Leaf Aptus 22 Review

Introduction
This is a hands-on preliminary review of theLeaf Aptus 22. Through the auspices ofAmplis, the Canadian distributor for Leaf products, (as well as Hasselblad and a number of other major brands), I was able to use the Aptus on a Hasselblad H1 system for 4 days in late July, 2005. My thanks to Amplis Product Marketing ManagerJon Stewartfor making his demonstration unit available for this period. I know how much it has been in demand since availability began just a few weeks prior.
I wrotepreliminaryabove, because 4 days isn't sufficient to really put a product as sophisticated as this fully though its paces. Therefore I was only able to test the Aptus 22 using its self-contained battery and a Compact Flash card, not with the Digital Magazine, Bluetooth-connected Ipaq, or in tethered mode. I also didn't test the Leaf Capture 10 software, as will be discussed below.
What I did was to compare it extensively to thePhase One P25. The Aptus is only the second self-contained medium...