Fairer Worker PHASE ONE XF

The first new ‘clean sheet’ medium format SLR camera system since Hasselblad’s H1 back in 2002, Phase One’s XF symbolises a revival in digital medium format photography.

REPORT BY PAUL BURROWS

IT’S HARD TO DETERMINE WHEN digital medium format photography turned the corner towards a future that hasn’t looked so bright since the heady days of when it was the only digital capture game in town. It almost certainly has something to do with the arrival of the ultra-high resolution 35mm-style D-SLRs. Nikon’s original D800 – especially in the D800E variant – looked more threatening than anything that had come before with 36 megapixels looking like the ‘sweet spot’ for a sensor of this size. But the move to even higher resolutions has really only served to confirm that there’s no substitute for big pixels… at least not when it comes to optimising dynamic range. As we’ve noted previously, not all 50 MP sensors are created equal. Phase One can’t really…

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