I’m a huge fan of Capture One software for processing RAW files. For sure, Aperture and Lightroom may have more ‘bling’ and Capture One doesn’t have image archiving without buying the additional Media Pro, but I love the files it produces, having used it since 2003 when I moved to digital with Canon DSLR’s.
This year, I plan to try out the Phase One camera system. I miss my Mamiya 645 film system and as the latest DSLR’s are going for higher and higher frame rates, that’s not what I need in my work. On location, I rarely need more than 5 frames per second, even when shooting aeiail photography or car to car, plus this post by David Hobby voiced what I had been privately thinking myself this past few months.
Take a look at this video showing photographer Eric Schmid shooting wakeboarding action, managing just fine with a Phase One 645 system.
There’s only one part of this video that makes me cringe. Helicopter pilots and aerial photographers may want to look away at around the 1:02 mark. A Robinson R22 at low altitude, low speed, over water is not my idea of fun at all. For that shot, I’d be a damn sight more confortable with a turbine for the extra reliability and power under the pilots left hand….
A Phase One camera system in an aerial photography environment should produce some stunning results, even without the latest IQ180 back, so I look forward to seeing what this might bring clients looking for very large files for advertising and display.
