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Sony’s Alpha A900; A Prosumer-Grade, Full-Frame D-SLR With Class-Leading 24.6MP Resolution
Peter K. Burian  |  Feb 01, 2009  |  0 comments

Boasting incredibly high resolution for a 35mm-size D-SLR, the A900 features a full-frame sensor and some unique technology. Sony developed an Exmor 24x36mm CMOS chip for this camera; it’s packed with 24.6 million effective pixels but they’re quite large (5.9 microns vs. 5.5 microns with the A700) thanks to the oversized sensor and improved design. As a bonus, analog-to-digital...

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Covering The Photo Beat; Camera Bags, Monoball Heads, And A baLens Cap
C.A. Boylan  |  Feb 01, 2009  |  0 comments

The EZDigiMagic DM220-P08
The EZDigiMagic model DM220-P08 portable memory card back-up device allows you to burn files directly from a memory card to a CD or DVD. You may preview the images on the unit’s 2” color TFT screen and view multiple images or use the zoom in/out feature. The EZDigiMagic has a USB Host Function for downloading images and videos from...

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Grey Market Merchandise; It’s Legal, And It May Cost Less, But Is It The Right Choice For You?
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Feb 01, 2009  |  10 comments

Grey market goods are products that were manufactured to be sold outside the US but, because of pricing inconsistencies, made their way to our shores to compete with merchandise that was localized for our market.

Ah, the lure of the bargain. Everyone wants to get the most for their money, and some folks are willing to take significant risks to stretch their budget. That’s why...

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At The Crossroads; Documenting Rural Voices
Eric Dusenbery  |  Feb 01, 2009  |  0 comments

In many ways, Florida seems like a thoroughly modern state. New developments and towering skyscrapers dot the urban contemporary landscape. Tourism display racks contain dozens of the latest amusement and attraction brochures. Each year, millions of visitors descend upon Florida to experience the beaches, theme parks, major cities, and golf courses.

However, away from the...

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Anomalies, Misplacements, And Oddball Juxtapositions
Staff  |  Feb 01, 2009  |  0 comments

Photographers have a keen eye, and part of that is noticing moments when people, places, and things converge in extraordinary fashion. Our Picture This! assignment this month asked readers to submit images that caught those “comings together” that held those odd coincidences in a single image. Readers used long lenses to compress space and bring disparate subjects closer, and wide...

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Quiet Images; The Photography Of Philip Perkis
Rosalind Smith  |  Feb 01, 2009  |  1 comments

The photographs of Philip Perkis come from his own inner world; they are quiet images that speak to us intimately. Presented in a recent show at the Alan Klotz Gallery in New York, many of them grace the pages of his new book The Sadness of Men, published by The Quantuck Lane Press.

Currently a teacher at Pratt Institute and the School of Visual Arts...

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Color To B&W Processing; Grayscale Conversion Opens New Doors To Monochrome Mastery
George Schaub  |  Feb 01, 2009  |  0 comments

If you love black and white photography you should check out the tools and techniques that allow you to make customized “conversions” from your RGB digital image files.

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Classic Camera Reviews
Werra; An East German Wonder
Roger W. Hicks  |  Feb 01, 2009  |  2 comments

The Germans notoriously have a word for the guilty pleasure of enjoying another’s misfortune or embarrassment: Schadenfreude.

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Canon’s EOS 50D D-SLR; 15.1MP, Live View With Face Detection And 6.3 FPS
George Schaub  |  Feb 01, 2009  |  0 comments

While driving around upstate New York during the peak fall foliage season and testing the new Canon EOS 50D, I met the perfect candidate for this camera.

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Exploiting Color For B&W Fidelity; Try Your Hand At Duo-, Tri-, And Quadtones
Jon Canfield  |  Feb 01, 2009  |  0 comments

It seems easy to create a black and white from a digital image. At its most basic level all that is required is selecting “Convert to Grayscale,” which is found in almost every image-editing program on the market.

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