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  • Digital scanning back
  • Sensor: 5,000 x 7,200 pixel CCD
  • 8 bit color
  • ISO settings up to 800
  • wide dynamic range, comparable to 4x5 film
  • Interface: Connects to Mac/PC via standard SCSI cable
  • Mounts to all 4x5 view cameras

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    Rating
    Reviewed by: Chris Bausch
     (Professional)

    Review Date
    December 30, 2002

    Overall Rating
     3 of 5

    Value Rating
     3 of 5

    Used product for
    2-5 years

    Visitors rate this review
    4.14 of 5,
    7 votes

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    Review 1 of 1
    , from Amityville

    Price Paid:  $25000.00 from Image Link/ Boston

    Summary:I have been using this camera for almost 5 years now.It will make a 100 mb file in 8 bit mode.It can also capture in 16 bit mode. I have found the camera excellent but slow. I need a lot of light. I shoot with Profoto Tungsten in Chimera Light Banks. I have to always shoot in the 800 asa mode or I will be waiting all day. The unit I have is the Plus unit.

    Strengths:Great sharp Images. I shoot alot of still life and it has never let me down.

    Weaknesses:When shooting you need alot of light.I have never been able to close down to f32 and I have 3 Lights on set at 1000 watts each in Light boxes. Noise is a definate problem when you push the chip in low light. the chip will also bloom highlights meaning a highlight will do really wierd things and smudge a 2 pixel length all the way across the image.They are never upgrading the software for Mac OS X and have not upgraded for about 2 years.

    Customer Service:When I bought it it was great from who I bought it from. But Phase One will always return my call. They did have a upgrade policy that I thought was great. If you buy a Back and then want to upgrade it just pay the difference.Sounds good huh? this is how it worked for me. I wanted to upgrade a back I paid 25000.00 for and 3 years later they came out with a product I wanted I called and they offered me 5000.00 for my unit., and the unit I wanted was 30,000 so I would have to pay 25,000.00 to upgrade.



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