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• #Phase one lightphase contax 645 series#

So – because we are friends, are my reviews of Phase One products biased? That’s for you to decide. And for the record, Kevin and I became friends afterI bought my first Phase One back, not before.

I am offered no freebies, and wouldn’t accept any even if they were. All were purchased at retail from the Canadian distributor Vistek. Over the years I have owned a P25, P45 and currently a P45+. I own and use a Phase One back on my Hasselblad system. Kevin is a friend of mine and frequent shooting companion. The production cameras are apparently much faster responding and smoother). ( I am told that pre-production cameras that were circulated during May and early June did not have final firmware, and any testing of them done should therefore be discounted. The camera I used was the first off the assembly line with final production firmware, and was provided for testing by Kevin Raber, Phase One’s Marketing VP for North America. In mid-June I had an opportunity to spend a week working with the new Phase One 645 camera and a P45+ back on a shoot in Newfoundland. ( My report on the camera’s announcement is found here). Availability of some AF lenses appears to be a concern though.Įarlier this year Phase One announced that they were going to be bringing out their own camera to be based on their new association with Mamiya, and in May first samples became available to dealers worldwide. The Hy6 came on the market earlier this year from both Sinar and Leaf. Hasselblad’s decision, which I denounced then and still do ( in part because I personally own a Hasselblad system consisting of two H bodies and five lenses) has probably not had the positive effects that the company had hoped it would, and in all likelihood, as reported by many Hasselblad dealers, has apparently had the opposite effect.

Much has been written on this site about each of these topics during the past almost two years. Leaf and Sinar announced their adoption of the new Hy6 cameraplatform, and Phase One announced that they were forming a strategic alliance with Mamiya.

#Phase one lightphase contax 645 series#

Hasselblad announced that their H3 series cameras would no longer allow digital backs from other manufacturers to be used. In September 2006, at Photokina in Cologne, Germany, a number of important announcements were made in the medium format industry that are still reverberating.