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People love to gossip, and few topics are as rife these days as the impending death of medium format. " Oh, the Nikon D800e has killed them, and if not, Canon's new high megapixel camera will finish the job when it shows up," (if ever).
But, as American humourist Mark Twain was reputed to have once said, after a newspaper mistakenly reported his death, "The reports of my demise have been greatly exaggerated."
What's the truth, then? I figured – who better to ask than theCEO of Phase One, the makers of Phase One, Leaf and Mamiya cameras, backs and lenses? Henrik Håkonssonkindly agreed to fly to Mexico for a sit-down to discuss the state of the industry on-camera, and below we have a 41 minute long interview which took place between Henrik and myself at my winter home in San Miguel de Allende, in mid-March, 2013.
As with any senior company executive, Henrik is very bullish about his company's prosp...

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