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Another Happy New Year; Start Making Your Digital Resolutions Now
Joe Farace  |  Jan 01, 2011  |  0 comments

“It’s just another New Year’s Eve. Let’s make it the best.”—Barry Manilow

OK, I admit it. I like Barry Manilow’s music. Heck, I even like Ray Stevens’s song “I Need Your Help, Barry Manilow” and am amazed you can’t buy it on iTunes. So what’s your New Year’s resolution? Quit smoking? (I did that 30 years ago.)...

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Digital Help
Digital Help
Q&A For Digital Photography
David B. Brooks  |  Jan 01, 2011  |  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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Classic Camera Reviews
Classic Cameras; Minolta’s XD-11; Wait ’Til You See How Good You Can Be With Minolta
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Jan 01, 2011  |  1 comments

Long before the Mind of Minolta popularized autofocus SLRs with the introduction of the Maxxum 7000 there was the XD.

The year was 1977 and Minolta Camera Company, Ltd. was riding high. Fueled by the success of the SR-T series and the inimitable XE-7, Minolta launched the XD family, beginning with the XD-11 (labeled simply XD in Japan and XD-7 in Europe). The XD-11 was the first...

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Business Trends
Photography Workshops; Marketing Tool And/Or Revenue Source
Maria Piscopo  |  Jan 01, 2011  |  1 comments

There is a long tradition of photographers giving workshops, either self-sponsored or within an established workshop organization structure. Workshops cover a wide range of topics, from fashion/beauty to nature/travel, and take place all around the world. Workshops can serve as both a marketing tool and an additional source of revenue, and while there are some who are constantly on the workshop...

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Book Reviews
Contemporary Landscape Photography; Carl Heilman’s Complete Course
Carl Heilman  |  Jan 01, 2011  |  0 comments

The following is an excerpt from Contemporary Landscape Photography by Carl Heilman II (Amphoto Books, $24.99, paperback, published June 2010). In his first instructional book, Heilman II shares his experiences and techniques in capturing stunning landscape images. With nearly 300 color photos, this illustrated guide is a complete course in taking pro-caliber images of both urban and natural...

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Newsletter
January Table Of Contents
 |  Jan 01, 2011  |  0 comments

January 2011

On The Cover
This month we have exclusive reports from photokina, the worldwide photo trade show. While we couldn’t cover all of the new products and innovations displayed at photokina, we did bring you the 2011 product highlights in cameras, lenses, lighting, tripods, accessories, and bags. Plus, we take a look atwhat&rsquo...

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Photo Bag NewsPhoto Bag ReviewsShow Reports
Bags & Carrying Systems; Stow And Go
Roger W. Hicks & Frances E. Schultz  |  Jan 01, 2011  |  0 comments

Let’s consider, to start, the humble camera strap. Several models of sling strap were shown, designed to carry the camera over your shoulder and under your arm or even on your hip.

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Film Photography NewsFilm Photography ReviewsPhoto Paper NewsShow Reports
Film & Paper; New Life For Silver-Based Materials…And Inkjet Materials, Too
Roger W. Hicks & Frances E. Schultz  |  Jan 01, 2011  |  0 comments

Let’s be honest. One thing no one would have expected at photokina was a unique new black-and-white silver halide process. But that’s what we got. Well, not exactly brand new. It’s a revival of a technology that hasn’t been seen in decades, quite possibly not in the lifetime of many of our readers: direct reversal paper.

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Lighting NewsShow Reports
Lighting & Studio; Continuous Light, LEDs, And Flash In A Rainstorm
Roger W. Hicks & Frances E. Schultz  |  Jan 01, 2011  |  0 comments

In all probability, most photographers could gain more from investing in lighting equipment than from investing in new cameras. Not professionals, perhaps, though studio lighting continues to come on in leaps and bounds, but countless amateurs could greatly improve both the range and quality of their work.

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Lens NewsShow Reports
Lenses; Optical Trends And Options
Roger W. Hicks & Frances E. Schultz  |  Jan 01, 2011  |  0 comments

One of the great things about photokina is that you find a lot of “straws in the wind”: not necessarily major introductions from major manufacturers, but intriguing indicators of which way the wind is blowing.

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