Summary
The FlexAdaptor has four color codes on the small position selector dial on the right of the FlexAdaptor. Each color identifies the position of the stops used for stitching.
In-Depth
For the Phase One LightPhase, H 5, H 10 use the color dots:
Red One-capture mode
Yellow Two-capture mode
White Three-capture mode
For Phase One H 20, H 25, P 20 & P 25 use the color dots:
Red One-capture Mode
Yellow Two-capture mode (Large overlap)
Green Two-capture mode (small overlap)
For Phase One P21 use the color dots:
Red Three-capture mode
Yellow Two-capture mode (landscape orientation)
Green Two-capture mode (portrait orientation)
For Phase One P45:
Start by setting the position selector in two-shot mode (i.e. yellow dot for LightPhase and green and yellow dots for Phase One H 20). Then slide the adaptor to the left by means of the handle. Please note that in order to slide the adaptor, the blue button on the handle must be pushed down. Smoothly, the adaptor moves forward until a position is reached. Once reached, the
adaptor physically falls into place with a "click", in this case at the first yellow respectively green dot. Now you are ready to capture your first image, provided of course that you already focused the camera. After capturing, you slide the adaptor to the next position.
The sliding is very accurate, since the Phase One single-shot camera back is displaced parallel to the focal plane of the 4" x 5" view camera. The mechanical construction ensures that the distance between the positions and the available image area at each position are exactly alike. The FlexAdaptor slides smoothly and accurately and the masked areas on the focusing screen
provide you with full control over each single capture.
How to capture the images:
- Rotate the position selector on the FlexAdaptor into the desired position.
- Then gently slide the camera back into the desired capture position for the first capture. It does not matter is you shoot the left or right image first. The order can be changed in the Capture One stitch developer later.
- Capture the first image, and slide the FlexAdaptor into the second position and capture the second image and third image. Keep in mind that even small vibrations can change the tilt and swing of the camera and make stitching a problem.
- The images are now ready for stitching in the Capture One.
The FlexAdaptor Focusing Screen
The FlexAdaptor is equipped with a special focusing screen that matches the focal plane of your camera. The masked areas on the focusing screen are guidelines to indicate the image area available in one-, two-, or three capture mode. This gives you full control of the capturing process.The ground glass has printed lines to show the position and orientation of the different Phase One camera backs.