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P - Series Reference Manual

Operating the camera from the host computer

The supplied release cable must be connected be-
tween the multiple pin connector on the P back and
the mini-jack connector placed at the bottom of the
handgrip on the CONTAX camera house.

Bulb capture is not supported on Contax

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Page 1: ...CE MANUAL Phase One A S Roskildevej 39 DK 2000 Frederiksberg Denmark Tel 45 36 46 01 11 Fax 45 36 46 02 22 Phase One Inc 200 Broadhollow Road Suite 312 Melville NY 11747 0983 USA Tel 1 631 547 8900 Fa...

Page 2: ...fications are subject to change without notice Phase One takes no responsibility for any loss or damage sustained while using their products This manual is written and edited by Espen Beck 2005 Phase...

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Page 4: ...his is what it takes to get started real quick 19 5 CF Card Usage 20 Secure Storage System 3S 21 Always format your Memory card in the P back 21 Please note 22 General handling guidelines 22 Using car...

Page 5: ...ion 47 Storage 47 Power Source 48 Format disk 48 Disk Checking 49 Camera type 49 Power Save 49 Ready beep 50 Restore def Defaults 50 Time Date 50 About 51 10 P back Mamiya 645 AFD 52 Shutter latency s...

Page 6: ...Auto exposure 74 Double exposure protection 74 Image orientation detection 75 IR filter on the CCD 75 Mounting the viewfinder mask 76 Mounting the H 101 P back on the Hasselblad H 1 77 Use of cables...

Page 7: ...in 97 17 Maintenance 98 Cleaning the CCD 98 18 Specifications 100 Full frame solutions Magnification factor 1 1 100 Smaller than full frame solutions Mag factor 1 3 1 4 103 19 CF Card and CardReader 1...

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Page 9: ...ds The Phase One P series system gives you the abso lute best solution when it comes to image quality and workflow The Capture One raw workflow software for Mac OS X and Windows is the same as all Pha...

Page 10: ...s as a lid over the Utility compartment Lifting this lid will reveal the camera cables CF card writer and the international adaptor set for the charger In daily usage the utility compartment can be ex...

Page 11: ...nce Manual 11 CCD Clean ing Kit Camera Back Batteries and Charger Leather Binder with Software Package Calibration set etc CF cards Utility Com partment Handle for Extracting the Foam Handle for Extra...

Page 12: ...tware package and the calibration set placed as a lid on top of the Utility Compartment to the right and pull out the power supply from there The charger can adapt to voltages within a range of 110 to...

Page 13: ...inished when the LED turns off with the batteries connected After the first initial charge the batteries can be charged one at a time Disconnect the batteries again from the charger by pressing the ba...

Page 14: ...display functions the menu system controls they all have four buttons to control the settings in the back etc Certain camera specific explanations are placed in a special section later in this manual...

Page 15: ...the battery or CF card inserted When operating tethered you have the option of cap turing the images to CF card or transferring captures directly to the currently assigned capture folder in the Captur...

Page 16: ...a camera body without the digital interface is supported by connecting the special lens sync cable that comes with the P back For a guide to usage on a specific camera body digital or not please consu...

Page 17: ...Red light If the red light is on this indicates that the P back is writing to the storage media The same indicator is located just beside the CF card slot under the cover in the left side When the red...

Page 18: ...ing one image quickly after another when the P back is used on i e Mamiya 645 AFD or Hasselblad 555 ELD The electronic communication with the body ensures that the P back is ready before allowing rele...

Page 19: ...Consult the Camera specific section for special cabling requirements for your solution Insert Battery or connect IEEE1394 FireWire for power Insert CF Card or connect IEEE1394 FireWire To shoot tethe...

Page 20: ...es on loca tion or when you return from a job Compact FlashTM cards are manufactured by other suppliers and Phase One cannot guarantee that the cards are not defected Inserting and ejecting on the P b...

Page 21: ...mat your Memory card in the P back In General all CF cards or micro drives comes pre formmatted and ready to use in the P backs However to ensure the best performance from these cards it is to be cons...

Page 22: ...have to be careful not to drop them on the ground or even on a table Compact flash cards are quite hard to break physically but keep the card away from moisture and sand and don t bend it Use the supp...

Page 23: ...it out and reinserting it will confuse the system possibly resulting in uncontrolled read or write errors If this happens restarting the computer usually solves the problems Preparing the CF cards or...

Page 24: ...k utility and select the Disk not just the partition but the entire disk Select the Erase panel as shown on next page and select MS DOS File System Give the disk a name and click on Erase to erase and...

Page 25: ...d a name and click Start to format the card to be used with the P back The formatting done in the P back corresponds to selecting Quick erase in the options box To specify a complete formatting of the...

