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Photo Paper NewsPhoto Paper Reviews
In Brief; Museo Silver Rag; A Photographer's Printing Paper
George Schaub  |  May 01, 2010  |  0 comments

Part of the fun of making inkjet prints is the wide variety of printing surfaces and weights from which you can choose. You can go the budget route and have some fine papers to work with, or choose papers that have brand cachet and a price tag to match. That cachet generally pays off in a level of quality and durability that many printmakers both admire and hope to discover in their printing...

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Mirrorless Camera NewsMirrorless Camera ReviewsNews
The Leica M9; A “Full-Frame” Digital Leica M
Jason Schneider  |  May 01, 2010  |  0 comments

The first digital Leica M with a full-frame, 24x36mm sensor (active area 23.9x35.8mm), the M9 offers 18-megapixel capture and unrestricted coverage with nearly the entire range of Leica lenses past and present, including extreme wide angles.

 

Perhaps even more important, the M9’s exclusive 18-megapixel CCD, developed by Kodak with input from Leica, has addressed the foibles that...

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Help!
Robert E. Mayer  |  May 01, 2010  |  0 comments

Here Is A Quick Tip List On Letters For The HELP! Desk:
Please confine yourself to only one question per letter. Both postal letters and e-mails are fine, although we prefer e-mail as the most efficient form of communication. Send your e-mail queries to editorial@shutterbug.com with Help in the subject header and your return...

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Pro Techniques
Facebook For Photographers; Social Networking As A Marketing Tool
Steve Bedell  |  May 01, 2010  |  13 comments

First off, a brief description of what Facebook is, just in case you’re one of the few people on the planet who is not already a member. Facebook (www.facebook.com) is defined as a social-networking site. It was originally designed by founder Mark Zuckerberg while he was at Harvard University as a way for Harvard students to communicate...

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Editor's Notes
Photographers And The Web
George Schaub  |  May 01, 2010  |  0 comments

When pictures went digital it meant that images were information that could be treated as malleable things that could be edited like a text document. Along with custom processing programs with their attendant benefits came the ability to send and share images via the web, which for some meant that events and family pics could be easily shared and for others created a whole new approach to...

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Digital Innovations
Innovative Products For May; April Showers Bring New Digital Products
Joe Farace  |  May 01, 2010  |  0 comments

“They say it’s your birthday. We’re gonna have a good time.”—John Lennon & Paul McCartney

May is National Photography Month that was originally started by President Ronald Reagan in 1984 as a week-long American Photography Celebration but now it is a full month. It’s also the former home of the “Take Your Camera to Work Day” that I...

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Digital Help
Digital Help
Q&A For Digital Photography
David B. Brooks  |  May 01, 2010  |  0 comments

Digital Help is designed to aid you in getting the most from your digital photography, printing, scanning, and image creation. Each month, David Brooks provides solutions to problems you might encounter with matters such as color calibration and management, digital printer and scanner settings, and working with digital photographic images with many different kinds of cameras and software. All...

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DSLR NewsDSLR ReviewsNews
Canon’s EOS-1D Mark IV; An EOS Evolution
Joe Farace  |  May 01, 2010  |  1 comments

The new 1D Mark IV is a step up the evolutionary ladder from EOS Erectus, going where all SLRs are heading these days—High-Definition (HD) video capture.

 

Video aside, in today’s D-SLR world a $5000 16-megapixel camera might not seem like such a big deal, especially when the 18-megapixel EOS 7D, also with video capture, sells for $1699. The 1D...

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Pro Techniques
Buying Smart; WARNING: Read This If You Use SD Cards!; The SD Compatibility Game
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  May 01, 2010  |  0 comments

Many of the cameras used by Shutterbug readers use SD memory cards. SD stands for Secure Digital, and it’s the most popular type of media for digital imaging. SD has been around for so long that people use this identifier generically, and refer to all variations simply as “SD.” This practice can lead to problems. There are a couple of new kids on the block, and you should know...

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Business Trends
Does An HD Video-Capable D-SLR A Video Business Make?; A Pro Tells Us: It Takes More Than Motion Capability
Maria Piscopo  |  May 01, 2010  |  0 comments

“The availability of professional-quality digital still cameras tempts many photographers to consider adding video to increase clients and business income.”

More consumer and commercial clients today want to add video to their still photographers’ assignments to get “one-stop shopping” service. The availability of professional-quality digital still cameras...

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