Leaf, Phase One 645DF & leaf shutter lenses in London 15/10

[Lawrie_Hope]

Just to let people know that Peartree are holding an exclusive Digital Open Day on the 15th October 2009 in London E2.

Join us anytime between 10am and 7pm

We'll be demonstrating the Leaf Aptus series on the new Phase one 645DF, plus the brand new leaf shutter lenses.

For more info and registration please visit: http://www.peartreephoto.com/news.php

[yaya]

A small appetiser:

[micmatthews]

I would love to hear your thoughts on using the DF and Aptus. It seems there won't be any way of looking at this stuff at PhotoPlus this year.

John
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John,

Digital Transitions will be having an open house during PhotoPlus were you can see the DF body and LS lens. We are at 35 West 35th street 2nd floor. We will be showing
it from 10:00 to 5:30 on the 22nd and 23rd.

[yaya]

Yair,

I would love to hear your thoughts on using the DF and Aptus. It seems there won't be any way of looking at this stuff at PhotoPlus this year.

John

Hi John I've had 2 days to work with the above combo and I must admit I'm growing to like it a lot. There are many small (and bigger) improvements that make this package into a very powerful tool.

One of the biggest drawbacks for some people was always the shutter lag which has now been halved making it as quick if not quicker as the H1/ H2 bodies. The release button itself has now got a much shorter throw and a real "click" making it even more responsive.

The next big thing is the ability to use the LS lenses and to operate the focal plane shutter ONLY, thus saving on the leaf shutter life and enabling speeds of up to 1/4000 sec. You can also choose to let it switch shutters automatically: The LS up to 1/800 and then the FP takes over from there.

The eye cup is a bit longer and works better with the Aptus giving some more room for bigger noses:-)

The custom functions have been simplified and include additional mirror up settings and so on (better read the manual for all these options)

The list goes on but I think the best is to try the system 1st hand.

As Michelle states above the camera will be at DT during the show. You will be advised if it shows in other places as well.

yair

[Alex MacPherson]

Did they fix the LCD in the prism?

The older model AFDs , often show the lcd inside the viewfinder as partially
cut off depending on how you hold the camera.

[Jozef Zajaz]

Hi John I've had 2 days to work with the above combo and I must admit I'm growing to like it a lot. There are many small (and bigger) improvements that make this package into a very powerful tool.

One of the biggest drawbacks for some people was always the shutter lag which has now been halved making it as quick if not quicker as the H1/ H2 bodies. The release button itself has now got a much shorter throw and a real "click" making it even more responsive.

The next big thing is the ability to use the LS lenses and to operate the focal plane shutter ONLY, thus saving on the leaf shutter life and enabling speeds of up to 1/4000 sec. You can also choose to let it switch shutters automatically: The LS up to 1/800 and then the FP takes over from there.

The eye cup is a bit longer and works better with the Aptus giving some more room for bigger noses:-)

The custom functions have been simplified and include additional mirror up settings and so on (better read the manual for all these options)

The list goes on but I think the best is to try the system 1st hand.

As Michelle states above the camera will be at DT during the show. You will be advised if it shows in other places as well.

yair

What about the autofokus?