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Editor's Notes
Issues For The Coming Year
George Schaub  |  May 01, 2008  |  0 comments

While we at the magazine tend to get caught up in the exciting news about new products and technology, we also keep our eye out for topics we believe are of interest to photographers today. You might call these guiding lights that we will follow in the months and years ahead. We feel we owe it to you to occasionally state those topics explicitly, so you know where we are coming...

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Digital Innovations
On The Digital Road; Tips, Tools, & Techniques For The Traveling Photographer
Joe Farace  |  May 01, 2008  |  0 comments

"Best wide angle lens? Two steps backward. Look for the `ah-ha.'"--Ernst Haas

One of my favorite tools for capturing different-looking travel images is digital infrared photography and e-mails from Shutterbug readers show many of you are interested in IR capture, too. If that describes you, take a look at the League of Creative Infrared...

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Digital Help
Digital Help
Q&A For Digital Photography
David B. Brooks  |  May 01, 2008  |  0 comments

Digital Help is designed to aid you in getting the most from your digital photography, printing, scanning, and image creation. Each month, David Brooks provides solutions to problems you might encounter with matters such as color calibration and management, digital printer and scanner settings, and working with digital photographic images with many different kinds of cameras and...

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Classic Camera Reviews
Classic Cameras; The Top 20 Cameras Of All-Time Countdown; Schneider’s List, The Next Five–Do You Agree?
Jason Schneider  |  May 01, 2008  |  0 comments

Contributor Jason Schneider is a world-recognized expert on Classic Cameras, so when he approached us with the idea to present a Top 20 Cameras of All-Time list we readily agreed. We began in our April 2008 issue with the first five in the list, and now bring you the next group as we work our way down to the Top Camera of All-Time. Please check our Classic Camera archive on the...

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Lens NewsLens Reviews
Canon’s EF 14mm f/2.8L II USM Ultra-Wide Lens
Jack Neubart  |  May 01, 2008  |  0 comments

The expansive coverage of a 14mm lens may be more than you think you need. But you'd be surprised to discover that it reveals a world of possibilities that might otherwise escape you. While it certainly is ideal when shooting in open country, a super-wide lens can do wonders in tight quarters. To check out this lens, and along the way explore the potential of this focal...

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Business Trends
“Know Your Rights– Know The Price”; Guidelines For Selling Your Images
Maria Piscopo  |  May 01, 2008  |  0 comments

When photographers sell their work they are not only selling images. Fees also include the rights to the use of photos, so additional factors such as overhead, equipment, experience, and personal expertise must be considered. For sometime industry associations have recommended and referred photographers to books and other written guidelines that were dedicated to helping establish...

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Web Profiles
So You Want To Write A Book? Self-Publishing Made Easy
Joe Farace  |  May 01, 2008  |  0 comments

"...anyone can write a nonfiction piece. In fact, all nonfiction writing was just `What I Did Last Summer' over and over again."--Evan Hunter writing as Ed McBain

After returning from a trip to Puerto Rico last year I tried a small venture in self-publishing, resulting in a 7x7" travel photography book. It's like a micro-sized...

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Outdoor/Travel
A Natural Water World; Iguaz Falls, South America
Efrain M. Padro  |  May 01, 2008  |  0 comments

Straddling the border between Argentina and Brazil, the Iguazú Falls are one of the world's most dramatic waterfalls. Comprised of 250 separate cascades, the falls tumble about 200 ft from the Upper to the Lower Iguazú River below. The combination of massive waterfalls, lush subtropical vegetation, and varied local fauna makes this UNESCO World Natural Heritage...

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News
X-Rite and Pantone Launch ColorMunki Color Products for Photo and Design Markets
Shutterbug Staff  |  May 01, 2008  |  0 comments

X-Rite, Incorporated (NASDAQ: XRIT) along with recently acquired Pantone, Inc.
has introduced ColorMunki, said to provide photographers and designers new technological
advances that address core issues of color creation, control and communication
in easy-to-use, integrated solutions. The ColorMunki portfolio includes ColorMunki
Photo, ColorMunki Design and ColorMunki Create, all supported by www.colormunki.com.

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Wacom’s Cintiq 12WX; Touch-Sensitive Screen, And More
Jon Canfield  |  May 01, 2008  |  0 comments

I've written about the advantages of graphic tablets before, and most recently reviewed the Wacom Bamboo line of inexpensive tablets in these pages (see April 2008 issue). Today, I'm headed in the opposite direction and taking a look at the Cintiq 12WX tablet, also by Wacom.

What makes the Cintiq line different from the entry-level Bamboo...

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