Jay Abend

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Outdoor/TravelLighting
Studio Style
Using The Sun And Your Imagination
Jay Abend  |  Mar 01, 1999

If you've been reading any of my articles recently, you're no doubt aware that I like lighting gear. I especially like studio flash generators, big pro flash lamp heads, heavy-duty movie set style Matthews "C" stands, giant...

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Sun Star Strobo Big Monostar 600
Jay Abend  |  Feb 01, 1999

Many of you may have seen my review last April of the Sun Star Strobo Mini-1200 flash system. At the time Sun Star Strobo was an all but unheard of flash manufacturer, producing a full line of impressive looking studio flash equipment. The Mini Series...

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Technology Marches On
But The Simple Power Of Black And White Endures
Jay Abend  |  Feb 01, 2000

Over the past few years, I've covered more and more digital imaging technology, as it completes its total worldwide domination of the professional photography marketplace. Like a lot of you, I still maintain a full black and white darkroom, and the...

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The Better Light 6000 Scanning Camera Back
Jay Abend  |  Oct 01, 1999

For those of you who think that digital cameras cannot replace conventional medium and large format film, get a load of the Better Light 6000 scanning camera back. This rather expensive pro digital tool not only replaces 4x5 transparency film for most...

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The Britek Dayphoto Lighting System
Jay Abend  |  Jun 01, 1999

In the quest for the perfect digital image I have learned an awful lot. Besides learning more than I ever hoped to know about ROM, RAM, Cache, and SCSI, I have learned way too much about continuous lighting. Continuous lighting, as the name suggests, is...

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The Canon EOS 1Ds
The Well Heeled Photographers Dream Camera
Jay Abend  |  Mar 01, 2003

The Canon EOS-1Ds

This digital thing just might work out after all. Consumer point-and-shoot cameras are getting better, faster, cheaper, and easier to use. Photo quality color printers are starting to live up to their "lab...

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Medium Format Camera News
The Hasselblad 203FE Revisited
New Pricing On This Pro Workhorse
Jay Abend  |  Jan 01, 2003

While the whole photo world is buzzing about Hasselblad's styling new H1 645 system, Hasselblad quietly announced some stunning price reductions on some of its landmark camera...

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Sports/Action
The Inside Scoop
A Day At The Ballpark With A Photojournalist Part 3
Jay Abend  |  Apr 01, 2003

The Inside Scoop

This is the third and final in a series of articles devoted to a topic near and dear to every Shutterbug reader's heart--gear! We love gear, and particularly love to take a look into the bags, cases...

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Pro Techniques
The Inside Scoop
A Look At A Traveling Commercial Photographers Gear Part 1
Jay Abend  |  Feb 01, 2003

The Inside Scoop

Face it, you like your equipment. You started reading Shutterbug for the ads, and there isn't an issue that comes where you don't check out the price on some photo item you must have. I started my...

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Pro Techniques
The Inside Scoop
The Travel Photographers Kit Part 2
Jay Abend  |  Mar 01, 2003

The Inside Scoop

The camera bag is a wonderful thing. Bodies, lenses, flashes, cables, maybe some gaffer tape--all the tools of the trade for a working photographer. Serious photographers (which means Shutterbug readers) love...

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