Phase One Electronic Shutter - Full details and Q&A

[BernardLanguillier]

This is a feature of the IQ3 100mp only. No other backs.

Thanks, that has just sealed my non P1 future.

Cheers,
Bernard

[eronald]

For once Phase is clearly going in the right direction.

Alpa are going to be very very happy.

Canon and Samyang etc are going to sell a lot of shift lenses.

Edmund

[narikin]

Alpa are going to be very very happy.

Canon and Samyang etc are going to sell a lot of shift lenses.

Edmund

Yes, I hope Alpa release a firmware update soon for the FPS with an option to put it in ES mode, FP shutter locked open (possible right now, of course) and the shutter button or cable release triggering the ES, rather than stabbing at the back screen as you must here.

Of course all tech camera owners will be very happy with this new feature. Plus it can only improve with time.

A good thing about this on FPS is the ability to use the FP shutter when freezing action is required, but ES when not. Very cool.

[dchew]

Actually, if the exact time of capture is not critical, you might find stabbing the button to be the best method. The other day I was doing the Alpa shim dance with my back and lenses. That exercise reminded me how careful I have to be with the cable release. With the sk 150 mounted, any very slight tug while triggering affects sharpness. Easy to manage inside, but not so when balancing on a rock or shivering outside.

Stabbing the back with a 2 sec delay eliminates that, or stabbing the iPhone through CP.

Dave

Yes, I hope Alpa release a firmware update soon for the FPS with an option to put it in ES mode, FP shutter locked open (possible right now, of course) and the shutter button or cable release triggering the ES, rather than stabbing at the back screen as you must here.

Of course all tech camera owners will be very happy with this new feature. Plus it can only improve with time.

A good thing about this on FPS is the ability to use the FP shutter when freezing action is required, but ES when not. Very cool.

[narikin]

Interesting that the 'Electronic Shutter' thread has 23 replies (#24 now!) in the first 24hrs, whereas the 'XF Feature Upgrade' has just 5.

Clearly this is an outstanding feature/development, and one that has a lot of people interested.

[Doug Peterson]

Interesting that the 'Electronic Shutter' thread has 23 replies (#24 now!) in the first 24hrs, whereas the 'XF Feature Upgrade' has just 5.

Clearly this is an outstanding feature/development, and one that has a lot of people interested.

Probably indicative of both how valued this feature is, and also that a forum dominated by landscape photographers won't be as excited by new features for flash photography .

[Doug Peterson]

For once Phase is clearly going in the right direction.

Woah. When Edmund is saying this you know it's gotta be good!

[eronald]

Woah. When Edmund is saying this you know it's gotta be good!

Yes, I'm given to understatement

BTW, what cold continuous lights are you selling to cultural institutions?

Edmund

[Wayne Fox]

just finished a quick shoot with my rm3di, and between the cmos LiveView, the new ES, and the wifi and capture pilot on my iPhone 7s, it’s a new world out there.

composing and focusing easy, no cables, no fuss, no muss.  Only thing that got me is after firing the first shot, the back ask me to put a lens cap on or close the shutter for a black reference frame.  I was worried it would do this for every shot, but only did it for the first one.

[Doug Peterson]

BTW, what cold continuous lights are you selling to cultural institutions?

Our own. Made in the USA. Highest CRI, CRI-14, and CQS value of any light that I'm aware of. We then include the profiles for these lights for each Phase One back and the test targets needed to validate that you're rocking high-precision color. In addition to my usual bias I may be a bit extra enthusiastic about these... they were part of my first product as a Product Manager: the DT Atom.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1473&v=jokn_O-nvek

[issa]

That is not currently possible. That's a great idea though! I will pass that feedback on for you.   

Hi Dough

Here what I think will be useful for technical camera users with tilt option, as a request to Phase developers
The ability during live view to either have the DB or IPAd split screen along the middle horizontally if doing tilt, and the ability to zoom 100% on distant and near ground items.
This will the user to focus, tilt and focus without zooming in and out and moving up or down

Any suggestions