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Do It Yourself
Make Your Own Custom Ground Glass
Tom Fuller  |  Jul 01, 2000  |  0 comments

This month's project is a simple way to replace or customize the ground glass of any large format camera. Only a few inexpensive materials are needed to make the glass itself, but you will need the use of a computer and a laser or ink jet printer...

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Do It Yourself
Panoramic View Cameras
Tom Fuller  |  Jan 01, 2002  |  1 comments

Our project this month is a procedure for turning a 4x5, 5x7, or 8x10 view camera into a panoramic model that makes two or three images on a single sheet of film. Specialty cameras that produce these expansive views are available...

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Do-It-Yourself
Build A Monopod Shoe For Sharper Pictures
Tom Fuller  |  Jun 01, 1999  |  0 comments

Contrary to popular belief, mediocre quality is not the only cause of unsharp pictures. Inaccurate focusing, sloppy depth of field control, and poor film flatness all contribute, but the most destructive is camera movement during exposure. While a sturdy...

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Lighting
Do-It-Yourself
Build A Redeye Reduction Light
Tom Fuller  |  Nov 01, 1999  |  0 comments

While on-camera flash is certainly convenient, and sometimes the only way to capture candid people shots, its downside is the effect known as redeye. This demonic glow in the subject's eyes is the result of nearly point source and on-axis light entering the...

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Getting Warm
A Roundup Of Warm-Tone Black And White Papers
Tom Fuller  |  Oct 01, 1999  |  0 comments

Here I go again dating myself, but I remember going through packs of Kodak Athena, a double-weight contact paper with a lovely brown-black image. Actually, the tone varied daily from warm to neutral depending upon the condition of my fledgling technique...

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Oriental New Seagull Black And White Paper
Tom Fuller  |  Apr 01, 2000  |  0 comments

It seems the faster digital imaging technology leaps forward, the stronger the rally becomes for traditional cameras and sensitized materials. Regular Shutterbug readers are aware of the new interest in rangefinder 35mm cameras--the last one I owned...

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Phoenix P1 And P2 35mm SLR Cameras
Tom Fuller  |  May 01, 2000  |  0 comments

Phoenix P1 And P2 35mm SLR Cameras

Despite the profusion of autofocus, auto-everything SLRs that offer some significant technological innovations, there still remains a demand for good bare-bones camera designs. This is to some...

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Quantum Qpaq-X Modular Power Pack
Tom Fuller  |  Nov 01, 1999  |  0 comments

Quantum's new Qpaq-X, a high-energy portable power supply for the Qflash model X and X2, is a professional-quality system that lets the user select from 200 to 800 ws of flash power by combining snap-together capacitor and battery modules. In addition to keeping size and weight down by...

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Medium Format Camera NewsMedium Format Camera Reviews
Seagul 4A 105 And 4A 107 TLR Cameras
Tom Fuller  |  Jan 01, 2002  |  0 comments

If you've been wondering about which medium format cameras would be a good choice for students and other struggling photographers, the answer today would indeed be one of the Seagull twin lens reflex models imported by Phoenix Corporation.

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The Lotus View Rapid Field Camera
Tom Fuller  |  Jul 01, 1999  |  0 comments

After 34 years in the large format arena, I've learned that there are really only two kinds of view cameras. The first, made of elegant hardwood and fitted with fine brass hardware, is the kind we carefully polish and prop up in the office as a conversation piece. The other, made of...

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