1. PDFs??? Who said anything about PDFs??? Phase should be able to actually demonstrate the supposed improvements. For starters, how about providing a bunch of raw files from a P45 and a P45+ shot side by side that effectively illustrate "Opticolor" and any other color/tonality improvements(i.e., the kind of side by side comparison you implied you had made when you offered your global assessment about the superiority of the P30 v. the H3D-31.) To its credit, look what Capture Integration is trying to do on its web page in assessing capture rates and the new LCD.
2. What can't Phase provide? The Hy6. The use of a 28mm lens with the H platform. The assurance of long-term access to a camera platform. You and others here on this forum may know that Contax is an excellent camera system that provides a viable platform for the Phase backs, but I really don't think it's a tenable, long term business model to be in the business of selling $30,000 digital backs to photographers and advising them to go buy a used camera, lenses and accessories for the back on eBay or from some guys in Hong Kong(MOST of whom are honest)?
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1. that is exactly what i mean....i have no interest in seeing a phase comparison on the web or printed in a pdf....i prefer to make make those comparisons myself....and i would encourage everybody to not rely an any companies marketing material to draw any conclusions...how are they supposed to include raw files in a newsletter?
i like what capture integration does and i am sure they will do some raw comparisons, which i think is great, but which also don't mean anything to me....
i remember a leaf sponsored comparison they offered as a pdf and on their website a couple of years ago....talk about shooting yourself in the foot....yes they compared their backs to other manufacturers backs, but in the end it is the same...i can make any raw file look good or bad, depending on how i process it....
i am not sure what my "global assessment about the superiority of the P30 v. the H3D-31" has to do with the phase newsletter or this post, but i can tell you that i compared raw files and had my own conclusion about that which i shared briefly as my own personal opinion and as always with such i recommend strongly to everybody to do the same......compare and find out what is right for you....
2.phase is a back manufacturer, does not make cameras or lenses, provides backs for all shipping cameras except for the H3 (which is hasselblads choice) and rolleis.....this should cover probably more then 90% of all MF and large format bodies every shipped.....
if you are concerned that you will be "stranded" with a phase back....you should definitely consider a H3D, which will provide happiness for decades to come.....
but i would check with last years hasselblad buyers who can't fit the 28 on their cameras, but i guess you would blame phase for that as well.....
