P45 Horseman SWD

By Nick Rains
I was recently fortunate enough to get my hands on aPhase One P45back coupled to aHorseman SWDcamera body which was fitted with aSchneider 24mm Digitarlens. Those who know my work will know that I am primarily a landscape photographer who specializes in big prints. My preferred format has always been 6x12 film and using Veliva100 allows me to do prints up to 1.5m wide that are generally considered fairly impressive.

I am always on the lookout for new ways to shoot, and new equipment to allow me to produce higher quality images. I looked at the P25 back a while ago, and whilst using it it stitching mode on a FlexAdapter gave me the file size I was looking for, the fiddly nature of the actual camera more than offset the convenience of digital capture and the prints were similar in overall quality – hence no real gain at significant cost.
You can imagine how interested I was in the P45 back with its 7228x5428 pixel capture in a 36x48mm chip. On paper this should inte...