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Page 27: ...Main screen has an indicator in the top showing remaining captures and a battery indicator at the bot tom showing the remaining battery capacity When either indicator reaches zero it will start blinki...

Page 28: ...o the left is used to enter and exit the selected menus whereas the two to the right is used to go up and down in the menu system From the home position pressing the Play button will bring up the imag...

Page 29: ...SO and WB brings you directly to the ISO and White balance settings where you can scroll up and down and select the setting you want with the Enter button File format shortcut Holding down the Menu bu...

Page 30: ...me time reveals a shortcut with the word Lock in the place where WB was Pressing this button twice when holding down the Play will lock operation of the four menu buttons This is usefull to avoid unen...

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Page 32: ...hows number 22 out of 36 images Pressing the Up and Down buttons on the P back right hand side it is possible browse through the images Holding down the Enter button while pressing the up and down ico...

Page 33: ...rn about burned out areas in the image Overlay Histogram will show a transparent His togram over the image Info overlay will show de tailed capture information like capture number cap ture time date I...

Page 34: ...A small rectangle will show the current posi tion and the up and down buttons can be used to scroll up and down A small icon just beside the Play button top left hand will show the direction of scroll...

Page 35: ...y pressing En ter Up or Enter Down Delete Navigate to the delete func tion by pressing the play button When in the delete view press the Up and Down buttons to browse through images Pressing the Enter...

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Page 37: ...P Series Reference Manual 37 8 MENU FLOW CHART...

Page 38: ...Whenever you want to exit the menu mode hold down the exit button for more than two seconds and you will be back at the main screen When entering the menu mode you have three op tions Capture Setup Pl...

Page 39: ...selecting ISO 800 only can be processed to half reso lution in the Capture One application When the preferred ISO setting is set press the Enter button to confirm the choice Green check mark Or if yo...

Page 40: ...lance select Cre ateWB and choose which one you want to Create Custom1 Custom2 or Custom3 When one of the options are selected the menu will return to the main menu and the Make CustomX WB will be bli...

Page 41: ...on where you want to store the new white balance Finally Click the Set as capture white balance button inside capture One You will now hear a bib the custom white balance is now uploaded selected and...

Page 42: ...lls up ap proximately half file size of the processed TIFF file whereas the IIQ Raw S is only approximately one third of the processed TIFF Yet the IIQ Raw S is still maintaining a quality that is har...

Page 43: ...e P back is used in two shoot mode on a large format camera with i e a copal shutter or another mechanical shutter where the shutter is released one time for waking up the back and another time for sh...

Page 44: ...minutes of inactivity there may be be fore the light of the display fades This setting affects the battery life of the P back The more time before light is dimmed the faster the battery is used Auto P...

Page 45: ...P Series Reference Manual 45 Note If a button is touched during the auto preview period the preview will remain on and the time out will be disabled until next capture...

Page 46: ...de leting of images on the P back to avoid unintended loss of images Brightness In the Brighness setup you can set the brightnes of the preview LCD screen Default setiing is Bright Only the Brightness...

Page 47: ...he top right side will turn into a double arrow to indi cate that there are hidden entries at the top Storage Storage is per default set to Autodetect If a card is inserted in the P back it will autom...

Page 48: ...The P back will de tect if an IEEE 1394 FireWire connection is supplying power and automatically shut of the battery power Format disk Selecting Format disk will erase the CF card in the P back The CF...

Page 49: ...Phase One Secure Storeage system in Chapter 5 of this manual Camera type Camera type currently only have one option since as all supported camera types are autode tected Along with the increasing came...

Page 50: ...he back or the flash that made the ready beep Restore def Defaults Selecting restore defaults will restore the settings of the P back to its default settings Be careful before us ing this option as al...

Page 51: ...tech nical information about the hardware and embedded software in the camera This is especially useful if sup port is needed Before contacting your dealer or Phase One Support please make sure to ha...

Page 52: ...with telephoto lenses The functionality of the P back is well integrated with the Mamiya 645AFD camera The P back communi cates with the Mamiya camera through a fast internal electrical computer inter...

Page 53: ...ery release button and slide the battery down and out of the compartment Power button Camera back detach button CF Card slot Flash Sync port Shutter sync port CF Card eject button IEEE1394 FireWire po...

Page 54: ...era back is pressed well into the lock ing mechanism before the upper locking mechanism is pressed together Failure to do this can in some circumstances bring the Mamiya camera house in an error state...

Page 55: ...l A P back viewfinder mask for the Mamiya 645AFD is provided This mask has to be mounted beneath the original focusing screen The viewfinder mask is posi tioned in the bracket that holds the focusing...

Page 56: ...ear as a cor rectly oriented image on the LCD display and in the Capture One application Camera orientation Images can be captured in all three positions and will appear with the correct orientation o...

