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Novoflex’s Panorama=Q PRO; When A Wide Angle Lens Just Won’t Get It!
Joe Farace  |  May 01, 2007

Novoflex has long made a series of what they call panorama plates and what the rest of us call panorama heads, although they really are closer to being a plate than a head. At photokina 2006 the company added two new versions of these precision-machined products. Like all kinds of support-related products, the Novoflex Panorama=Q and Panorama=Q PRO are media-passive, not...

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Olympus OM-D E-M1X Mirrorless Camera Review
Joe Farace  |  Jan 23, 2019

Olympus just launched the 20.4MP OM-D E-M1X, the company’s latest pro-level mirrorless camera. Shutterbug got some early hands-on testing time with the camera and this is our review.

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Olympus Pen E-P3: Is It An M9 For The Rest Of Us?
Joe Farace  |  Feb 14, 2012  |  First Published: Jan 01, 2012

The half-frame 35mm Olympus Pen F was introduced in 1963 and featured none other than the late W. Eugene Smith, cigarette dangling from his lips, in magazine ads of the time. Its latest digital incarnation, the E-P3, is built using the Micro Four Thirds system that unlike the Pen F is not half-frame and uses the same chip size (17.3x13mm) as the standard Four Thirds system. Like the original Pen F, it’s an extremely sophisticated camera wrapped in a compact, interchangeable lens body that delivers SLR performance and lots more. The E-P3 is the flagship of the Olympus Micro Four Thirds system and part of a family of compact cameras that includes the E-PL3, E-PM1 a.k.a. Mini, new lenses, and a clever little wireless speedlight.

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Olympus’ E-300 EVOLT
The Second In The Olympus Digital SLR Line-Up
Joe Farace  |  Dec 01, 2004

During Olympus' sneak preview for their E-1 at photokina 2002 emphasis was placed on the digital SLR's Four Thirds imaging system. At the high-fashion product roll out in New York's Bryant Park, so much importance was made of the company's medical imaging accomplishments I expected the ghost of Albert Schweitzer to start playing the organ in the background.

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Olympus’ E-30; All The Filters Of The Rainbow
Joe Farace  |  Apr 01, 2009

Olympus decided to build an impressive camera that goes where none has gone before, the Olympus E-30.

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Olympus’ E-P1; The Return Of The Olympus Pen
Joe Farace  |  Jan 01, 2010

The original Olympus Pen was introduced in 1959 and was the first Japanese half-frame 35mm camera produced. Its name? Designer Maitani’s concept was that the camera would be as convenient to carry as a pen.

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On CD
How To Buy Your First Digital Camera
Joe Farace  |  Mar 01, 2000

When deciding to purchase your first digital camera, you're faced with many choices. How To Buy Your First Digital Camera is an educational CD-ROM that's designed to answer many of the initial questions you might have.

The presentation appears to have been...

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Web Profiles
On Location With Four Great Photographers: Tumbling Into Tumblr
Joe Farace  |  May 31, 2012  |  First Published: Apr 01, 2012
Tumblr (www.tumblr.com) is a free microblogging platform that lets you post text, images, videos, quotes, and audio using a short-form blog called a tumblelog. Using free or modestly priced templates, it’s the easiest kinds of photoblog to produce and you can literally have a blog up and running within minutes. With 6.8 million weekly visits the site ranks as the 10th largest social network so it’s a good way to keep clients and friends up-to-date about the kinds of photographs you’re making. You can see my own attempt at http://joefarace.tumblr.com. Give Tumblr a try and send me a link to your blog because I plan to have an all-Tumblr Web Profiles in the near future.
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On The Digital Road; Tips, Tools, & Techniques For The Traveling Photographer
Joe Farace  |  May 01, 2008

"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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On The Road: Montana; Big Sky Means Big Photography
Joe Farace  |  Apr 01, 2011

“It is pleasant to have been to a place the way a river went.”—Henry David Thoreau

In recent months I’ve devoted this column to various themes and this month have expanded that concept to include geography. All of the photographers featured this month are located in Montana, the Big Sky state, which I think has some of the most spectacular scenery here in the lower forty-eight, as their...

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