He said his biggest problem was getting the software installed and activated. He said he needed tech support and suspects that the reader will as well. I cant find a way to clip out the exact quote from my digital copy of SB.
On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 7:12 PM, Adam Maas <[email protected]> wrote: > If their biggest complaint was the software, the Reviewer was an > idiot, CaptureOne (the software package for the 645DF) is only the #2 getted> RAW conversion package on the market and is probably #1 for the sort > of customer that would be buying a MFDB solution. The software is > bulletproof and incredibly powerful but lacks the organizational > features of Lightroom (C1 is designed to be used in parallel with a > DAM solution). I used it for several years before moving to LR for the > DAM capabilities (driven more by how crappy Expression Media is than > any problem with C1, EM sucks, C1 doesn't but LR replaces both. I > still use C1 for some work though as its base conversions can be > significantly cleaner at high ISO's than LR's). If it simply wasn't > liking the software UI on the digital back, there's a reason why > PhaseOne offers 3 completely different UI paradigms (PhaseOne backs, > Leaf backs and Mamiya DM backs all have completely different UI > paradigms and work on the DF). The Leaf backs are closest to what a > DSLR shooter would expect. > > The primary market for 645's is high-end location work, a pure studio > shooter will likely have an RZ or RB system instead, with a full > selection of leaf shutter lenses (rather than 3) and bellows focusing. > The entire point of the 645DF over other 645's is daylight sync > (1/1600 flash sync when using the 3 LS lenses with a P65+ or P45+ > back, 1/800 with other backs and LS lenses). > > -Adam > > On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 6:48 PM, Steven Desjardins <[email protected]> wrote: >> Look here, if you're going to confuse the issue with the facts. . .;-) >> >> SB just said that few of these will ever leave the studio. Their >> biggest complaint, as I understood it, involved the software. >> >> On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 5:47 PM, Adam Maas <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I've used a 645DF (at a PhaseOne demo session for CaptureOne 5), it's >>> not just a studio camera and while not as slick as the 645D, it's >>> quite easy to use once you get the hang of it. Plenty of people >>> shooting in the field with it too. >>> >>> -Adam >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 9:47 PM, Steven Desjardins <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> I just read a review of the PhaseOne 645DF in Shutterbug. Aside from >>>> being considerably more expensive than the 645D, there was an obvious >>>> difference in the reviews of the 645D. The DF is a studio camera and >>>> a but hard to use. >>>> Most of the 645D reviews have a guy running outside in the rain with >>>> the D and popping off these amazing nature shots. Price aside, Pentax >>>> may have really nailed the Digital MF field camera. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 11:18 AM, DagT <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> I had the chance to try it today when I got my K-5, and I just have to >>>>> add one thing: The viewfinder was a dream! >>>>> >>>>> DagT >>>>> http://www.thrane.name >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Den 6. jan. 2011 kl. 23.20 skrev AlunFoto: >>>>> >>>>>> Fiddled with a 645D today. Some observations: >>>>>> >>>>>> 1. The aperture coupler works. One can bring any lens out of its "A" >>>>>> position, and the aperture is still reported correctly to the camera. >>>>>> >>>>>> 2. With extension tubes attached, exposure remains correct. Lens IDs >>>>>> of FA and DA lenses are not reported, though. >>>>>> >>>>>> 3. Exposure of snow scenes is more conservative (ie a little too dark) >>>>>> than what you find with eg. K-7. >>>>>> >>>>>> 4. There's no snap-in focus with manual focus lenses. This is the same >>>>>> as for 645N/645Nii. >>>>>> >>>>>> 5. You will not boost your FPS by going from "single" to "multiple" >>>>>> drive mode. :-) >>>>>> >>>>>> 6. There is a blessed absence of LiveView, video, and in-camera >>>>>> post-processing presets. >>>>>> >>>>>> oh, and what should be the zeroth point: >>>>>> It takes absolutely fabulous pictures, even of crappy motifs. :-) >>>>>> >>>>>> Jostein >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ >>>>>> http://alunfoto.blogspot.com >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>>>> follow the directions. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>>> follow the directions. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Steve Desjardins >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>> follow the directions. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> M. Adam Maas >>> http://www.mawz.ca >>> Explorations of the City Around Us. >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Steve Desjardins >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > > -- > M. 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