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The RZ uses a rubberized roller to meter the film, I'm not sure about the RB. Many systems did. It's usually the old rubber hardening rather than the backing paper that causes slippage, along with increased friction in the gears due to old lubrication.

I was under the impression that the CFi only improved the flocking, reducing flair & ghosting. Most had the same optical design, where the CA did not change. T* did not change, nano coating was not introduced yet. CFE, which came later, had all the CFi improvements.

Perhaps they have fixed that issue, the OP was able to post a question there. https://www.getdpi.com/forum/index.php?threads/phase-one-p45-on-v-system-softness-normal-or-not.78893/

That looks pretty nominal to me. I assume you focused on the yellow warning label of the cigarette box? The 2 pictures look OK to me (being 100% with the compression). Maybe others can comment (or you can ask in a digital forum) as I'm not a pixel peeper, but it looks typical of the output...

Correction, when I said Acute matte II, I 'm referring to the Acute Matte D. I believe it's a marketing name, as the D no longer used the Minolta patent.

Personally I still find a good ground glass (Like the older pre-acute matte screens) the gold standard for focus accuracy, as long as you have a lot of light. They also show the out of focus zones better. Except maybe the really early screens, which had a terrible Fresnel pattern. Acute Matte...

The 300% always looks less sharp than the 100%. Hard to compare. The test is to see if the focusing screen is in the same place as the sensor or film, that is if you focus perfectly on the screen, where is the focus on the film or sensor - often SLR can be front or back focused. This is most...

I can't really tell much from the resolution of the posted pictures. Your 50 that you posted is a FLE, was the FLE element set to infinity? These backs were often individually shimmed for the camera body, as the precision required for a digital sensor is higher than for film. I would do a...

That's just Phase One being... well, Phase One. The output is IIQ. Phase One just put a TIF extension on the file. If your Raw processor reads it, that's fine. If not, you can rename the extension to .IIQ, and then all raw processors that handle Phase One files will read them. Turns out I've...

I think you can set the output file format in the menu, probably to TIF or IIQ.

The P45 only spits out a raw file, the colour balance is for reference, which would typically be the Kodak Teal hue. You adjust colour balance in your raw processor. The back is also elderly, and the CFA may have some colour shift (they are organic dyes that will fade). I take a small...

All lenses that are used and not serviced will acquire haze over time, the inner lens surfaces next to the aperture and shutter are exposed to outside air, off gassing lubricants, etc. When these were used professionally, they were serviced regularly, and these surfaces are easy to clean...

I don't recall the P67 being that difficult to load/unload (I don't own it any more), but I remember it helped to align the key in the take-up spool so it would slide right in. Never had to grind anything.

Nice! That connector you have on the back goes to your flash to trigger it when it's on a view camera. It's not for syncing the back. You need a 2.5mm to PC cable that goes from the connector on the same side, but towards the sensor (it looks like a headphone jack) to connect to your lens. I...

My Mamiya6 3.5/75 has been fine, I've owned it since new. Of the Mamiya6 & 7 lenses I owned, the 4/80 was the only one that got fungus, I cleaned it and it was fine till I sold the M7 system. Haze is pretty common on most old lenses, the center elements near the aperture get exposed to a lot of...