Leaf Valeo
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Best desktop computer for Photoshop Choosing a best desktop computer and CPU for photo editing – Photoshop, Capture One and Acd See. After 5 years with last computer I decide it is time to move ahead and choose new photo editing computer. As older computer with 16GB of RAM was starting to struggle with 45…
Phase One Lens Test Almost 3 years after my last medium format lens test I decided to do new one with more Phase One Mount lenses and at different test distance. Camera: Phase One DF Digital Back: Leaf Aptus 75 Tripod: Manfrotto 055XPROB Tripod Head: Manfrotto 486 MG Self Timer: 10 sec Distance: 2 meter /200mm…
Telephoto portraits with 400mm f2.8 Lens Few weeks ago I did small seminar on Wildlife Photography in London. I choose Richmond Park as location for this as it is maximum close to wild location, and still with 100% chance that we can see and do photos of wild animals. After we did all the…
Sony E Mount Lenses List of from all manufacturers with full specifications I created sortable Sony E-Mount Lenses list to help all fellow photographers who want to be able to choose right lens by focal length, aperture, minimum focal distance, filter size, size of lens and weight. If you think that any lens is…
Mamiya 645 and Phase One Lens Test I decided to do some testing of my medium format lenses /Phase One Mount/ for my own use. But I think it is much better to share it with broader audience. Test was done with following conditions: Camera: Phase One DF Digital Back: Leaf Aptus 75 Tripod: Manfrotto 055XPROB…
Phase One Phase One is a Danish company manufacturing high-end digital photography equipment and image processing software. Its main products are medium format camera systems and solutions based on it. Phase one is producing their own RAW processing and workflow software called Capture One. It is providing support for RAWs of many DSLRs and Phase One and Leaf digital backs. Currently, it is not…
Leaf Aptus and Aptus II Digital Backs Leaf Digital Backs specifications including Leaf Aptus, Leaf Aptus II, Leaf Credo, Leaf Valeo and all digital backs specifications: Camera Mounts Leaf Digital backs have specific mount fitting one of following camera systems: It is not easily possible to convert the mount of a digital back for a…
Leaf Credo Leaf Credo are Leaf latest generation of digital camera backs and are also first new backs after Phase One purchased Leaf and which are not based on previous models. Still advertised as Mamiya Leaf Credo instead to be under Phase One name. Biggest changes are that the backs doesn’t use active cooling /fan/…
Leaf Aptus II digital backs Leaf Aptus II models are similar previous Aptus models, with following differences: Live view is available when tethering with Phase One 645AF and 645DF bodies and Mamiya AFD III & DF without dongle. Live view is available via Capture One software with large format cameras for digital back starting with…
Leaf History, Leaf Credo and Leaf Aptus Mamiya Leaf is camera company which was previously a division of Scitex, then it became part of Kodak, and currently Mamiya Leaf is a subsidiary of Phase One. Leaf main business is manufacturing of high-end digital backs for medium format and large format cameras. Leaf introduced the first medium format digital camera…
