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Shutterbugs Exclusive Report
George Schaub  |  Dec 01, 2002  |  0 comments

Shutterbug's Exclusive Report

In the pages that follow we are proud to share our thoughts and reactions to events at this year's photokina. If you've never heard of photokina it's held every two years in Germany and has established a tradition as the gathering point of...

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Rangefinder, Large Format And Specialty Cameras
Roger W. Hicks  |  Dec 01, 2002  |  0 comments

Rangefinder, Large Format & Speciality Cameras

Bob Shell was covering medium format cameras and high-end digital; Peter Burian got 35mm SLRs and point-and-shoots; Joe Farace had other digital cameras. And I was the one who got lucky, with rangefinder cameras, large format, and Weird Stuff.
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Passport
Passport: The Elements Of Style
Jack Hollingsworth  |  Dec 01, 2002  |  0 comments

Passport

Here's how you know that your photographs are showing a personal style:
Someone familiar with your work comes to you one day and says, "You know, I saw a picture recently that kind of looked like the pictures you...

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On The Film Front
Frances E. Schultz  |  Dec 01, 2002  |  0 comments

On The Film Front

As Tom Shay from Fuji pointed out, film technology is changing so fast that the manufacturers seldom wait for a show to announce advances or bring out a new film. Consequently, you may have seen announcements about new films before photokina.

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New Shoe Mount Flash Units
Peter K. Burian  |  Dec 01, 2002  |  0 comments

New Shoe Mount Flash

As conventional and digital SLR cameras become more and more sophisticated, dedicated flash units must be upgraded in order to remain compatible. Since the camera manufacturers already offer high tech flash units for their systems, we did not see any new...

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Master Class
Master Class
What I Did On My Photographic Vacation
Monte Zucker  |  Dec 01, 2002  |  0 comments

Master Class

For the first time in years I decided to plan a photographic vacation this year, but not to one of those crowded popular tourist attractions you see advertised in all the magazines. I took my cameras to Ely, Minnesota. Never heard of it? News commentator, Charles Kuralt...

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Lesson Of The Month
Modifying White Balance For Indoor Portraits
Ben Clay/Web Photo School  |  Dec 01, 2002  |  0 comments

Lesson Of The Month

If you are just starting out with a digital camera or are making the switch from traditional to digital, you will do well to take some extra time to learn a few important principles of digital photography...

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Book Reviews
Holiday Books; For The Digital Photographer
Joe Farace  |  Dec 01, 2002  |  0 comments

Holiday Digital BooksImaging Software

Photoshop 7 Artistry, Mastering The Digital Image; by Barry Haynes and Wendy Crumpler. Published by New Riders, 201 West 103rd St., Indianapolis, IN 46290; http://www.newriders.com"...
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Holiday Books; For The Traditional Photographer
C.A. Boylan  |  Dec 01, 2002  |  0 comments

Holiday Photography Books

Illustra: Portrait Of Rutgers: foreword by Robert Pinsky; Rutgers University Press, 100 Joyce Kilmer Avenue, Piscataway, NJ 08854; hardcover; 174 pages; $39.95; (ISBN 0-8135-3083-0)

With its long and...

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Greetings From The Planet Pixel
Joe Farace  |  Dec 01, 2002  |  0 comments

Greetings From The Planet Pixel

At photokina 2002 I got a glimpse of photography's future and--surprise--it was digital. Was it just a coincidence that the building next door to my Fawlty Towers hotel was called "Planet Pixel?"

The question...

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