free.

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Aptus II 12 available in H mount

November 24, 2010 | News

Leaf has announced that the highest resolution back in the world, the Aptus-II 12, will be available in a Hasselblad H mount starting in late March 2011. This will bring the first and only 80 megapixel digital back to the H platform. The list price will be $31,990.

More information about the Leaf Aptus II 12

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Phase One Winter Specials

November 22, 2010 | Promotion

Upgrade to a P40+ for $9,899

Great value for both Plus and Non-Plus P25/P30 backs. A Capture Integration exclusive.

When trading in a P25, P25+, P30, or P30+
An $8,091 trade-in value for your used back!

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Upgrade to a P45+ for $10,899

Great value for both Plus and Non-Plus P25/P30 backs. A Capture Integration exclusive.

When trading in a P25, P25+, P30, or P30+
An $9,091 trade-in value for your used back!

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The Ultimate P65+ Kit

• Phase One P65+
• Phase One DF Body
• ANY currently shipping Phase One / Schneider Lenses
• V-Grip Air
• Capture One 5
• Warranty and Dealer Support
• All for just $36,990!

Eligible Lenses

• $3,490 value00 Schneider 55mm f/2.8 D LS
• $2,490 value00 Schneider 80mm f/2.8 D LS
• $3,990 value00 Schneider 110mm f/2.8 D LS
• $4,490 value00 Phase One 28mm f/4.5 D
• $3,990 value00 Phase One 45mm Tilt-Shift
• $1,990 value00Phase One 45mm f/2.8 D
• $1,290 value00Phase One 80mm f/2.8 D
• $2,290 value00Phase One MF 120mm Macro f/4 D
• $3,090 value00Phase One 150mm f/2.8 D
• $3,890 value00Phase One 75-150mm Sekor f/4.5 D

Example Kit

As an example you could buy a Phase One P65+ with a Phase One DF body and get the Schneider 110mm LS lens and V-Grip Air for free.

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An Impressive Stable of Technology

November 17, 2010 | News

Every year when attending PhotoPlus Expo in New York, in addition to walking the show floor, a lot of time is spent meeting with our partners from the manufacturing side. A wide range of topics are covered. This year’s meetings included Leaf, Schneider, DHW (formerly Rollei, formerly F&H), and Mamiya, among others. These four particular meetings were interesting in terms of where medium format is going (and where it has been). It was enlightening to get a sense of the symbiotic relationships of these companies and of their technologies.

One of the more fascinating meetings was with Ulrich Eilsberger of Schneider Optics. An 18 year veteran of the company, Uli kept us spellbound with tales of production processes involved with Schneider optics, painting a picture of how different things were in the 80′s and 90′s and how they are today. And how excruciatingly difficult it is to produce and bring a quality optical product to market. I came away with even more appreciation for the difficulty of producing excellent lenses, both from a purely design and manufacturing perspective as well as a financial one. The typical Schneider optic takes nearly 30 months to produce from design to end product. Imagine projecting out products 2.5 years in advance in an era of rapidly changing industry dynamics and technologies. Quite illuminating when one considers how they arrive at the price of a product.

Additionally we met with Bernd Francke of DHW, the re-organized company borne from Rollei/F&H. DHW is a dramatically (and necessarily) smaller company than F&H, with about 30 employees now. According to Bernd, production on most previous products is engaged. The big question remains what of the Hy6/AFi camera? Recently Leaf announced an 80MP AFi-II 12 will be available Q1/2011 for use on an AFi camera, while stressing they were not involved in any way regarding the future of the camera platform itself. From Leaf’s perspective, they are simply continuing to offer an upgrade path for Hy6/AFi users. Any Hy6/AFi camera, regardless of how it is branded, can be used with the Leaf AFi digital backs, though the camera may require a firmware change. Does the Hy6/AFi still have a future? Time will tell.

In the meantime, technological co-development continues to move forward with Schneider, Mamiya, Leaf, Phase One, and this is a long term, formalized arrangement. That is very positive. From the the standpoint of the Leaf/Phase One relationship, there has been speculation that Leaf technology would be folded into Phase One products and one brand would survive. But this is without merit. Phase One sees sustained value in the Leaf brand, and Leaf customers are very loyal.

