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Phase One New Zealand Workshop
Phase One’s PODAS series is offering a workshop in New Zealand this year. These are intense affairs with each minute packed with photography, travel,...
Hasselblad Sold
Hasselblad has been sold to an investment group. The infusion of cash may allow Hasselblad to compete effectively against Phase One, the big kid on the block. Cnet...
Phase One to Offer 80 Megapixel Back
On Monday Phase One announced the release of three new backs, the IQ140, IQ160, and IQ180, featuring 40, 60, and 80 megapixels respectively. Although 80 megapixels...
Mark Dubovoy’s Medium Format Assessment
I highly recommend Mark Dubovoy’s characteristically insightful assessment of the best medium format systems found on a recent post on Luminous Landscape....
Leica S2 Firmware Upgrade
After spending time with the Leica S2, I concluded it was by far the best handling medium format camera system, blessed with astonishing glass and resolution that...
Cartier-Bresson at MOMA SF
Although his method was far from the world of medium format, Cartier-Bresson fused art and editorial in a way that should astonish anyone. Check out the exhibit...
Antarctica and the Leica S2
Sometimes, it’s what doesn’t happen that matters. Our group crossed the Drake Passage twice, taking two days each way. A storm had passed by before...
First Review of Pentax 645D 39 Megapixel Camera
Nick Devlin wrote an initial review on Luminous Landscape of the Pentax 645D 39 megapixel medium format camera- ( http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/pentax_645d___a_first_review.shtml...
New 22 Megapixel Mamiya Camera
Mamiya released their latest camera, the RZ22, a 22 megapixel version of their digital re-imagining of the classic RZ 6×7 medium format camera, the RZ33. ...
Luminous Landscape Publishes You Can’t Do That With Medium Format
Michael Reichmann posted my piece on the using digital medium format gear for subjects usually seen as the province of 35mm such as wildlife and street photography....
Major Trade-in Offer from Phase One
Phase One is offering amazing trade ins for the latest gear, up to 90 per cent for customers who want to upgrade a back within 6 months. The press release follows: COPENHAGEN,...
Alpa Shims for Greater Resolution
Hearing Mark Dubovoy talk about extracting maximum resolution at the PODAS Iceland workshop was revelatory. He starts with the best glass and a state-of-the-art...
Leaf Jumps to 80 Megapixels
Leaf, a subsidiary of Phase One, released an 80 megapixel back, the Aptus II 12, which yields a 480 megapixel 16 bit TIFF file. It boasts a touch screen interface....
Elephant proof Phase One Back
While in Iceland with the Phase One Digital Artist’s Series workshop, I saw this video of an African Elephant standing on a Phase One and a Hasselblad back....
Iceland Review, Part One
When were weren’t learning about camera theory, Capture One, or how to garner maximum resolution with real world equipment, the Iceland PODAS (Phase One Digital...
Last Day in Iceland
The Phase One Digital Artists Series Iceland Adventure concluded last night with a grand dinner at Eyrarbakki at the Red House. We reviewed our week on the island,...
Explore Burma and Cambodia This February
After more than 20 visits to SE Asia, Burma and Cambodia continue to attract me the most. I look forward to returning on this Joseph Van Os Photosafaris trip,...
Leica’s S2 Medium Format Camera
I had the pleasure of shooting with Leica’s S2 medium format camera. What a delight. It feels only slightly larger than my Canon 1DS Mk 2 but delivers images...
Capture One/Expression Media Begin to Merge
Phase One recently acquired Microsoft Expression Media, an enhanced build of iView Media Pro, a photo database competing with the likes of Lightroom and Aperture....
Mamiya Announces Digital RZ Medium Format Camera
Mamiya has unveiled a digital version of their classic RZ camera. Although the camera’s sensor is smaller than the film versions 6x7cm, the camera accepts...
Phase One Purchases Expression Media from Microsoft
Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000105 EndHTML:0000002785 StartFragment:0000002289 EndFragment:0000002749 Phase One has purchased Expression Media 2 from Microsoft. Expression...
Medium Format Mt. Rainier Aerials
todd Burleson, the President of Alpine Ascents, called from out of the blue asking if I would like to fly around Mt. Rainier in his light plane to photograph with...
Digital Medium Format Photo Tour to Iceland
We’re pleased to partner with Iceland-based Focus on Nature for a DMF tour of this amazing island. We will photograph glaciers, icebergs, waterfalls, hills...
Wide angle lens for Leica S2
Leica has released the 35mm f/2.5 ASPH lens for the S2 medium format system. This is the first wide angle available for the new Leica S2 system, and it makes it...
Kumbh Mela
The Kumbh Mela is the largest religious festival in the world. As many as 60 million Hindus make the pilgrimage to one of four cities to bathe in the Ganges. The...
Book Projects
Since I left Art Wolfe Inc. in September of 2009, I’ve been preparing to start Digital Medium Format and to use the equipment to elevate the quality of my work...
Easy Sensor Cleaning
If you shoot a digital camera with interchangeable lenses, sooner rather than later you’ll notice motes on your images—the effect of dust on your sensor....
Phase One Digital Medium Format Workshops
Phase One added me to their roster of PODAS (Phase One Digital Artists Series) instructors. http://www.phaseone.com/en/PODAS/Info/Intro.aspx These workshops are...
Madagascar Madness
Whenever I’m told I can’t do something, I instantly bristle. Sometimes it makes sense, and I let it go. If someone tells me I can’t survive jumping...
A New Digital Medium Format Camera from Pentax
For a while it looked like Hasselblad and Phase One, which absorbed Leaf and Mamiya as it developed its own world class backs, would have the medium format world...
Equator: Singapore
I’ve always thought of Singapore as a refuge from the dirt, noise, chaos, and political instability found in the region. Admittedly, they sometimes go too far....
Resolution Part 3: Vibration
Since vibration degrades resolution, select gear and adopt practices that limit its impact on your images. Cameras require a stable platform. At a high enough shutter...
Resolution: Part 2 – Anti-alias filters
Anti-aliasing filters are also known as optical low pass or blur filters. Camera designers employ anti-aliasing filters to suppress the rainbow moiré patterns generated...
Thaipusam
Thaipusam is an annual Hindu festival where many of the celebrants carry large wire floats over their heads supported by metal hooks piercing the skin. Some of...
Resolution: Part 1
We all want the highest resolution images possible, files that display grainless perfection, that blow up to incredible sizes without degradation, that take our...