![]() Things have moved on a lot since those days, and I’ve used many cameras of different formats since, but getting hold of the Phase One XF 100Mp, or more correctly, the Phase One XF with the IQ3 back, brought back a taste of my RB67 experience. The fact that it only produced ten 6x7cm exposures on every roll of 120 film also had a bearing on the level of attention I paid to each shot. Without a built-in meter and with manual film advance and the need to cock the shutter manually between shots, it slowed me down and made me think much more about what I was doing. One of the best things I ever did for my photography was buying a Mamiya RB67 Pro SD. The interface is also modern, using touch-screen control in addition to a relatively small collection of buttons and three dials. While it’s big and heavy, the XF 100MP has wonderful touches including a seismograph that can ensure that vibrations have died down before the shutter is fired and an Exposure Zone view that helps you capture the maximum amount of data to achieve superb looking images. The sensor inside the IQ3 back measures 53.7 x 40.4mm, approximately 2.5x the size of a full-frame or 35mm format camera. It’s a modular DSLR-design system and the lens, back and viewfinder can all be removed and swapped for alternatives. The Phase one XF 100MP is a medium format camera system that pairs a 100 million-pixel digital back (the Phase One IQ3) with a Phase One XF body. ![]()
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