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Phase One Has Released Capture One 4

The Capture LE version has been released and rebranded as Capture One 4. This lite version has only basic features. It does not support tethered capture, nor does it utilize sessions, or color editor. Anyone who has any valid Capture One license can unlock Capture One 4.

Capture One PRO 4 and Capture One DB 4 will be released at a later date.

Phase One have 3 different versions of their software. The following list might help in understanding the different versions of Capture One:

1. Capture One PRO: The professional version with all the features. Works with Phase One backs and a wide range of DSLRs.
2. Capture One DB: Has the same features as the Pro version. However, it works only with Phase One camera backs. This software is free of charge, can be installed on as many computers as you like, and has a life time of free upgrades.
3. Capture One LE: The Lite version of Capture One rebranded as Capture One 4.

Download the Capture One 4 Release Notes to view a complete list of supported camera RAW files.

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Photographer Diane Arbus' Archive Given to NY's Met

By REUTERS
Published: December 18, 2007

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The entire archive of New York photographer Diane Arbus -- known for her images of dwarfs, nudists and carnival performers -- has found a home at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The estate of Arbus, who committed suicide in 1971, is giving her archives to the museum, which will turn it into a resource for scholars and the public, the Met said on Tuesday.

The museum has also purchased 20 of Arbus' photos from the Fraenkel Gallery in San Francisco for an undisclosed price.

Her archive includes negatives and contact prints of 7,500 rolls of film, along with hundreds of her early photos, personal papers, correspondence, her photo library and other books, photos by other artists and glassine print sleeves she personally annotated.

"It is rare in any field that one of its greatest practitioners should leave behind her entire output," Jeff Rosenheim, the museum's photo curator, said in a statement.

The Met said the archive was similar to that of photographer Walker Evans, which has been at the Met since 1994. "The Metropolitan will now have the opportunity to map the creativity of two great artists in the most complete way," Rosenheim said.

The Arbus photos bought by the Met include "Russian midget friends in a living room on 100th Street, N.Y.C." (1963) and "Woman with a veil on Fifth Avenue, N.Y.C." (1968).

A traveling exhibition of Arbus' work was presented at the Met in 2005. Nicole Kidman starred as Arbus in the 2006 movie "Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus," which centers on a relationship between Arbus and a fictional character.

(Reporting by Lewis Krauskopf, editing by Michelle Nichols and Todd Eastham)

Posted by at 6:38 AM | Permalink

The ALPA 12 METRIC, which is based on the ALPA 12 WA (the non-shift ALPA), is a specialized camera for photogrammetric use. The lens as well as the back are fixed by screws to prevent even the slightest displacement under heavy vibration (in the order of 1/20th - 1/50th of one pixel). This camera is not intended for general use but e.g., for hand held aerial photography or for short range photogrammetry (aerospace industry, car/body manufacturing, shipbuilding industry, etc.) where utmost precision and stability are needed. ALPA plan to produce this camera to the exact specifications of the client on special order only.

The first ALPA 12 METRIC has already been delivered to the University of Bern, Switzerland a few days ago. The first results, comments, and comparisons to other photogrammetric cameras are extremely promising. The tests which will go on next week through the beginning of 2008, will be summarized as soon as possible, and opened up to interested specialists during the first half of next year.

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Experts and connoisseurs alike agree that the uncompromising precision and design of the ALPA cameras are best suited to the demands of the newest generation digital backs. Currently, ALPA have four camera models (TC, WA, SWA, XY). Each model is optimized for a specific task and all are designed and manufactured to meet and exceed the same extremely high demands of digital backs. Simply stated, ALPA cameras are as well-made as possible. Now ALPA are about to add another camera body to its arsenal.

ALPA will soon introduce their new camera, the ALPA 12 MAX.

The ALPA 12 MAX:

a) This new model will be fully integrated into the ALPA 12 family of cameras. All models (TC, WA, SWA, MAX, XY) platform/system will use exactly the same lenses, back adapters, viewfinder, universal-shoe-adapters, etc.).

b) The weight of the ALPA 12 MAX body is around 1200 g. It is designed to fill the "gap" between the larger/heavier ALPA 12 XY (which will remain for 100% tripod use; XY body alone: ca. 2600 g) and the smaller/lighter ALPA 12 SWA (SWA body alone: ca. 620g with the new walnut handgrips).

c) It offers simultaneous vertical and horizontal shift movements: 25mm upwards, 18mm downwards (total: 43mm), 18mm left, 18mm right (total: 36mm).

d) It is designed to offer shifting with no movement of the lens. Only the back moves within the lens' image circle. This is the basis for any high-end stitching.

f) Like the ALPA 12 XY, for top stability, precision and robustness the MAX's two shifting sleds never go beyond the closed camera body's frame and are guided on roller bearings throughout.

g) Like the ALPA 12 XY, light sealing material is used in order to avoid the danger of dust.

h) The retail price of the MAX (body alone) is probably going to be below $6000.

i) It will be usable both hand-held and on a tripod.

k) It will be ca. 20 - 22 cm high and ca. 17 - 18 cm wide.

l) It will accept the brand new ALPA-6° tilt-adapter (like any other ALPA 12 model). This new tilt-adapter will be usable with all lenses 80mm focal length and longer, in their new "short barrel" versions (80, 90, 100, 120, 150, 180, 210 and 250mm).

m) ALPA are planning (but not promising) to show the prototype of the ALPA 12 MAX for the first time at the camera show in Birmingham/UK (24/25/26/27 February 2008).

n) ALPA plan to have the first production series of the ALPA 12 MAX ready for sale by the camera show in Beijing/China (21/22/23/24 June 2008).

Posted by at 6:56 AM | Permalink

Beth Dow's "Fieldwork", platinum-palladium prints at Jen Bekman through December 8th deals with man's instrusion into the natural world. She uses rollfilm and a hand-held medium-format camera and then uses digital technology to make contact negatives for the final platinum-palladium print.

Jen Bekman
6 spring street
new york city 10012

tel: 212.219.0166

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