David B. Brooks

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Digital Darkroom
Digital In Black And White
Ink Jet Printing Problems And Solutions
David B. Brooks  |  Dec 01, 2001  |  0 comments

The output device for most digital darkrooms has become the photo-realistic ink jet printer. The printers that are designed to produce high quality photographic image reproduction are primarily color printers. They can be used for a wider...

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New NegaFix In SilverFast 5.5
The Color Negative Scanning Problem Solved
David B. Brooks  |  Dec 01, 2001  |  0 comments

New NegaFix In SilverFast 5.5

The Color Negative Scanning Problem Solved

by David B.

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Canon S600 Bubble Jet Printer
David B. Brooks  |  Nov 01, 2001  |  0 comments

Not everyone with a camera needs or wants a dedicated photo printer, but more and more computer users with cameras could use a good letter-size printer that also makes good photographic prints. Canon's newest S600 Bubble Jet printer has...

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The Canon CanoScan D2400UF Flat Bed Scanner
David B. Brooks  |  Sep 01, 2001  |  0 comments

Flat-bed scanners with a high-resolution specification are usually accompanied by a film scanning capability. Reflective scanning rarely requires much more than 600dpi, but film scanning demands much more resolution. With a hardware resolution...

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Microtek Scanmaker 8700 Pro
Is This The Ideal All Around Scanner
David B. Brooks  |  Sep 01, 2002  |  First Published: Sep 01, 2001  |  0 comments

The Microtek Scanmaker 8700 Pro flat-bed, dual-bed scanner provides the typical 8.5x14" reflective print scanning of a flat-bed plus Emulsion-Direct film scanning via a film drawer that accommodates all film sizes from 35mm through 8x10". For a...

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The Sony Vaio Slimtop Pen Tablet
A Dream Computer For Digital Photographers
David B. Brooks  |  Sep 01, 2001  |  0 comments

The few times I have written about personal computers in the past there has not been a product that supports digital photography out of the box. Although Windows PCs available on store shelves today have much more general capability when applied...

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The Epson Stylus Photo 1280 Printer
David B. Brooks  |  Jul 01, 2001  |  0 comments

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 Expression 1680 Pro
David B. Brooks  |  Jun 01, 2001  |  0 comments

A flat-bed scanner with the capability of scanning the smallest medium format (6x4.5cm) film frame for a 13x19" print has been largely unaffordable to me and many digital darkroom enthusiasts, until now. Epson's latest Expression model...

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Digital Darkroom
Software Roundup 2001
New And Improved Tools For The Digital Photographer
David B. Brooks  |  Jun 01, 2001  |  0 comments

Corel Print House 2000
Although there is a large selection of consumer entry-level photo applications for Windows, there are few off-the-shelf packages for the Mac. The Corel Print House 2000 is a welcome alternative. In fact, at...

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Adobe Photoshop Elements
Affordable Image Editing For The Photo Ethusiast
David B. Brooks  |  May 01, 2001  |  0 comments

It was just a matter of time before Adobe would fill the gap between PhotoDeluxe and the full version of Photoshop. The increasing rate of sales of digital cameras was the signal to Adobe that it was time for Adobe Photoshop Elements. The only surprise to me was the estimated street price of...

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