Leaf shutters have a number of benefits over focal plane shutters, including vibration-free capture, but the most predominant is being able to sync flash at speeds far faster than the focal plane [...]

Brad Kaye recently wrote an excellent article on the Schneider-Kreuznach 55mm Blue Ring Lens. In the spirit of taking a closer look at a particular product, I decided to write about the [...]

Now the 3rd Thanksgiving announcement in 3 years, it seems like Phase One likes to release products on American holidays. This morning Phase One has released information for their long awaited [...]

If I'm shooting commercially, I shoot the 55LS basically every time for at least a portion of my shoot.

Ahh, the good ole days of film. Life was so easy back then.

The old adage of “you are only as good as your glass” rings as true today than it ever has in the past.  We are in the age of smaller and smaller pixel widths combined with sensor resolutions [...]

Ok, before you freak out, notice there is an asterisk next to the YES. But an end user reported that they had successfully mounted a Schneider Blue Ring Lens to an Alpa 12 Camera by adding 28mm [...]

Phase One, creator of the world’s finest open-platform high-end camera systems and professional imaging software, today added two new Schneider Kreuznach lenses to its comprehensive family of [...]

New “Blue-Ring” Lenses – Continuing the Phase One dedication to cutting-edge optics Phase One continues to innovate, not only in terms of resolution, system integration and workflow [...]

When the Schneider 120mm T/S lens was introduced in early 2011, there was a lot of initial enthusiasm for this lens – especially with tabletop shooters, food photographers, product photographers, [...]