Phase One is Finally Selling the XC Camera Without the $46K Back
Phase One will finally make its medium format travel camera, the XC, available as body-only for those who might already own an IQ4 digital back.
The Phase One XC is a $62,490 Fixed-Lens, Medium Format Travel Camera
Phase One has announced the XC Camera, a new travel-friendly all-in-one medium-format system that is the company's most compact digitally integrated camera ever.
8×10 Film vs 150MP Digital: Can 150 Megapixels Compete?
Over 8 years ago, we over at On Landscape performed a mammoth “Big Camera Comparison.” We compared medium format and large format film against various digital cameras including the then cutting edge Phase One IQ280, an 80MP CCD sensor which we used on a Linhof Techno, an Alpa, and a Cambo technical camera (we also tested a D800 and a 5D Mark II).
Photography Newbies Try Using the $52,000 150MP Phase One XF IQ4
What happens when you put a $52,000, 150MP medium format monster of a camera into the hands of complete newbies? The folks at Gear Patrol wanted to find out. So they got some of the non-photographers on their staff to come in and try out the Phase One XF IQ4 before telling them just how expensive the camera really is.