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Fun And Freedom With 35mm
Monte Zucker  |  May 01, 1999  |  0 comments

So, what does a professional photographer do with his afternoon off? Take pictures. I'd never have believed it, myself, but going to our local art show in downtown Sarasota with a 35mm camera in hand allowed me to see more, possibly, than many of the...

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Web Profiles
Web Profiles
Joe Farace  |  May 01, 1999  |  0 comments

With so many sites on the
Internet, and very little information as to content, how do you find
the really great web sites? Shutterbug is featuring this column, dedicated
to finding the best photography-related sites and...

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Lens NewsPhoto How To
When To Turn Off The Focus
Sometimes The Eye Is Quicker Than The Lens
Jay Abend  |  May 01, 1999  |  0 comments

One of the most important tips that I give aspiring photographers who own modern 35mm cameras is to learn to use their cameras totally manually. That's right, turn off the autoexposure and the autofocus, set the motor drive to single frame, and use...

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My Travel Gear
10 Accessories To Improve Your 35mm Images
Rick Sammon  |  May 01, 1999  |  0 comments

Never before has 35mm photography been so easy, so exciting, and so much fun. What's creating all the hoopla in this time-proven format--the choice of most photojournalists, travel photographers, and amateur shooters? For one thing, just about all...

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Show Reports
PMA International
Studio Equipment, Bags, And The Unusual
Roger W. Hicks  |  May 01, 1999  |  0 comments

As regular readers of Shutterbug well know, my main area of interest is large format--which is not, unfortunately, particularly well represented at PMA. My brief was, therefore, also to cover studio equipment; accessories, bags, tripods, and the unusual.
...

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Sony SpectaPix Dye Sublimation Printer
David B. Brooks  |  May 01, 1999  |  0 comments

Although ink jet photo printers have been at the forefront of photographers' attention lately, the requirements of professional print output still demand the qualities only dye sublimation printing can achieve. In Sony's latest printer for the...

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Singular Sensation
"Never Seen It Quite This Way..."
Barry Tanenbaum  |  May 01, 1999  |  0 comments

I liked the place, the Boathouse
Cafe in Central Park, and I wanted to do something with it," says
Ted Hardin. But he realized that one photograph couldn't capture
the Cafe's ambiance. So with anOlympu...

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Sigma AF 14mm f/2.8 EX Aspherical HSM
Peter K. Burian  |  May 01, 1999  |  0 comments

Until recently, most photographers considered a 19mm or 20mm focal length as the ultimate in ultra-wide, but this is rapidly changing. Thanks to the new technologies for making more affordable aspherical elements, much shorter lenses are becoming readily...

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Show Reports
PMA International
Professional Digital Cameras, Film Scanners, And Storage
David B. Brooks  |  May 01, 1999  |  0 comments

My first impression entering PMA '99, a little before the trade show opened, was provided by MegaVision with their new S3 2048x3072 pixel medium format digital camera back for single shot use with all types of illumination. This new chip, also...

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Show Reports
PMA International
Printers And Flat-Bed Scanners
Joe Farace  |  May 01, 1999  |  0 comments

Coming as it does shortly after the MacWorld Expo and shortly before the Seybold graphic arts show, some companies did not launch new printers or flat-bed scanners at PMA. In fact, there appeared to be more new film scanners than flat-beds, and you can...

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