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Phase One H 5
User Guide
Edition February 2002
Phase One A/S Phase One U.S.
Roskildevej 39 24 Woodbine Ave
DK-2000 Frederiksberg Northport, New York
Denmark 11768 USA
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Preface Table of Contents Notice Content The name Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Computer Inc. The names Bowens, Balcar, Broncolor, Comet, Dynalite, Elinchrom, Hensel, 1 Macintosh Getting Started 1.1 Lumidyne, LPA Design, Metz, MultiBlitz, Norman, Hedler, Speedotron, Hardware Set-up 1.2 White Lightning, Profoto, Hasselblad, Horseman, Fuji, Linhoff, Mamiya, Photographic Equipment Set-up 1.3 Sinar, Toyo, Microsoft Windows and Adobe Photoshop area all Other Photo Equipment 1.7 registered tradem
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Table of Contents Table of Contents 12 Software Setup 12.1 5 Tools 5.1 Taking Photographs 12.1 Cropping 5.1 Selecting Landscape or Portrait Orientation 12.1 Eyedropper 5.2 Organizing Images 12.1 Zoom Tool 5.3 Naming Sessions 12.2 Grid Tool 5.3 Exposure Warning 5.3 13 Editing and Selecting Images 13.1 Tonal Range/Gradation Curves/Film Curve 5.4 Capture Collection 13.1 Unsharp Mask 5.7 Preview Window 13.1 Color Management 5.8 Function Window/Function Tabs 13.2 Camera Settings 5.9 Editing 13.2 Capt
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Table of Contents Table of Contents 15 Camera Info 15.1 16 Additional Features 16.1 Eyedropper 16.1 17 Trouble Shooting 17.1 18 Strobe Equipment 18.1 Strobe Equipment Compatibility 18.1 19 Photographic Compatibility 19.1 iiiii
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Macintosh Getting Started 1 Macintosh Getting Started The Phase One H 5 has been designed for ease of installation and use. There are just a few easy steps to follow, from unpacking the Phase One H 5 to developing the first shot. - Connect hardware, install software - Launch the Capture One application - Determine the exposure and shoot - Select images to develop from Capture Collection - Gray Balance - Crop desired image - Adjust Gradation Curve/Tonal Range - Set any desired Color Management
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Macintosh Getting Started Macintosh Getting Started Hardware Set-up Photographic Equipment Set-up The Phase One H 5 connects to the computer via an IEEE 1394 connec- In addition to setting up the computer, the camera must be prepared for tion. This new, extremely fast connection does not have many of the limi- working with the Phase One H 5. tations of the SCSI technology used in previous digital cameras. Many of This involves a few simple steps: the problems related to SCSI such as setting ID
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Macintosh Getting Started Macintosh Getting Started 6) If flash is used, connect the Flash Sync Cable (not included) from the strobes to the Lens Flash Sync to connector on the right side of Mounting Plate Flash Sync the camera back, marked “F”. 7) Finally, connect one end of the included IEEE 1394 cable to any one of the empty ports on the newly installed card, IEEE1394 cable or the built-in port. Connect the to computer other end to the back of the Phase One H 5. These cables can only be
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Macintosh Getting Started Macintosh Getting Started LED Indicators Lights Other Photographic Equipment On the back of the Phase One H 5 are two sets of LED indicator lights. While the Phase One H 5 has been made as compatible as possible with A red and green light on the left and a red and green light on the right. photographic equipment, there are a few issues to be aware of: The left and right pairs are identical and should always display the same thing. These lights indicate the camera back
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Install the Software 2 Install the Software After the computer is restarted, the software that will control the IEEE 1394 card must be installed, as well as the software for the Phase One H 5. We have included one easy-to-use installer that will place all of the necessary software on the computer. Follow these steps to install the software. 1) Place the included CD-ROM into the CD drive. 2) Double-click the item marked “Install Capture One”. 3) Read the software license, and, if in agreement,
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Install the Software Install the Software 5) Follow the on-screen prompts. When the installation is completed, Using the Phase One H 5 restart the computer. Phase One has made using the Phase One H 5 as close to using film as digital photography can be. The first step to using the Phase One H 5 Installed Items is to start the application. Double-click the folder called “Capture One The installer creates a folder on your hard disk called “Capture One.” Application” on the hard drive and then do
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Software Set-up 3 Software Set-up At this point it may be a good idea to set up Photoshop and the system for Color Management. A brief guide to Color Management and Profiles is provided in the Tools and Preferences sections of this manual. Taking Photographs The camera back is designed for ease of use and high performance. First time digital photographers, as well as experienced digital photographers, can immediately begin taking images of excellent quality. The Phase One H 5 can capture on
