P30+ in Action

May 2, 2008 | Personal Blogs, Dave

One of our good customers in NYC :

Not Quite CSI, but close.

April 30, 2008 | Lance, Personal Blogs

Well I was contacted by Phillip Sanfilippo of the Miami Dade Police Department a few weeks ago requesting that I come help teach a workshop on digital photography for law enforcement I had visions of CSI:Miami. I thought I was going to be working with Horatio, Calleigh , Natalaia and their team that I have spent the past couple of years watching on TV. What could I possibly teach these guys? They had high tech everything. I quickly found out there is a big difference between TV and real life!

Well it was a little different , in a good way. The students that were from a variety of departments were normal people eager to learn about how digital photography will enhance their jobs. One of the specific things I was demonstrating was how to cope with the lose of the use of Polariod film eventually for the collection of fingerprint evidence off of objects.

The equipment I was using was a Phase One P45+ with the Mamiya 645AFDII and 120mm Macro lens on a re-purposed Polaroid MP4 copystand with new fibre optic lighting . This provided to be an excellent tool for capturing the highest quality detail from the forensic evidence. From my calculations on some objects we were able to do a 7000dpi 1:1 reproduction!

They provided me with imprint samples and various types of fingerprint evidence to use in the training. (definitely not CSI-Miami evidence)

Here is a sample of the a fingerprint captured from a spoon.

It was a great day and hopefully what I had taught these folks will assist them in solving some crimes.

I was awarded a certificate of appreciation and now have a MDPD shirt as well!

Miami Open House Event May 7,2008

April 28, 2008 | News, Lance, Personal Blogs

Please click below link for invite to our May 7 event in Miami. We will be demonstrating a full color work-flow from image acquisition , viewing and output.

Hope to see you there!

L

Our recent podcast appearance

April 23, 2008 | Lance, Personal Blogs

I don’t know how I let this one slip, but a little more than a month ago I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Scott Shepard for his weekly radio show and podcast Inside Digital Photo.

Download the podcast, or read on for more information.

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Old San Jaun PhotoWorkshop

April 22, 2008 | News, Lance, Personal Blogs

Capture Integration is excited to announce their support of the GetDPI Digital Imaging Workshops. Lance Schad of Capture Integration will be traveling along to their next workshop in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, where they will be photographing primarily street and travel photography . Continue reading Old San Jaun PhotoWorkshop…

ZINK Instant Printer

April 16, 2008 | Lance, Personal Blogs

I am a big tech/gadget head and am always coming across cool little items. I thought that this one may interest a lot of you folks that come to our site. Continue reading ZINK Instant Printer…

Grand Opening of Peter Lik Gallery

March 14, 2008 | News, Lance, Personal Blogs

Since I moved down here to sunny Miami I have spent a lot of time wandering around. At the end of last year while strolling down Lincoln Rd I noticed that a Peter Lik gallery was opening soon. I was very excited because I have read about his work and his galleries that he has around the world.

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Our First Event in Miami

February 28, 2008 | News, Personal Blogs, Dave

Update: Capture Integration’s Miami office will be holding a second event on April 24 @ 6:30pm. Click here to RSVP.

Kudos have to go out to our two newest additions to Capture Integration, Lance Schad and Doug Peterson. We proudly opened our doors to the public a few months back and had our first open house just this past Thursday. It was refreshing to be able to hang back and let very capable people take the reigns. Doug and Lance presented Capture One 4.0, Eizo monitors, and Drobo systems while Murray Elliott, Phase One Sales Manager, laid out the Phase One roadmap for the next few months. We had an excellent turnout and everything came off without a hitch. I was very impressed with a first effort and very proud to have them as a part of our team.

Stop Wasting Paper - Great New Software Product!

February 18, 2008 | Lance, Personal Blogs

How many times have you wanted to make a photo print only to waste valuable paper through the regular Mac OSX printer driver? Many times you are probably answering. Well yes there have been many RIP programs out there that have allowed you to do visual layouts and apply color management, but they have been very costly and difficult to use.

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R.I.P. Polaroid Instant Film

February 18, 2008 | News, Lance, Personal Blogs

Last week I read some upsetting news. Polaroid is closing its plants that make their instant film. They claim that they will have enough film to last through the end of the year. They are also looking for companies that would be interested in taking over production. This only leaves Fujifilm around for instant film. Here are some links to Fuji’s offerings on their site(it is hard to find things on the site):
http://www.fujifilm.com/products/instant_photo/fp100c.html
http://www.fujifilm.com/products/instant_photo/fp100b.html

Unfortunately the Fuji offerings do not manipulate like some of the Polaroid films do. Our technician Doug Peterson, who is a big fan of emulsion lifts is near tears.

