Some may wonder why we are posting this as a Cambo announcement when other dealers have posted it as a Phase One announcement. Not that it really matters much. But when the XT Camera was announced, it was an announcement from Phase One. Cambo created customized oem versions of their WRS 1600 and WRS lenspanel lenses, sold them to Phase One so that Phase One could put their X Shutter inside and market a new product. Wunderbar. Now Phase One has oem'd their X Shutter to Cambo, and Cambo themselves have announced new products.
So we view this as a Cambo announcement and state it as such. That's all. Not that it really matters much.
Below is our CI article on this announcement, with some breakdown of the complexity.
https://www.captureintegration.com/cambo-announces-phase-one-x-shutter-products/What does matter greatly - for those who can afford it - is that there is a significant expansion of available lenses that can be outfitted in X Shutter, and that many of these lenses can now incorporate tilt/swing.
The pricing is what it is. These are outsized products in terms of capability and yes, expense. But what I was truly concerned about if this came to pass was what sort of penalty in the form of a tilt/swing upgrade option this would entail from those who boldly bought into the XT system and the X lenses without tilt/swing. Fortunately, in that specific spectrum, the upgrade price for a tilt/swing fitting is not much more than what anyone updating even a standard WRS lens with a copal shutter would pay. So, at least some temperance exists.
It is a real niche , and an expensive one. You're taking the best possible capture quality with technical cameras that employ a wide range of movements and combining that with the best possible quality lenses for that pursuit, and doing so with a tremendously superior shutter mechanism to anything we've seen in the past, not to mention complete in back control of that entire lens operation, save focusing, with resulting substantially improved user experience. It's a small market at this level, and the prices tremendously reflect that.
There are lists of compatible lenses that have been published by other dealers, but those published lists we have seen are not complete and we have looked into this further. There are a few notable ommissions. Note that the Schneider 60XL (not the N version), and the 120mm ASPH lenses are indeed compatible, and it is noted on the list of lenses from our above link.
Steve Hendrix/CI