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Software Set-up Software Set-up Files can be moved from the Capture Collection to the Trash, by Preview Generation dragging and dropping them with the mouse. Preview generation is time consuming for the computer. Viewing previews after a session allows the computer to work faster. Enter the Camera Menu and select Generate Previews to uncheck it (hide the check mark). To enable preview generation select Generate Previews again and the check mark becomes visible. To generate the missing previ
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Editing and Selecting Images 4 Editing and Selecting Images Editing After taking photographs, the next step in the process is to choose which images to keep and develop. Select “Capture Collection” from the “Window” menu at the top of the screen. (“Command-2”). The Capture Collection is similar to a contact sheet. It displays thumbnail images of all of the photos taken with the Phase One H 5. Deleting To delete an image, simply click on the thumbnail to select it. A blue box will appear aro
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Editing and Selecting Images Editing and Selecting Images A deleted image is moved to the “Trash” folder of the Capture Collection. The Preview Window in detail If an image is mistakenly deleted it can be restored to it’s original location The Preview Window is divided into several sections to help evaluate by clicking on the Trash can icon marked with a red “X”. and control the development of images. The file name of the current preview is shown at the top of the Preview Window for easy refer
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Editing and Selecting Images Editing and Selecting Images Develop Specification Color Info This section of the Capture One application is used to control the final One of the most important displays of the Preview Window is the output size of the image to be developed. A full image, with no “Color Info” window. This panel shows the individual Red, Green and cropping will read approximately 26x17 cm (10x7 inches) at 300 pixels Blue channel information. With film photography the evaluation of fin
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Editing and Selecting Images Editing and Selecting Images Simply follow these steps: Apply to Image When selected, the chosen gray balance will be applied to the current 1) Open the image to be image and all subsequent images, until a new gray balance is set. corrected in the Preview Window. Current Capture This only changes the gray balance of the current capture. All subsequent 2) Choose “Gray Balance” captures retain the gray balance set under Apply to Image. from the Camera menu. All Selec
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Editing and Selecting Images Editing and Selecting Images Finally there are three options designed to help in the gray balancing Then adjust the brightness, contrast and color. Finally the image is process. developed by clicking on the Develop button. Restore On average it should take between 40 seconds and 1.5 minutes to All adjustments to the gray balance are cancelled and previously defined develop an image. Development speed is entirely dependent on speed values are used. of the computer.
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Editing and Selecting Images Editing and Selecting Images It is possible to open developed files in Photoshop, or another application, automatically. Open Preferences/Develop File/Attributes to set this option. The dialogue box provides you with the following options: Export Previews File Format The export preview function allows generation of low resolution previews Choose the file format you prefer to work with - TIFF, JPEG, BMP, PICT of the captured images. These previews can be sent to t
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Editing and Selecting Images Editing and Selecting Images Image Size In the Image Size field allows image resizing in percentages or pixels. 50% is the default size/resolution of a preview. The 'Apply Sharpening' box enables/disables the sharpening settings from the Capture One Software or from third party applications. The 'Use image crop' box is checked if you only wish to export the image crop. Apply Color Management The color management settings in Export previews are independent of the ap
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Tools 5 Tools Many of the tools in the Phase One application act in much the same way as the tools of popular image editing applications such as Adobe Photoshop. Many of these tools actually come from the traditional world; the cropping tool is the first example of this, mimicking the cropping “L’s” used by artists and photographers. Cropping Select the Crop tool (by clicking once on the tool button) from the upper right side of the Preview Window. Move the on-screen pointer to the image to be