Page 57: ...is is usually not a problem as the Mamiya can use exposure times as long as 16 minutes Mirror Up When using the Mamiya 645 AFD the mode selector should be placed in M Manual mode and the focus type se...

Page 58: ...from Mamiya The mode selector on the trigger button should be turned to the white dot when used with the P back When the P back is placed on the body and not in use the selector should be set to the...

Page 59: ...sync connector on the P back is for use with Large format cameras where no digital inter face is available Shutter latency settings The Mamiya RZ PRO IID should be used with Short la tency Default yo...

Page 60: ...ck for Hasselblad V The Phase One P back can be mounted on a wide range of Hasselblad cameras including Hasselblad 555 ELD 553 ELX 501 CM 503 CW as well as Mamiya RZ67 Pro II and 4 x 5 view cameras vi...

Page 61: ...finder mask Remove the protection tape from the mask and mount it beneath the original focusing screen The viewfinder mask is positioned in the bracket that holds the focusing screen Please refer to t...

Page 62: ...hole camera system It is important to ensure that the bottom part of the P back camera back is pressed well into the locking mechanism before the upper lock ing mechanism is pressed together Place the...

Page 63: ...hould be slided to the left before tipping the P back in place on the body Images will be ro tated automatically on both the LCD screen and in the Capture One appli cation Do not mount while in S or R...

Page 64: ...ll connector in the front plate on either the left or right side of the P back The flash cable is then con nected to the F connector on the camera back Flash cable connects to the connector on the P b...

Page 65: ...ttings On the Hasselblad 555 ELD the P back can be used with both Long and short latency All other Hasselblad cameras requires you to set the P back in Short latency Default your P back is set to Shor...

Page 66: ...lad Avoid using A or AS mode Please note that the Phase One P back should not be mounted while the camera is set to mirror up S or RS modes Also make sure that the lens is not jammed or locked open on...

Page 67: ...ed or locked open on the B setting when connecting the flash sync cable to the Phase One P back If you are using a mechanical Hasselblad you should normally set the Shutter latency to Short latency It...

Page 68: ...One P back should not be mounted while the camera is set to mirror up Also make sure that the lens is not jammed or locked open on the B setting when connecting the flash sync cable to the Phase One P...

Page 69: ...integration with the Mamiya RZ67 Pro II camera Mamiya RZ67 Pro II D can be used with the P back Mamiya 645 AFD The camera must be set to multiple exposures when using this adaptor The multiple exposu...

Page 70: ...plate connects to the Mamiya body and the switch underneath is set to the L position locked If you are using the Mamiya RZ Pro II adaptor you should set the Shutter latency to Short latency It is pos...

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Page 72: ...tings The Hasselblad H1 with a Phase One H 101 P back encourages all kinds of pho tographic uses from portraiture and wide angle pho tography to high speed shooting to capturing fast ac tion with tele...

Page 73: ...sh method lens use trigger setting f stop value exposure time etc The Hasselblad H 1 will also display some camera back specific conditions in this display Camera back ISO setting is dis played ISO 50...

Page 74: ...speed of the H 101 P back is ISO 50 However this setting can be changed to 100 200 400 or 800 ISO please consult chapter 9 of this manual for details on setting the ISO in your camera back Double expo...

Page 75: ...cation IR filter on the CCD The IR filter is placed on top of the CCD The filter may not be removed for several reasons The focusing of the H 101 P back camera back will be damaged It is only possible...

Page 76: ...e mounted underneath the original fo cusing screen The viewfinder mask is positioned in the bracket that holds the focusing screen To get to the viewfinder mask press the small black button placed in...

Page 77: ...the Hasselblad cam era house the mirror is up and the shutter is open This is the correct position when no film cassette is attached When attaching the H 101 P back to the camera house the shutter wi...

Page 78: ...Flash sync cable must be connected to the Hasselblad H1 camera house The flash sync cable must NOT be con nected to the cam era back when used on a Hasselblad H 1 The flash sync con nector on the Came...

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Page 80: ...ourages all kinds of photographic uses from portraiture and wide angle photography to high speed shooting to capture fast action with telephoto lenses The functionality of the P back is well integrate...

Page 81: ...uring with auto exposure modes expo sure times between 1 4000 sec and 32 sec can be obtained Please note that images captured with ex posure times longer than 60 sec can be degraded because of increas...

Page 82: ...functionality in the camera when necessary Image orientation detection The CCD in P back is positioned in landscape orienta tion Whenever an image is captured in portrait posi tion by rotating the ca...

Page 83: ...placed on top of the CCD The filter may not be removed for several reasons The focusing of the P back will be damaged It is only possible to remount the filter without dust in between the filter and...

Page 84: ...e P back viewfinder mask is provided This viewfinder mask has to be mounted underneath the CONTAX focusing screen Refer to the CONTAX 645 Instruction Manual Replacing Focusing Screen before the focusi...

