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Microsoft’s Windows Vista; How Does It Affect Digital Photographers? Should You Upgrade?
David B. Brooks  |  Jun 01, 2007  |  0 comments

Since it was first begun as project "Longhorn" in 2005, a lot of experts, gurus, and techno-pundits, as well as Microsoft official representatives, have written reams about Vista. But until its release in mid-February, no one in digital photography or color management has had a word to say publicly about how Windows Vista will impact digital photography with a PC...

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Adobe’s Photoshop Lightroom 1.0; Should Photo Enthusiasts Embrace Adobe’s Lightroom?
David B. Brooks  |  Jun 01, 2007  |  0 comments

When a photo product is designated as "professional" by the manufacturer many serious photo enthusiasts are immediately attracted, assuming the product will provide superior performance for them as well as professional photographers. This assumption has for much of photography's recent history been a truism backed up by reality. However, Adobe's reference...

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Printer NewsPrinter Reviews
HP’s Designjet Z3100; A Large Format Pigment Ink Printer
Jon Canfield  |  Jun 01, 2007  |  0 comments

Epson, you have company! For years, serious large format inkjet printing has been owned by Epson with the 7000- and 9000-series printers. The pigment-based printers had a huge advantage in archival life and in the media options available, making fine art printing something that the individual could finally afford to do in-house. In the past year, both Canon and HP have entered the...

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Help!
Robert E. Mayer  |  Jun 01, 2007  |  0 comments

Here is a quick tip list on letters for the HELP! desk:
Please confine yourself to only one question per letter. Both postal letters and e-mails are fine, although we prefer e-mail as the most efficient form of communication. Send your e-mail queries to editorial@shutterbug.com with Help in the subject header and...

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Printer News
Epson’s Stylus Photo 1400; A New Dye-Ink Printer That Replaces The 1280
David B. Brooks  |  Jun 01, 2007  |  0 comments

Technical Specifications

 

Printing Technology: Six-color advanced DX5 MicroPiezo inkjet technology optimized for photo printing
Ink Cartridge Configuration: Six individual high-capacity ink cartridges
Ink Type: Claria Hi-Definition Ink (smudge-, scratch-, water-, and fade-resistant photos)
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Printer NewsPrinter Reviews
Epson’s Stylus Photo 1400; A New Dye-Ink Printer That Replaces The 1280
David B. Brooks  |  Jun 01, 2007  |  0 comments

The Epson Stylus Photo 1280 has been going strong for almost six years now, and you'd think that Epson's replacement model, the Stylus Photo 1400, must be exceptional to be worthy of replacing such a venerable printer. While the idea has merit, the fact is that Epson's letter-sized, dye-ink photo printers, such as the R380, already have new inks; the 1280 was the...

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Editor's Notes
Digital Image Processing
George Schaub  |  Jun 01, 2007  |  0 comments

There's a split decision about how to handle digital images out of the camera these days. One camp says the only way to shoot is raw format, and that you have to process the image yourself after exposure for ultimate quality. The other says that you can set up all the parameters you need in the camera and even if you shoot raw you don't need to do extensive image...

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Digital Innovations
How To Choose The Right Digital SLR; It’s Less Complicated Than You Thought
Joe Farace  |  Jun 01, 2007  |  0 comments

"...for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill." --J. R. R. Tolkien

People often ask me, "What digital camera should I buy?" They then typically ignore my advice after I answer them. A person, let's call him Steve, asks me which of two cameras to purchase. Based on his needs, I suggest...

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Digital Help
Digital Help
Q&A For Digital Photography
David B. Brooks  |  Jun 01, 2007  |  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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Creativity Contest; Diamonds In The Rough; Pictures From War-Torn Afghanistan
2LT Michael S. Palmer– 141st Logistic Task Force  |  Jun 01, 2007  |  0 comments

We recently worked with 2LT Palmer of the 141st Logistic Task Force on a photo contest open to personnel at Camp Phoenix and serving in Afghanistan. The winners of that contest are shown on these pages. Along with the winning images 2LT Palmer sent us this text, which we think pretty much summarizes the idea and images. We wish all our brave men and women the best and a safe...

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