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3.1 Tethered or untethered operations
Untethered:
P65+ back can be operated as a fully portable unit pow-
ered by the embedded battery and shooting to a compact flash card
or microdrive which is inserted in the CF-card slot on the left side of
the camera back. The advantages of using it as a fully portable device
are obvious, but operating tethered has advantages too.
Tethered:
When operating in a studio, connected to a computer via
FireWire you are not dependent on battery power or storage media.
The FireWire specification specifies 4.5 meter cable lengths as
maximum, longer cables might require a third party power solution or
FireWire hub. P 65+ matches FireWire 400 standard, if your cable or
computer should only accept FireWire 800 standard, use the adaptor
that are included in the kit.
When operating tethered you have the option of capturing the images
to the CF-card using the Fire-Wire cable merely to provide power to the
back.
When unplugging the P+ back from the FireWire or by closing Capture
One, the P 65+ back will look forCF-card or microdrive
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, and using the
battery for power. Autodetect prioritizes FireWire/Capture One firstly
and CF/external storage secondly.
Also when capturing tethered to laptop with 4 pin mini 1394/FireWire
without power it will require a battery in the P 65+ back. Using the four
menu buttons you can setup the preferences for all these operational
features.
I.e. the display time of the images, time before backlight is dimmed,
ISO, file format and white balance.
For more information on capturing tethered with the Phase One Capture
One application please consult the online user guide available in the
Capture One Help menu.