Page 85: ...a system When attaching the P back to the camera house it is important to ensure that the bottom part of the P back is pressed well into the locking mechanism before the upper locking mechanism is pre...

Page 86: ...uired between the P back and the CONTAX 645 Flash sync cable must be connected to the CONTAX 645 camera house The flash sync cable must NOT be con nected to the P back This connecter is only to be use...

Page 87: ...from the host computer The supplied release cable must be connected be tween the multiple pin connector on the P back and the mini jack connector placed at the bottom of the handgrip on the CONTAX cam...

Page 88: ...s light different than film and this cannot be communicated to the Contax Using TTL flash with the CONTAX 645 camera and the P back will result in a 2 f stop overexposure When using TTL flash the expo...

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Page 90: ...ter To ensure optimal image quality Phase One strongly rec ommends shutters that can be fired twice within four seconds The first release of the shutter activates the CCD the second release takes the...

Page 91: ...that the P back will respond fast on triggering on the cost of battery time This setting can be used with the Kapture Group Two shoot adaptor If using the P back as a manual two shooter where the fir...

Page 92: ...to light coming from a very sharp angle e g wide angle or ex treme degrees of tilting you may experience lens cast What does it look like Depending on the light conditions and photographic setup lens...

Page 93: ...ate on fixed lenses Mac no zoom tilt or swing 1 Hold the calibration plate in front of the fixed lens as close as possible and capture In order to ensure correct exposure you may have to open up a few...

Page 94: ...side calibration file by clicking the Save LCC 3 Name the calibration file i e CarsRight 4 Save the left side calibration file the same way 5 Select the right side image and apply the right side cali...

Page 95: ...Reference Manual 95 PLEASE NOTE As soon as grey calibration is done and the calibration files are saved and appear in the Lens CC drop down box the calibration files can be deleted from the thumbnail...

Page 96: ...ool is located under the white balance tab 3 Give the cali bration file a name that corresponds to the lens in use or the set up e g 45mmDaylight 4 Select the calibration file 45mmDaylight from the Le...

Page 97: ...the right side calibration file the same way 5 Select the right side image and apply the right side calibration file Select the left side image and apply the left side calibration file 6 A simple way...

Page 98: ...k is not attached to a cam era the camera back must be protected with the pro tection plate However over time dust may accumu late on the IR filter This will degrade the image quality if not removed P...

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Page 100: ...output 48 bits 16 per color 48 bits 16 per color Anti blooming 8 f stops 8 f stops Digital image Color depth 16 bit per color 16 bit per color Dynamic range 12 f stop 12 f stop Single exposure 5440 x...

Page 101: ...V DC 8 33 V DC Data format Phase One IIQ Raw patent pending TIFF RGB TIFF CMYK JPEG Phase One IIQ Raw patent pending TIFF RGB TIFF CMYK JPEG Color management RGB Embedded ICC profile CMYK RGB Embedded...

Page 102: ...r Arca Swiss Cambo Rollei Xact Linhof M 679 Toyo Sinar Horseman Plaubel Arca Swiss Cambo Rollei Xact Linhof M 679 Toyo Sinar Horseman Plaubel Computer requirements Mac minimum G4 500 MB RAM FireWire I...

Page 103: ...color Dynamic range 12 f stop 12 f stop 12 f stop Single exposure 4080 x 4080 pixels 4904 x 3678 pixels 6496 x 4872 24 bit RGB 48 MB 24 bit RGB 52 MB 24 bit RGB 93 MB 48 bit RGB 96 MB 48 bit RGB 104...

Page 104: ...RGB Embedded ICC profile CMYK RGB Embedded ICC profile CMYK LCD screen Size 2 2 2 2 Colors 262 144 18 bit 262 144 18 bit 262 144 18 bit Information ISO Filesize Number of captures battery level Previe...

Page 105: ...Cambo Rol lei Xact Linhof M 679 Toyo Sinar Horseman Plaubel Computer re quirements Mac minimum G4 500 MB RAM FireWire Interface Mac OSX G4 1 GB RAM FireWire Interface Mac OSX G4 1 GB RAM FireWire Inte...

Page 106: ...is constantly following the progress in de velopment of faster CF cards and readers We currently ship our products with CF card and card readers from Sandisk Value added puchase only This is a decisio...

Page 107: ...isk com or call 866 SANDISK 866 726 3475 Between Monday Friday 7 00 A M 4 00 P M Pacific SanDisk Warranty SanDisk s Warranty are available online at http www sandisk com retail warranty asp SanDisk pr...

Page 108: ...the company LC Technology They offer full featured trial versions of their rescuing software and on top of that provides a special rescu ing service where you can send in a damaged card if it proves t...

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