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Wednesday, February 02, 2011

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Two 80 Megapixel Cameras

Chris Meyer | 02/02

Luminous Landscape puts the Leaf Aptus II-12 and Phase One IQ180 through their paces.

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I really appreciated the move up from our old 6 MP (megapixel) Canon 10D to a 21 MP Canon 5D mkII: Not only could I print larger images with respectable resolution, I could also pull finer detail out of an image, or zoom in on and crop down to a relatively small portion of the frame. But of course, this is tiddlywinks compared to really high-end digital camera backs, where 80 MP is defining the new high end. The well-respected Michael Reichmann of Luminous Landscape notes “if you step up from a 24MP or smaller DSLR you’ll be stepping into the bizzaro universe, where resolving tiny flecks of mascara on a model’s eyelashes from 20 feet away becomes commonplace, and being able to clearly see telephone wires at a distance of 2 miles always amazes.”

Michael had a chance to play with two new 80MP models - the Leaf Aptus 212 (approx. $32,000) and Phase One IQ180 ($43,990) - both of which sport full-frame 645 sensors (60 x 45 mm) compared to the 5D mkII’s 35mm full-frame sensor (36 x 24 mm) in addition to their insanely high resolution. I highly recommend you read his Phase One IQ180 and Leaf Aptus II-12 reviews, as well as watch his interview with Leaf’s Product Manager Yair Shahar and Phase’s U.S. Vice President Kevin Raber (at the same time, sitting on the same couch).

No, I’m not saying you have to go out and buy today. But it’s always good to be aware of what’s possible.

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Mamiya Leaf Introduces the Leaf Credo Medium Format Digital Camera Back Platform

Dan Carr | 04/22

80MP, 60MP and 40MP CCD Medium Format backs

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Mamiya Leaf have today announced the Leaf Credo range of digital camera back designed to work with the 645DF. There are 80MP, 60MP and 40MP variations of the new CCD back. The Credo backs feature…

Capture One - contender for Aperture and Lightroom?

Steve Hullfish | 11/18

Darkroom on your desktop

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Capture One has been the professional photographer’s well-kept secret for a number of years. I am not a professional photographer and learned about it from a friend who is. We were discussing…

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The Object

Chris Meyer | 10/05- 08:29 AM

One of most recent works was the cause of serious soul-searching over the nature of my art.

Ever have one of those pieces that you put in a drawer for a couple of years, pulling it out periodically only to shove it back in because your head wasn’t in the right space yet to deal with it? That’s the underlying story behind this piece, The Object. In this case, it wasn’t just the image I was having trouble with - it was also the text I decided to attach to the image to give it a story. But sometimes, you just have to challenge yourself.

In this article, I want to share both the technical details of how this piece came together, as well as my internal conversation over the nature of abstract art and how it relates to photography.

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Seeking to Understand

Chris Meyer | 08/20- 08:06 PM

My process for creating a mixed media piece about knowledge systems.

It’s been awhile since I walked through the creation of one of art pieces that started life as a photograph, so I thought I’d pick one of my favorites: Seeking to Understand. Although it was created a couple of years ago just after I moved to New Mexcio, the process is similar to that of many of my current works.

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