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Lensbaby Spark
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Nov 24, 2013  |  0 comments

Lensbaby Spark lets your camera color outside the lines. It mounts directly on your Canon or Nikon and focuses manually when you squeeze it toward the rear while watching the sharp, sweet spot move around in the viewfinder. The affordable Lensbaby Spark deserves a spot on every photographer’s holiday wish list.

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Mirrorless Camera Reviews
Nikon 1 J3 Mirrorless Camera Review
Edited by George Schaub  |  Nov 22, 2013  |  First Published: Oct 01, 2013  |  0 comments

The Nikon 1 J1 was Nikon’s first Compact System Camera (CSC), introduced in 2011/2012. The new J3 has a new image sensor with higher resolution (14MP instead of 10MP) and some additional features. It is still a very compact camera and just about the smallest CSC system now available.

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Pro Bono Photography: Doing Well By Doing Good
Maria Piscopo  |  Nov 22, 2013  |  First Published: Oct 01, 2013  |  1 comments
There’s a long tradition of photographers doing pro bono work for charities. Now, with social media and the Internet in general, the marriage of photography and doing good for others has grown even more. NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations) have been around since the mid-1940s, but in the last few years some amazing photography has further helped communicate their mission.
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Gary Fong Puffer Plus & Puffer Plus Warming Shield
Press Release  |  Nov 22, 2013  |  0 comments
The Puffer Plus expands on the fundamental features of the first generation models, providing photographers with beautifully diffused lighting versus the problematic, harsh lighting that pop-up flashes often create. The PufferTM Plus eliminates harsh shadows, red-eye, and hot spots so photographers can achieve beautiful, professional-style photos with minimal equipment. Its compact size makes it ideal for travel and its universal capabilities make it ideal for portraits, group shots, or any scene that requires fill flash.
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Epson Expression Photo XP-950 Small-in-One
Press Release  |  Nov 21, 2013  |  0 comments
Epson America, Inc. has introduced the high-performance Epson® Expression® Photo XP-950 Small-in-One®, delivering professional-qualityphotos up to 11” x 17”, and crisp, sharp text in a compact, space-saving design. Ideal for busy families and creative enthusiasts, the Expression XP-950 outputs smooth gradations and true-to-life skin tones with Claria® Photo HD six-color inks, whether at home or on-the-go with Epson Connect™ for easy printing from a tablet, smartphone or computer from literally anywhere in the world1.
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Fotodiox WonderPana FreeArc for Nikon
Press Release  |  Nov 20, 2013  |  0 comments
>The WonderPana FreeArc for Nikon 14-24mm is a complete mounting system and collection of filters tailored to fit Super-Wide Angle and Ultra-Wide Angle lenses. Its all-metal core attaches directly onto a lens with a secure two-piece mount. With the core in place, photographers can mount any of Fotodiox’s new 145mm Slimline Filters.
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Photo Accessory Reviews
X-Rite ColorMunki Smile: An Affordable Calibration Option
Jon Canfield  |  Nov 19, 2013  |  First Published: Oct 01, 2013  |  0 comments

Color calibration is the key to obtaining an accurate reproduction of what you saw when capturing the image, and what is reproduced on screen or paper. It’s long been considered a bit of black magic as to how it is done, what with terms like gamma, color temperatures, luminance, and the like as part of the mix, but the simple fact is that unless you’re working on a calibrated display you don’t quite know whether the greens, blues, or other colors you are seeing are actually what everyone else is going to see, or what you’re getting when you look at the print you’ve made.

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Pro Techniques
USPS Photography Stamp Release: Portrays “Made In America: Building A Nation”
Lorin R. Robinson  |  Nov 19, 2013  |  First Published: Oct 01, 2013  |  0 comments
“In 1938, aided by widespread publicity from Hine’s photographs, Congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act that, in part, established more stringent child labor regulations.”
The slight 56-year-old man who appeared at the Empire State Building construction site in New York on a spring day in 1930 probably failed to impress the workers he’d been hired to photograph. The 4x5 Graflex Lewis Wickes Hine carried seemed outsized in his hands. His thick, owlish glasses and demeanor contributed to the accurate impression that he was or had been a schoolteacher.
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Profoto Collapsible Reflectors
Press Release  |  Nov 19, 2013  |  0 comments
Profoto’s collapsible reflectors have sturdy yet collapsible “squircle-shaped” metal frames that are equipped with two ergonomically shaped handles, which makes the reflectors much easier to fold and hold in variouspositions. Profoto Reflectors are designed with tough and durable high-quality fabrics and are available ten different versions.
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Rare Camera Auction: Dec 8
Press Release  |  Nov 18, 2013  |  0 comments
Tamarkin Auctions will be having an exciting auction on December 8, 2013 including many extremely rare and interesting items. Featured will be a Leica M4-2 Safari outfit, a prototype which was not eventually manufactured by Leica, a mint Leica M4 KE-7A with a mis-engraving, two 50mm Noctilux f1.2 lenses, E. Leitz Canada prototypes lenses, a grey Leica IIIc(K), rare Nikon rangefinder reflex housings, and much, much more.
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