Aptus 75 Digital Camera Back Wins TIPA 2006 Award

The Leaf Aptus 75 digital camera back has been awarded the prestigious ‘best digital camera back in Europe 2006’ Award. The award will be presented on the opening day of Photokina 2006 in Köln, Germany.

The Technical Image Press Association (TIPA) was founded in 1991 as an independent, non-profit Association of European photo and imaging magazines. At present, with 31 member magazines from twelve countries, TIPA is by far the largest and most influential photo and imaging press association in Europe. Once a year, all the editors and/or technical editors meet to vote for the “Best Photo and Imaging Products in Europe”.

With its 33.3 MP sensor and 7.2-micron pixel size, the LEAF Aptus 75 camera back provides rich detail and color, striking highlights and shadows, and a high dynamic range, all ensuring exceptional, state-of-the-art image quality. The spacious 6 × 7-cm touch screen allows quick and easy access to the settings needed by professional photographers both before and during the shoot.

Dov Kalinski, General Manager, Leaf, Kodak’s Graphic Communications Group (GCG) said, “We are very pleased to have won this prestigious and independent award. The award is evidence of the relentless drive on the part of Leaf to continue to provide our clients, who are top professional photographers, with a solution that achieves the quality and features they expect from Leaf.”

The Leaf Aptus 75 camera back increases productivity, giving photographers the luxury of leaving technical issues aside and concentrating on their images. It features an extended ISO range from 50 – 800. With its manageable file sizes, users can easily and smoothly process, send, and maintain their files. The large choice of storage options, including the 30 GB Digital Magazine, makes portable photography more flexible than ever before.

Leading commercial and fashion photographers worldwide benefit from the Leaf Aptus camera back’s quality, speed, and flexibility. It comes with a wide range of preshoot options that make it easy to create camera and file settings as well as to edit images during the shoot. The camera back is certified for a wide range of medium and large format cameras and is compatible with most external hard drives. It uses standard external batteries, and its uncompressed files are compatible with Adobe Photoshop.

Leaf next-generation digital camera back

New Leaf Aptus digital camera back system. This next-generation digital camera back is being introduced in two models: the Leaf Aptus 22 and the Leaf Aptus 17, with resolutions of 22 million and 17 million pixels respectively.

The Leaf Aptus was designed to accommodate the needs of professional photographers. A user-friendly and intuitive 6 x 7 cm touch screen display enables photographers to shoot up to 1000 frames without interruption.

Images are shot at an unprecedented speed of up to 1.2 seconds per frame, and can be evaluated and edited on the spot. A unique user button is customizable and enables the photographer to quickly access vital image information and perform tasks without removing his or her hands from the camera.

“Following extensive research of our users’ needs and requests, we designed the innovative Leaf Aptus family with intuitive use, robust functions, and enhanced workflow all tailored for professional photographers,” said Ilan Carmi, Leaf product marketing manager. “Initial sales and orders have been extremely promising and reflect the market’s enthusiasm for the benefits the new Leaf Aptus delivers.”

The Leaf Aptus further offers a range of storage methods for any shooting situation: a standard CompactFlash card; the fast and portable 20 GB and 30 GB Leaf Digital Magazine (holds over 1000 lossless raw files); a high-volume portable FireWire disk; and the tethered option of shooting straight to a computer.

The Leaf Aptus is delivered with the enhanced Leaf Capture 10 software, which offers a range of image-editing tools to adjust, select, and process images quickly and efficiently. The software enables photographers to simultaneously edit multiple 16-bit raw HDR files, batch process, and create and modify color profiles. The digital loupe tool, unique to the Leaf Capture 10 software, enables users to zoom into any sized preview or thumbnail for focus and detail verification.

Leaf Aptus 65 Digital Camera Back

New Leaf Aptus 65 Digital Camera Back Delivers Uncompromised Image Quality to Graphic Communications Providers

Leaf announced the launch of the Leaf Aptus 65 digital camera back, which makes the quality, speed, and flexibility of high-end digital photography available at an exceptional value.

The newest addition to the Leaf digital camera family, the Leaf Aptus 65 camera back delivers film-like quality on location or in studio. Its 28-MP sensor captures lush color, fine detail, rich highlights and deep shadows, all in a high dynamic range. With a full frame CCD containing 6,144 x 4,622 pixels customers are able to capture a pure 16 bit RAW file in only 53mb (31mb using lossless compression) in size. This becomes an 80MB file when processed to an 8 bit tiff. The Leaf Aptus 65 also features an extended ISO range from 50 – 800.

“The digital power used by the world’s top photographers is now available for the graphic communications industry with the Leaf camera back,” said Dov Kalinski, General Manager, Leaf, Kodak’s Graphic Communications Group (GCG). “The Leaf Aptus 65 camera back is so flexible and easy to use that you can focus your attention and creativity on the image, and because it’s a Leaf camera back, you’re assured the highest level of image quality and consistent, accurate color reproduction.”

The Leaf Aptus 65 camera back features convenient, accurate touch controls on a spacious 6 x 7 cm LCD touch screen and a straightforward workflow that increase productivity and free photographers to create. With a broad range of storage options, including the 30-GB Leaf digital magazine and CF cards, users have the flexibility to shoot wherever they want for as long as they want.

“Photographers around the world trust Leaf camera backs to provide unsurpassed levels of quality and consistent color capture,” continued Mr. Kalinski. “The new Leaf Aptus 65 continues this tradition of excellence.”

The Leaf Aptus digital camera back is equipped with a wide range of pre-shoot options that make it easy to create image settings and set up of file and folder names. Full browsing and file management capabilities allow users to locate and sort images easily in the studio or on location.

The Leaf Aptus 65 camera back is certified for a wide range of medium and large format cameras, it is compatible with most external hard drives, uses standard external batteries, and its uncompressed files are compatible with Adobe Photoshop.