“We are committed to exciting future developments for the Leaf brand of products through innovative engineering, worldwide marketing and customer service,” said Henrik O. Håkonsson, President and CEO, Phase One. “Leaf customers will benefit from the many synergies with Phase One.”

“Since introducing the world’s first digital camera back in 1992, Leaf has been recognized as a worldwide leader in the professional photography market. Our extensive digital imaging and color management knowledge, combined with Phase One’s software and hardware capabilities creates a unique opportunity for the world’s leading photographers,” said Dov Kalinski, General Manager, Leaf.

So it appears that Leaf Products will continue to be made. Phase One has dominated once again. After all, they have had the leading combination of hardware and software for many years. Capture One Pro 3.x was leaps and bounds better than the clunky and problematic Leaf 8.x as well as their releases of Leaf Capture 10.x. However, Phase has taken a back seat to leaf within the last year as it released its Capture One Pro 4 which released with a slew of bugs and a very undesirable interface for many of its loyal 3.7.9 users. Now with Phase refusing to make 3.7.9 compatible with newer backs, users are being forced to use the software. (However it is still an option to use Adobe Lightroom). My big hope for this news is that they will work together to create a strong hardware and software product. Especially since Red Camera is looking to kick all their buts very soon!

Very intriguing news. More here.

Originally posted on realworldworkflow.com.