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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Sebastian Oakley

Phase One celebrates its 30th birthday. Who remembers those first scanning backs for medium format film cameras/

Phase One XF 100MP.

Thirty years ago, Phase One emerged as a quiet but visionary player in the world of digital imaging, and today I marvel at the journey it has taken. From humble beginnings selling StudioKit scanning backs in 1994 – that attached to medium-format cameras and recorded an image a line at a time. And then to launching the groundbreaking LightPhase one-shot back in 1998, the company set its course early on. You can see all of Phase One's product lineup from 30 years agon, all the way up to modern day in the video below:

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