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Konica Minolta’s DiMAGE X1; Shirt Pocket-Sized 8-Megapixel Digicam
Joe Farace  |  Jan 01, 2006

Konica Minolta's DiMAGE X1 is an 8-megapixel point-and-shoot digicam that's almost as tiny as their other X-series cameras. It's also sleek, stylish, and comes with a cradle for transferring images and recharging. All that's good stuff but the really big news is that the camera includes Konica Minolta's Anti-Shake technology for taking sharp photos in...

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Digital Innovations
Digital Innovations
New Year’s Rockin’ Software; Treasures From Around The World
Joe Farace  |  Jan 01, 2006

This month's column contains practical and creative software from around the world, including something new from Greece's gift to the imaging world, Panos Efstathiadis. It's rare to see artists working together, but Efstathiadis' Stamp, that appears at the end of this column, is part of Frank Hatcher's WZ2K Cork Board Photoshop Action set. Some of...

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Web Profiles
A Great New Year; Let The Race Begin
Joe Farace  |  Jan 01, 2006

Max: I never saw a car like that in my life! Prof. Fate: Yes, and you never will again, either. Give me the bomb!--The Great Race (1965)

Blake Edward's film The Great Race was based on a real motorsports event. The original "Great Race" took place in 1908 when automobiles from different...

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Book Reviews
Holiday Books; For The Digital Photographer
Joe Farace  |  Dec 01, 2005

"Do give books for Christmas. They're never fattening, seldom sinful, and permanently personal."
--Lenore Hershey

It's a sign of the times. In 2005 there were more digital imaging books published than ever before and trying to pick some of the best was difficult, but I'll stick my neck out and introduce you to some of the...

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Digital Innovations
Digital Innovations
Holiday Stocking Stuffers; Gizmos, Gadgets, And Gear To Produce The Ultimate Image
Joe Farace  |  Dec 01, 2005

"You might as well do your holiday hinting early."--Anonymous

Submitted for your approval: A list of gizmos, gadgets, and gear for the digitally-minded who maybe thought they had everything but didn't know that they really needed lots more stuff to produce the ultimate image. You can use this month's column as a shopping list for your...

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Adobe’s Photoshop Elements 4.0; It’s Back, It’s Updated, But Only For Windows
Joe Farace  |  Dec 01, 2005

Product cycles being what they are, it seemed to me that it was about time for another iteration of Adobe's Photoshop Elements a.k.a Photoshop for the less well-heeled, and so here it is. In Version 3.0, Adobe gave up on trying to make Elements look like Photoshop and that was a big step forward. In this latest version they've built upon that improved interface to make...

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Web Profiles
Surf The Web Instead Of TV?; It’s Definitely A Heckuva Lot More Fun
Joe Farace  |  Dec 01, 2005

"But when television is bad, nothing is worse...a vast wasteland."--Newton Minow

In his now famous speech to the National Association of Broadcasters, the FCC's Minow may have quoted Edward Estlin Cummings but he was on-target in addressing the state of television in 1961. I have to wonder what he would think about the visual and aural...

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Digital Infrared Photography With The Fuji S20 Pro
There's More To Life Than Color Image Files!
Joe Farace  |  Nov 29, 2005

Photos © 2004, Joe Farace, All Rights Reserved

"Why not?"--Dayton Allen

Whenever I get a new digital camera from Fuji I run down to the family room and give it the "remote control...

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Digital Innovations
Digital Innovations
Analog Filters In A Digital World; Only The Strong Survive
Joe Farace  |  Nov 01, 2005

"I always have a quotation for everything, it saves original thinking."
--Dorothy L. Sayers

Color filters for photography are often identified by their Wratten numbers, but who is this Wratten guy? Wratten & Wainwright made photo materials for commercial printing and by 1909 had established the Wratten system and published The Photography...

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Web Profiles
Browse The Internet In Three Dimensions; Think Global Village
Joe Farace  |  Nov 01, 2005

The new electronic interdependence recreates the world in the image of a global village.--Marshall McLuhan

As I've mentioned many times, there are lots of Internet browsers to choose from and now 3B (www.3b.net) has produced a method for creating your own digital "village," using a combination of a proprietary browser and online software...

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