Phase One IQ180 - 80MP back - LL Review

[groovyone]

More Than Megapixels - IQ180

Reichmann took one of the first production models out into the field.

Originally Posted by LL

– If you're a fine art photographer, doing landscape and nature work, and print larger than 18X24", nothing short of an 8X10" view camera will produce images with the resolution of the IQ180. But as for dynamic range and colour reproduction, film will be found wanting. If your print sizes are less than about 18X24" you might not need an 80 Megapixel back, and an IQ160 or IQ140 might do the trick and save you some considerable coin.

[venchka]

Hasselblad also announced a new "budget" camera. "Only" 31mp. But. They are 16 bit megapixels.

[groovyone]

PhaseOne IQ 180 Field Review

Dubovoy's review. He shims his on an ALPA.

Originally Posted by Dubovoy

3. STUNNING dynamic range. Note that I have capitalized the word "STUNNING". It is so good, that we basically could not find a subject that would make this back clip in outdoor daylight. From the brightest sunlit highlights to the deepest shadows inside canyons, the IQ 180 had full detail (and no visible noise) everywhere. I do not believe I have ever experienced a capture device that comes close to the dynamic range of this back. I would suggest to the reader to not just look at the Dynamic Range specification. There is much more to Dynamic Range than just a number. Seeing actual images capturing essentially noise-free deep shadows all the way to the brightest highlights in extremely contrasty scenes is truly remarkable. The ISO 35 setting is the best in this regard.

4.Outstanding color accuracy. Although I have not had the time to make a large number of tests, based on dozens of shots taken outdoors, as well as some shots of the famous Gretag MacBeth Color Checker, my PRELIMINARY conclusion is that the color accuracy of the IQ 180 might be the best I have ever tested.

[groovyone]

Phase One & Leaf Texas Open House Events

Anyone going? Test the IQ backs in Houston TOMORROW.

[rfortson]

So you're foresaking the 645D for the Phase 1? Just buy one already!

[groovyone]

Originally Posted by rfortson

So you're foresaking the 645D for the Phase 1? Just buy one already!

Pentax is 1/4 the price of the IQ180 back alone. I am working on the 645D now. I figured out how to get almost 1/2 relatively easily by selling other camera gear.

[rfortson]

Originally Posted by groovyone

Pentax is 1/4 the price of the IQ180 back alone. I am working on the 645D now. I figured out how to get almost 1/2 relatively easily by selling other camera gear.

Now you're talking! Let me know when you get it and you can join our local Pentaxian gathering in June (heck, you can come anyway). You'd be the star of the show if you had a 645D to show off. (You may be the star of the show anyway, for all I know.)

[venchka]

The ISO 35 setting is the best in this regard.

Kodak used to do this, and lower. When they quit the 35mm camera business, slow ISO disappeared. We want SLOW ISO and we want it NOW!

Originally Posted by groovyone

PhaseOne IQ 180 Field Review

Dubovoy's review. He shims his on an ALPA.

Originally Posted by rfortson

Now you're talking! Let me know when you get it and you can join our local Pentaxian gathering in June (heck, you can come anyway). You'd be the star of the show if you had a 645D to show off. (You may be the star of the show anyway, for all I know.)

I have a Pentax. When? Where?

[rfortson]

Originally Posted by venchka

I have a Pentax. When? Where?

Alright Wayne! I'll send you a note. I'm thinking of putting something together in mid-late June, one Sunday afternoon in the Clear Lake area. Make sure you bring a bunch of your old Pentax lenses so we can try them out.

[venchka]

Grinning. My "bunch" = 3. They are all big. For the 6x7.

Y'all are welcome to try out the Beast.

[venchka]

Originally Posted by venchka

Grinning. My "bunch" = 3. They are all big. For the 6x7.

Y'all are welcome to try out the Beast.

+ 2 K mount lenes for little Pentax cameras. I'll bring them to Houston.