David B. Brooks

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The Epson Perfection 2450 Photo
An Affordable All In One Scanner For Photo, Digital
David B. Brooks  |  Feb 01, 2002

Digital technological progress continues at a rapid pace and shows up in new and improved products on a regular basis, all driven by relentless market competition. As we progress along this path, a level of both higher capability and lower cost occasionally...

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The Epson R-D1 Journey Begins
A New Digital Version Of A Classic Rangefinder Camera, And More...
David B. Brooks  |  Apr 01, 2005

Photos © 2004, David B. Brooks, All Rights Reserved

Early in 2004 Epson announced a new digital camera body based on a classic 35mm rangefinder model with a Leica lens mount. This back-to-the-future concept caused a stir among members of the photo press, and I wrote as much as was known then about it in a First Look in the July 2004 issue. My chief concern then was...

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The Epson Stylus Photo 1280 Printer
David B. Brooks  |  Jul 01, 2001

Over the last few years the technology performance advances Epson has brought to ink jet photo printing has moved at an amazing pace. I've not just wondered how they have been able to improve photo-realistic printing so dramatically, but...

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The Epson Stylus Photo 960: Is This Really The Ultimate Digital Darkroom Printer
David B. Brooks  |  Feb 01, 2003

The Epson Stylus Photo 960

Following the excellent performance of the Epson Stylus Photo 890/1280 ink jet printers I honestly did not...

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

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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The HP DeskJet 895Cse
David B. Brooks  |  Mar 01, 1999

In the now large population of color ink jet printers Hewlett-Packard continues to be a leader with its HP DeskJet printers. The new HP DeskJet 895Cse now tops HP's list of DeskJet models, providing a printer designed to meet the widest range of user...

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The Imacon Flextight Photo Scanner
David B. Brooks  |  Sep 01, 2000

Imacon scanners stand out from the rest because the company follows a more focused purpose in their design. If I may use automobiles as an analogy, the family car is designed to serve a broad range of purposes, and does them all satisfactorily. However...

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The Kodak Professional RFS 3600 Film Scanner
Worth A Second Look
David B. Brooks  |  Oct 01, 2002

Well over a year ago I sat down to write about the Kodak Professional RFS 3600 slide and 35mm film scanner. Physically, in what I then called a swoopy design, was a mechanical package offering good specifications of 3600dpi resolution, 36-bit color depth scanning at a dynamic range of 3.6. Besides the...

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The LaCie 700 Series LCD Displays; Color Performance Personified
David B. Brooks  |  Apr 01, 2010

LaCie recently began offering a new set of high-performance LCD displays, dubbed their 700 Series. First of all, the screens are high-performance, fine-resolution displays like few I have tested and reviewed. The 700 Series has two features which add immensely to the character and perceptual quality of the color images displayed. Most LCD display screens available today utilize a set of CCFL...

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The Lacie Photon 18 Blue Flat Panel Display
David B. Brooks  |  Oct 01, 2001  |  First Published: Oct 01, 2000

The LCD flat panel display advantages are well-known--a smaller footprint, lower weight, greater energy efficiency, and more consistent color performance over the lifetime of the monitor. Until recently however, the LCD flat panel display has...

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