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The Simple Life
The Joys Of Shooting With Basic Gear
Jay Abend  |  May 01, 2000  |  0 comments

The Simple Life

I love fancy photography equipment as much as the next guy, but there are times when I like to put away all of the expensive cameras, lighting gear, and softboxes and try and shoot with some basic gear.

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Show Reports
Rangefinder, Panoramic, And Large Format Cameras, Plus The Darkroom
Dave Howard  |  May 01, 2000  |  0 comments

Rangefinder, Panoramic, And Large Format Cameras, Plus The Darkroom

Rangefinder Cameras. If the only thing keeping you from becoming a proud owner of a Contax G2 was the lack of a zoom lens, then wait no longer; Contax has announced the Carl Zeiss 35-70mm Vario-Sonnar T* zoom lens.

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Sigma AF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 DL Macro Super And APO Macro Super
Peter K. Burian  |  May 01, 2000  |  0 comments

Sigma AF 70-300mm & APO Macro Super

Sigma's two most successful zooms--70-300mm models with extreme close focusing ability--were recently upgraded and labeled with the "Super" designation. Both...

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Phoenix P1 And P2 35mm SLR Cameras
Tom Fuller  |  May 01, 2000  |  0 comments

Phoenix P1 And P2 35mm SLR Cameras

Despite the profusion of autofocus, auto-everything SLRs that offer some significant technological innovations, there still remains a demand for good bare-bones camera designs. This is to some...

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Show Reports
A Personal Look At Digital Imaging
Joe Farace  |  May 01, 2000  |  0 comments

A Personal Look At Digital Imaging

While the annual PMA show is rooted in traditional photography, digital technology is becoming more and more a part of the event. So much so that it was a challenge to see everything that might be considered digital at the show, but I tried. Any...

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Show Reports
New Photographic Films
Peter K. Burian  |  May 01, 2000  |  0 comments

New Photographic Film

Ferrania. The name Ferrania Imaging Technologies may not be familiar to everyone, but this company has been making store brand films for over 30 years now. Formerly part of Imation Corp. (and affiliated with 3M), this company is now solely owned by a...

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Minolta Maxxum QTsi: A Beginners SLR
Robert E. Mayer  |  May 01, 2000  |  0 comments

Minolta Maxxum QTsi

Anybody seeking to graduate from simple compact cameras with their notoriously inaccurate viewfinders and limited close focusing capability and expand their photographic horizons usually accomplish this by...

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Lighting
Lesson Of The Month
Commercial Images On A Shoestring Budget
Ben Clay  |  May 01, 2000  |  0 comments

Lesson Of The Month

The amount of money required for a single day in a commercial car photo shoot is staggering. It is a major production that requires a good location, very large light sources, and a large team of skilled people.

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Show Reports
Lenses For 35mm Cameras
Peter K. Burian  |  May 01, 2000  |  0 comments

Lenses For 35mm Cameras

Next to new SLR cameras, lenses always attract the most attention among those attending the annual PMA show. Although we did not see as many new models this year as last, this was not surprising. Because 2000 is a photokina year, most manufacturers will...

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The Horseman DigiWide
David B. Brooks  |  May 01, 2000  |  0 comments

The Horseman DigiWide

Professional digital photography with single shot backs for medium format SLRs has had an inherent limitation. Because the area size of the digital CCD chip is smaller than that of the camera's film...

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