More news available here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080208/ap_on_hi_te/polaroid_film_4

Lance

OSX Leopard for Photographers

February 15, 2008 | Tips & Tech Support, Personal Blogs, Doug

Capture One 3.7.8 Brings Leopard Compatibility

OSX Leopard was released in October, 2007. It has lots of new features, some of which are very useful to photographers. Capture One 3.7.8 brings full Leopard compatibility to Phase One shooters. As with any change to your workflow, it is strongly suggested that you set up a dry run; it is never a good idea to have an important job or shoot as your first test.

Here are several of the features in Leopard most likely to help photographers.

Time Machine [Automatic Incremental Backups with a Space Themed User-Interface]

There are only two kinds of data: data that is backed up, and data that hasn’t been lost yet. Time Machine is a very simple to use backup solution. It has limitations, and it is not unique, but if you don’t have a backup solution yet, or aren’t happy with the simplicity of your current solution, Time Machine may be for you.

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A short intro

February 13, 2008 | Lance, Personal Blogs

Before joining Capture Integration in late 2007, I spent just under two years as the Eastern Area Sales Manager for Phase One. This was a great experience that allowed me to get a perspective working on the manufacturers side of the industry. Prior to working at Phase One I had spent 17 years pioneering and equipping some of the best photographers in the world with medium format digital systems. It is nice to back working directly with the end-users as I feel that is my forte.

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C1 4.0 launches when I sync my iPhone

February 6, 2008 | Tips & Tech Support, Personal Blogs, Chris

Everyone that I know that has an iPhone loves it. I have found one little bug if you have Capture One 4.0 loaded on your Mac and try to sync your iPhone, it launches Capture One and iTunes at the same time. Here is a work around that Doug Peterson told me:

1. Open Spotlight

2. In the Spotlight window type “image capture”

3. Image Capture should show up under Applications

4. Open Image Capture and go to preferences

5. Under the General go to Camera

6. Choose No Application and this should solve your issue

Go gently Mr. Froehlich

February 5, 2008 | Personal Blogs, Dave

Last week we lost a hero in our industry. Henry Froehlich, age 85, passed away on January 24th. Henry was the kindest and most sincere man that I have ever met in the photographic community. Whenever I had the chance to speak with him, I would stretch it as long as I could (and Henry always obliged!) just trying to gain a fraction of his wisdom and experiences. The labels of mentor, leader, and pioneer were never more justly used in reference to anyone else. To me, he was a treasure that is irreplaceable, a light and a smile that changed your day for the better when you had the chance to say hello. Goodnight Mr. Froehlich, you will be missed greatly.

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Dream Season

February 1, 2008 | Personal Blogs, Dave

Well its already been a banner year to be a sports fan from New England. My wife and I flew to Colorado for game 4 of the World Series to see my beloved Red Sox clinch their second Championship in 4 years. Now the Pats have won 18 straight and are facing Eli and the Giants in Super Bowl XLII this Sunday. I don’t know how it will turn out but it has been is has been a dream thus far………….and the Celts are going to finish the trifecta in May!

Installing Capture One 3.7.7 in 10.5

January 17, 2008 | Tips & Tech Support, Personal Blogs, Tim

If you find yourself in need of Capture One 3.7.7 on a computer that has 10.5 OS (Leopard) on it you will have to do a manual installation.While Phase One does not officially support 10.5 as of yet, they have promised a soon-to-be-released update (named 3.7.8). In the meantime the manual installation will allow you to utilize the software. There will be a few features that either will not work at all or will only work sporadically - the installer is a prime example. It doesn’t work. Of course if you are reading this you probably already know that.

The most notable error we have found using 3.7.7 is that the import from CF card dialogue does not work. A progress bar will appear and the import will seem like it is working, but no files will actually be copied into your capture folder! This could be catastrophic if you select to “trash files after import” since the files would be deleted from the card but not copied to your hard drive. We have also heard of some difficulties with tethered Canon shooting.

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Who is Chris?

November 14, 2007 | Personal Blogs, Chris

I was born in Springfield, MA, but moved to Florida when I was only 5. Growing up in the South was quite different. The different food, dialects and of course the heat. Growing up in Florida made my holidays very different. Imagine having Christmas dinner and opening presents, then going boating in shorts.

In future blogs, I’ll show you more about who I am and what I do in my spare time. The one thing I’m really missing currently is my diving. I took up scuba diving in high school, but three years ago I took the plunge and finally got my own gear. I went full steam ahead with several buddies and racked up over 50 dives in just a couple of years. We have dove several caverns in Florida and made a great trip to Bonaire.

I’ll have more soon…