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Prerequisite Reading
If you haven’t heard about the IQ250 yet, I’d suggest before you read this article you read this site’s preliminary review and Digital Transitions’ 11 Things to Know About the Phase One IQ250

Foreword

I’m a technically minded nerd. I’m just as glad to discuss microns and lens design over a beer as sports or politics. But when an entirely new product comes out I like to know more than just the tech specs – I like to hear the story of how it came to be, and the people that helped make it.

If you’re like me, then this article is for you. It’s the story of the IQ250, the world’s first shipping digital back based on a modern CMOS sensor, as told by the team that created it. And it begins much earlier than you might imagine.

The new Phase One IQ250.
Sparks of the Future
On a cold winter day in 2010 a small group huddled around a bench in Phase One’s Copenhagen research and development lab, flanked by several R+D engineers. There was a sense of electric...

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Doug Peterson is a Product Manager and Technical Specialist at Digital Transitions. He teaches a variety of courses on Capture One, and is the go-to-guy for rigorous testing on all new medium format digital hardware and software coming to market. Doug graduated from Ohio University with a BS in Visual Communication, and has a continuing passion for photography.
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