Phase One IQ Durability Video

[lance_schad]

I just came across this video that Phase One has just released that shows the IQ series going through a series of extreme tests at a testing lab, including high g forces, and extreme temperatures.

Not as entertaining as when Dr. Claus froze the P+ in a container of dry ice, or baked it next to a cake, but it does show that the Phase One IQ series is up to the task to be used in extreme environments.

Here is the link:

Phase One Extreme Video

Enjoy.

Lance

[John_Black]

I would love to see a Leica M9 go through the same process!  While the back held up, I would like to see how the camera body and lens did.  Could the system still focus accurately afterwards.  Are the lens' elements still aligned correctly and within spec?  A working back isn't worth much if the camera and/or lens are kaput.

[BernardLanguillier]

Since low temp is probably the only relevant test... what is the battery life at -30C? 

Cheers,
Bernard

[Wayne Fox]

The old Pentax 67 had an "external" battery device so the battery could be kept in ones pocket or other warm spot, and a wire routed it to the camera.  Wondering if that might be possible for digital shooters.  I've used the IQ back in "cold" and one battery still was enough to get through a typical morning or evening landscape shoot, but cold to me is would be about -10C C (about +15F) .. any colder than that and my body doesn't work  too well anymore ...

some impressive extremes in the test (certainly beyond what a human body can handle), but I just want to see the revised version of the elephant test with an IQ back

[Doug Peterson]

External battery case for Phase One and Mamiya 645 Bodies (AFD1/2/3 Phase AF/DF): http://www.captureintegration.com/store/bodies/

[Brian Hirschfeld]

The old Pentax 67 had an "external" battery device so the battery could be kept in ones pocket or other warm spot, and a wire routed it to the camera.  Wondering if that might be possible for digital shooters.  I've used the IQ back in "cold" and one battery still was enough to get through a typical morning or evening landscape shoot, but cold to me is would be about -10C C (about +15F) .. any colder than that and my body doesn't work  too well anymore ...

some impressive extremes in the test (certainly beyond what a human body can handle), but I just want to see the revised version of the elephant test with an IQ back

by far one of my favorite camera related videos of all time, watching my old Hass back get squashed, if thats not passive aggressive, I don't know what is Phase is King....for now....

[Wayne Fox]

External battery case for Phase One and Mamiya 645 Bodies (AFD1/2/3 Phase AF/DF): http://www.captureintegration.com/store/bodies/

well, it's the battery in the back, not the pack in the camera which runs out much faster when it's cold.

[ErikKaffehr]

Hi,

Dirty sensor?

BR
Erik

some impressive extremes in the test (certainly beyond what a human body can handle), but I just want to see the revised version of the elephant test with an IQ back