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Wacom’s Intuos 3; For Total Control, Use A Graphic Tablet
Software & Computers, Test Reports
Jon Canfield • Jul 01, 2005 • 0 comments

Many serious digital photographers have discovered the power and control available with a graphic tablet and are now letting their mouse gather dust when editing images. The additional control and features offered by the current generation of tablets makes image editing easier and more precise than ever. No longer will you feel like you're trying to draw with a brick. With...
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White Lightning's X-Series Monolights
New, Improved ...And Still A Bargain
Lighting Equipment, Test Reports
Jay Abend • Aug 01, 2004 • 0 comments

White Lightning strobes almost single-handedly revolutionized the studio strobe world. With their first coffee-can shaped WL10,000 more than 20 years ago, Paul C. Buff and company brought serious strobe lighting gear to a whole new generation of...
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Wimberley Sidekick Tele Lens Holder
Accessories, Test Reports
Robert E. Mayer • Jun 01, 1999 • 0 comments

The large, fast telephoto lenses that are so popular these days for sports and action photography are long and heavy, making them unwieldy and impractical for handheld use, so they require steady tripod support to produce sharply-detailed pictures. While...
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Windows 98 ICM 2.0 Color Management
Software & Computers, Test Reports
David B. Brooks • Jun 01, 1999 • 0 comments

I'm a sensitive person, at least visually, and it used to bother me to no end to go into someone's home with the TV on and see the faces in the screen green. That situation has been improved with auto-adjust features, but even today if you go...
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X-Rite’s Pulse ColorElite; Color Manage All Your Input And Output
Software & Computers, Test Reports
Jon Canfield • Aug 01, 2005 • 0 comments

Monaco has long been known for their color management solutions. Their EZcolor product is often bundled with, or offered at a reduced price with products such as printers and scanners and it has a reputation for being easy to use, accurate, and affordable.

Monaco is now owned by X-Rite, and while the name may have changed, the ease of use and quality certainly...
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XP Innovations’ LiteShaper; Customizable Light Modifiers
Lighting Equipment, Test Reports
Steve Bedell • Dec 01, 2005 • 0 comments

When asked to do a report on the LiteShaper, I said, "Great." I'd seen the product mentioned in previous Shutterbug issues and it looked very interesting and unique. A box full of several LiteShaper panels and a couple of softboxes soon arrived on my doorstep. I worked with small- and medium-sized Chimera softboxes. After putting the boxes together and adding the...
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Zuiko Digital 300mm f/2.8 ED And 11-22mm f/2.8-3.5 Lenses
The Long And The Short Of It For The Olympus D-SLR System
Lenses, Test Reports
Peter K. Burian • Dec 01, 2004 • 0 comments

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The first interchangeable-lens autofocus SLR produced by Olympus, the E-1 was also the first digital camera to employ a "Four Thirds" CCD sensor. The smallest imager in any digital SLR camera, this one is roughly half the size of the 35mm film frame standard. Consequently, the effective focal...
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