A 22-megapixel Phase One P 25 has arrived at FLAAR for evaluation by Nicholas Hellmuth.

Here you can see the Phase One P 25 arriving in Ohio . The Phase One P 25 and sliding back adapter plus two Rodenstock digital lenses will be flown to Guatemala for evaluation and reviews. Guatemala is a photogenic location and ideal for testing this camera system.

We thank Global Imaging Inc for providing these cameras. Since Global Imaging handles Imacon, Hasselblad, Leaf, Sinar, Jenoptik and Phase One medium format backs, they know all the major brands. Try to find another camera dealer with this range of experience.

All together we have been using the PhaseOne P25 back for many months now. It’s a great digital camera. We have issued so many FLAAR reports on the results with this camera that we have not yet had time to show all the front covers.

FLAAR has also evaluated the PhaseOne P30 and the PhaseOne P45. Starting December 2007, the evaluations are being shifted to the new “+” series, beginning with a PhaseOne P25+.

Here is Matt picking up the Phase One box from UPS. Every Phase One back comes in a special suitcase. Inside you get the back several batteries (this one had two in the charger and one underneath), cables, and a box of cleaning materials. The final shot is inside the back of our archive facility at the university. On the shelves are over 50,000 35mm, 120, 220, 4x5, and 8x10 negatives and transparencies from thirty-five years of traditional photography before we switched to digital.

Here is Nicholas Hellmuth with some samples printed by the Durst Rho 800 Presto.

Here is the Phase One P 25 out in the fields of Ohio shooting architecture (the results will be available shortly).

Testing the Phase One P 25 shooting a subject that is completely white. This is in the botanical garden of FLAAR in Guatemala. We raise plants that were sacred for the Maya; this is an ethno-botany project. The lily is just a plant that happened to be in the garden before we started the project; the project is dedicated to providing scholars with professional quality photographs of flowers of cacao, various incense trees, and other flowers that were sacred to the ancient civilizations.

Since it will take a few years for the selected species to grow and send out flowers, in the  meantime we are practicing with flowers that are brought to us. These heliconia are courtesy of Marcel Roehrs, owner of La Selva Maya, a nursery that specializes in heliconia species. Several of these plants are indigenous to Guatemala. The heliconia is a relative of the banana (not native to Guatemala) and the bird of paradise. We prefer the Phase One over the Canon because of the better overall quality of the Phase One digital backs.

Most recently updated December 10, 2007.
First posted July 21, 2006. Updated July 24, 2006.