Dear co-shooters,
after upgrading my IQ3 100 to a IQ4 150 I realized that the new back is far from being work-ready. It feels more like a beta that will use the famed Infinity-platform to add step by step the functionality that we are used from the IQ3 and the marketed but not implemented features.
Let me share my list of issues and feel free to jump in and add your hick-ups.
( Most of these are already have a PhaseOne-ticket - but there is no timing if or when this will be solved / introduced ).
- Unreliable battery status in back ( shows high level of battery charge - while battery is (near ) empty in reality
- No battery status within C1 when shooting tethered ( XF and tech camera )
- bracketing with ES on tech cameras is not available ( although marketed on P1 website )
- zero latency is missing ( due to energy hungry sensor )
- charging via USB3 is not possible
- no Capture Pilot integration
- no exposure zones displayed in shot image
- direct access to SD / XQD via cable ( USB-C / USB3 ) is not possible
- shooting untethered directly onto an USB-C HD is not possible
- changing the battery with connected USB-cable ( tetehred to C1 ) ends in a complete crash of camera and computer
- ready-beep is missing
- frame averaging still missing
- bulls eye level in back is not user-adjustable
Worried and sad that PhaseOne is not any longer the "quality company" - Steffen