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Making Prints from Digital Files: Some Thoughts on Image Permanence, Options and Advances
George Schaub  |  Mar 29, 2005

One of the reasons that many people are getting into making prints at home
these days is that inkjet prints are simpler to make and more permanent than,
in many cases, photographic prints (dye based projection, that is.) With recent
advances in ink and paper technology from companies such as Epson and HP we
now see the potential, given proper storage, of digital prints lasting more
than 100 years. Even snapshot size prints, according to Wilhelm Research, from
portable printers like the popular and relatively diminutive PictureMate from
Epson can last three generations or more. And most of the newer printers don't
even require the intermediary of the computer to make very good looking prints.

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Editor's Notes
Many Roads To Travel
George Schaub  |  Nov 01, 2009

As the mixed bag of camera reviews in this month’s issue shows, there are many ways you can travel the photographic road these days. These range from the arcane to the elaborate, from pocket-sized digicams with extensive controls to full-fledged pro systems with interchangeable film/digital backs. The system you choose will necessarily match what you like or need to capture, be it casual...

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Medium Format Update
Breaking News And Highlights
George Schaub  |  Jan 01, 2002

Pentax 645NII
We start off with a new 6x4.5 format camera from Pentax, the 645NII. This second generation manifestation of the popular 645N adds mirror up functionality on the drive mode dial, a choice of EV increments in exposure compensation...

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Medium Format Update
Does 120 220 Offer The Best Of Film, And Digital
George Schaub  |  Jan 01, 2004

When it comes to image quality combined with convenience it's hard to match medium format. Simple physics tell the tale: the larger film size means less magnification to get to equivalent image sizes--in print or repro--than the smaller 35mm format. In addition, medium format...

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Medium Format Update
When Worlds Collide
George Schaub  |  Jan 01, 2003

Telephoto Lenses For View Cameras

It used to be, and may still be the dream of many 35mm shooters to try their hand at medium format. The larger film size is certainly an advantage when going for big prints, and the clarity and fine detail it reveals makes 35mm look like the...

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Memory and Backup: Critical Issues for Digital Photographers
George Schaub  |  Nov 22, 2004



Remember the shoebox, the place where all those snapshots were stored? It was
a great tradition to take a roll of film, share it with family and friends and
then dutifully deposit the pictures and negatives into a cardboard container that
would be stocked away on some closet shelf. Well, digital photography hasn't
changed that great tradition, but nowadays the "shoebox" is more likely
filled with CDs or DVDs that hold the pictures--only to be stacked away in that
same closet next to that snapshot shoebox.
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Editor's Notes
Memory And The Medium
George Schaub  |  Mar 01, 2005

Memory is an odd process. Recollections can be triggered by a certain muscle movement, a dream, a flash of color or shape as we walk down the street, a shift in the wind or, more concretely, by a photographic image. In all, memory is an associative process, in that some catalyst seems to create a circuit in the mind that refers to something real, or imagined, in our past. We all...

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Microtek ScanMaker 6800
A Flat Bed Scanner With Digital Ice
George Schaub  |  Jul 01, 2003

Microtek ScanMaker 6800

We've been reporting on Digital ICE from Applied Science Fiction over the years, the software/hardware solution that cleans up damaged and marred scans from slides and negatives scanned in certain dedicated film...

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Minolta DiMAGE A1; An Integral Lens Digital SLR
George Schaub  |  Mar 01, 2004

The integral lens SLR camera does have some precedent in the film world--it's what Olympus called the Z-SLR a number of years back, and the camera models in that line-up enjoyed limited success and spawned a group of digital Z-SLRs called the E-10 and E-20. Now that Olympus has cast...

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Minolta Freedom Zoom 160
A New Take On AF Tech
George Schaub  |  Aug 01, 2002

Although we don't ordinarily review point-and-shoot 35s in Shutterbug, we were tempted to check out the new Minolta Freedom Zoom because of its autofocusing system. Minolta, as you might know, was a pioneer of AF technology with the Maxxum SLRs.

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