New Leaf Credo camera back series for the Mamiya 645DF to ship in June

From ENG



Mamiya Leaf Introduces the Leaf Credo Medium Format Digital Camera
Back Platform

New Hardware Design with Blazing Performance Speed

TEL AVIV, April 23, 2012 – Mamiya Leaf, a leading provider of medium
format camera equipment, today introduced a newly designed medium
format digital camera back platform -- the Leaf Credo. Available in
three different models, the Leaf Credo 80, Credo 60, and Credo 40
digital camera backs feature high-quality resolutions of 80, 60 and 40
megapixels respectively.

Key platform features include:

A large, high resolution (1.15 megapixel), touch screen with excellent
rendition of 16 million colors for quick and easy verification of
focus and tonal accuracy;

Fast, new dual-core microprocessor enables powerful performance for
the fastest available image viewing, focusing and editing;

A new, intuitive graphical user interface (GUI) offers easy navigation
and extends the touch screen beyond the LCD area - letting you
navigate and click outside the image area;

New FireWire 800 and USB 3 implementation delivers fastest image
transfer speeds.

Planned from the ground-up for comfortable, effective shooting both
indoors and out, Leaf Credo delivers high-resolution Live View
functionality for precise focusing when shooting un-tethered. It also
offers a wide viewing angle and a built-in bi-directional spirit
level.

The flagship of the Leaf Credo platform is a full-frame 80 MP CCD
sensor with a dynamic range of 12.5 f-stops. New to Mamiya Leaf is a
full frame 60 MP CCD sensor with 3:4 aspect ratio providing unmatched
detail, richness of color, low noise and beautiful tonality. Also
available is the 40 MP CCD sensor which offers the fastest capture
speed in the Leaf Credo platform at 1.2 frames per second.

Leaf Credo digital backs work seamlessly with the Mamiya 645DF camera
- which offers shutter speeds up to 1/4000 of a second and sync speeds
of up to 1/1600 of a second with Schneider-Kreuznach designed Leaf
shutter lenses.

The Mamiya Leaf open platform philosophy enables compatibility with
other medium format camera bodies, such as the Hasselblad V and H and
Contax (see www.mamiyaleaf.com for full compatibility list).

Leaf Credo digital backs are optimized for shooting with Capture One
software, which comprises a comprehensive workflow to capture,
organize, edit, share and print images.

"Leaf Credo delivers the best price/performance ratio in the
large sensor digital back market," said Ziv Argov, marketing
director, Mamiya Leaf. "Its impressive combination of high
resolution image quality, ease of use, and the latest touch screen LCD
technologies makes the Leaf Credo digital back platform appealing for
all photographers regardless of their styles."

Pricing for the Leaf Credo 40 starts at € 14,995/$19,495. The Leaf
Credo 60 is listed at €24,995/$32,495 and the Leaf Credo 80 for €
29,995/$38,995. Shipping is planned for June, 2012.

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On 6/05/2012 9:30 a.m., RichA wrote:
On May 4, 9:04 pm,
(MummyChunk) wrote:
From ENG

Mamiya Leaf Introduces the Leaf Credo Medium Format Digital Camera
Back Platform

New Hardware Design with Blazing Performance Speed

TEL AVIV, April 23, 2012 – Mamiya Leaf, a leading provider of medium
format camera equipment, today introduced a newly designed medium
format digital camera back platform -- the Leaf Credo. Available in
three different models, the Leaf Credo 80, Credo 60, and Credo 40
digital camera backs feature high-quality resolutions of 80, 60 and 40
megapixels respectively.

Key platform features include:

A large, high resolution (1.15 megapixel), touch screen with excellent
rendition of 16 million colors for quick and easy verification of
focus and tonal accuracy;


What does that even mean? Humans can distinguish maybe 400,000
shades.
About 10 million is a commonly cited figure.