Phase One CEO Henrik Hakonson, on Leaf:

http://www.innovafoto.com/index.php/noticias/entrevista_henrik_o_h_konson_/

Google English Translation:

http://tinyurl.com/2e62fj3

While Leaf is now a division of Phase One, the management and development teams for Leaf are still in place, and Leaf continues to operate very much the way it did before, and differently in numerous respects than Phase One, in terms of technology, distribution, and marketing. While they remain quite separate and independent from a business standpoint in the manner in which they operate, form a technological standpoint, their is a great deal of sharing and cooperation going on, with Leaf engineers frequently in Copenhagen, and Phase One engineers frequently in Tel Aviv. This is also good, IMO.

So…the question remains…are the Schneider Leaf Shutter lenses for the Phase One system just re-badged Mamiya lenses? In a word no. And what we found from Uli is that the development of optics is not so simple as “well, whose glass is it”? It is a much more complex process from the standpoint of measurement and design, materials, and execution of the process of producing a final product. Suffice to say, Schneider’s involvement in the making of the Schneider Leaf Shutter Lenses is absolutely essential and as such, the lenses deserve to be labelled Schneider.

And so, we now look at Phase One and what has changed in the past 18 months. And in that time, they have invested a majority stake into Mamiya Corporation, acquired Leaf and Expressions Media, (a stand alone, robust, DAM software program), and have forged a long term developmental relationship with Schneider Optics (and kept their balance sheet in the black). All during a terrible economic period. This is impressive and bodes well for future development and investment into Phase One products.

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MAC Group @PDN PhotoPlus

November 2, 2010 | News

We have had a long term partnership with Mamiya America Corporation (MAC Group) for many years. Today they distribute products from Benro, Induro, Creative Light, Mamiya, Pocket Wizard, ProFoto, Sekonic, Tenba, Toyo, and X-Rite. MAC Group was the US-based distributor for Leaf products for many years and gradually began combining Leaf and Mamiya camera bundles, culminating in the DL series of products several years ago.

With Phase One’s investment into Mamiya Corporation and acquisition of Leaf in 2009, much had to be worked out globally in terms of marketing, branding, and distribution. While most of those arrangements have been settled, there still remains some confusion over who is who, what product is what product, etc.

At this year’s Photoplus Expo, we met with our long time partners MAC Group, with Phase One, and with Leaf, as well as Schneider, who has also emerged as a strong relational partner with Phase One, Leaf, and Mamiya.

First – it’s important to note that the Schneider relationship is a formalized,  long term one. Schneider and Mamiya have had a relationship for some time, and according to Ulrich Eilsberger, Schneider Photo Product Manager, Schneider has tremendous respect for Mamiya products and capabilities. The Phase One investment into Mamiya then, along with the Leaf acquisition, has rounded this into a very impressive partnership of integrating technologies and solutions.

This brings us back to MAC Group, who sell Mamiya digital bundles like the DM Series of digital cameras, Leaf-based digital backs bundled with Mamiya AFD III and DF Cameras and Mamiya and Schneider lenses. Recently, MAC Group launched Digital RZ-based bundles like the RZ-33 and the RZ-22, essentially Mamiya-branded Leaf Aptus-II 7 and 5 series with Mamiya RZ-ProII D cameras.

During our meeting, I raised questions over identity and long term solution providership and support. These digital backs are Leaf backs with Mamiya branding and packaging. But the cameras are Mamiya. After a lot of discussion, our perspective is that we are as comfortable selling a Mamiya-branded solution as we are a Leaf-branded solution, as well as a Phase One-branded solution, for that matter.

Because the source of the partnership and investment is Phase One, and it is a long term arrangement, and considering Mamiya America Corporation’s standing and that they are as excellent a distributor as we have ever worked with – indeed they have done an amazing job with the Mamiya product in the USA that goes way, way back – Capture Integration is endorsing Mamiya digital solutions 100%.

We love the Leaf product, and we love where Mamiya is going with their camera technology, so whether a Leaf technology-based system, paired with a Mamiya camera comes through Phase One/Leaf USA or Mamiya America Group, we are bullish on either situation.

Further assurance comes from the fact that MAC Group has always provided the best support we have ever experienced from a distributor, and that continues today.

So – our takeaway from our meeting with MAC Group at PhotoPlus this year is this:

*The Mamiya/Schneider/Leaf/Phase One partnership is a stable and long term partnership.

*With Phase One as a significant investor in Mamiya Inc, a sale for Mamiya is ultimately a sale for Phase One, and so Phase One fully values and supports MAC Group.

*With these elements in place, MAC Group, being an excellent company in terms of sales and support, has Capture Integration’s full endorsement, and that goes especially for Mamiya digital products.

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