Hardware Tests

We received our first Phase One IQ3 100 Achromatic back on Friday.   There has been strong anticipation of this back since its release due to all the feature improvements over the previous [...]

The newly released XF Feature Update #3 Service Release 4 Combined Updater: Updates the XF Camera Body to Firmware 3.08.2 Updates IQ3 60mp & 80mp digital backs to Firmware 3.04.3 Updates [...]

Shooting tethered in a studio and replacing batteries has always been one of those little annoyances. No one wants to keep changing batteries during a day long photo shoot when you are in a [...]

Why? Given the number of lenses at the 120mm focal length for the Phase One mount (now currently at 4,) we decided to do a comprehensive test to show the differences in resolution, clarity, as [...]

Capture Integration has built a reputation on a straight forward sales approach that puts the customer first above all else. We often tell customers not to buy products that they won’t be happy [...]

USB 3.0 Extension Shootout With the release of the IQ series from Phase One and Credo from Mamiya Leaf, USB3 tethering was introduced. As Apple has moved away from native Firewire ports in favor [...]

On occasion, I get asked by clients for recommendations on shooting long exposures with a CCD-based Phase One or Leaf digital back purchased from CI. There are, of course, a number of different [...]

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 [...]

In preparation for an Alpa 12 FPS blog post I have been working on, I have spent quite a bit of time working the camera testing what it can do and getting familiar with it’s wide range of [...]

Note: The information on this page has been expanded upon in greater detail in a new post on Flash Durations vs High Speed Sync.Maximum flash sync speed is an incredibly important, yet elusive [...]