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Help!
Robert E. Mayer  |  Jun 01, 2004

Here is a quick tip list
on letters for the HELP! desk:

Please confine yourself to only one question per letter. Both postal
letters and e-mails are fine, although we prefer e-mail as the most
efficientfo...

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Show Reports
New Films
And Even A New Printing Paper
Robert E. Mayer  |  Jun 01, 2004

Ferrania USA now offers new, high color fidelity 400 and 800 speed color negative films called FG PLUS. They feature fine grain and excellent detail with superior color saturation coupled with reduced underexposure latitude.

Kodak introduced several improved films for...

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Show Reports
Shutterbug's Exclusive PMA 2004 Report
George Schaub  |  Jun 01, 2004

What do you get when you put six ace reporters into a huge hall filled with photo and imaging gear? In our case, these being our contributors, a bunch of kids in a candy store who deliver the most comprehensive reports available on this annual photo show. Held in Las Vegas in mid winter, the...

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Editor's Notes
On The Road Again
George Schaub  |  Jun 01, 2004

Editor's Notes

The PMA Show: 8Mp Digicams, Digital SLRs...And Much, Much More

This issue contains our reports from the Photo Marketing Association (PMA) Show, the biggest photo and imaging trade show in the US. Covering...

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Digital SLRs
...And Other Denizens Of The Digital Realm
Joe Farace  |  Jun 01, 2004

It may surprise some readers to discover that the CCD was invented at Bell Labs in 1969, a fine year for wine, songs, and cars--think of the awesome Plymouth Road Runner. CMOS is a little older, having been developed in 1948. While curmudgeonly writers and editors patiently wait for this...

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Digital Help
Digital Help
Q&A For Digital Photography
David B. Brooks  |  Jun 01, 2004

This department will attempt
to provide solutions to problems readers may have getting into and using
digital cameras, scanning, and using digital photographic images with
a computer and different kinds of software. All...

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Digital Backs
Digital Options For Medium And Large Format Camera Owners
Joe Farace  |  Jun 01, 2004

Digital back makers for medium and large format cameras happily search for the ultimate image-making machine. In my view, they may be cheerfully unaware that the devices they are busily producing may not have anything to attach them to in a few years because no company is making affordable, under $2000...

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Digital Accessories
Memory Cards, Download Devices, Portable Digital Solutions, And More
Jack Neubart  |  Jun 01, 2004

Everywhere you turned throughout the big PMA halls you'd find more and more accessories for digital photography. Perhaps the biggest category was new memory cards and drives, storage devices, and portable memory download solutions. And then there were the increasing numbers of devices for both...

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The Darkroom
The Darkroom
Toward A Kinder, Gentler Camera; How To Soften "Character Lines"
Frances E. Schultz  |  Jun 01, 2004

Wrinkles or character lines? Few people want their portraits to show every line on their face. The camera may not...

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Classic Camera Reviews
Classic Accessories
The Shirley Wellard Universal Cassette
Delightful Labyrinth-Style Doodad
Roger W. Hicks  |  Jun 01, 2004

Reloadable labyrinth-style cassettes are nothing new: they were launched with the original Leica when it became clear that darkroom loading and unloading was not going to be outstandingly convenient. This is why a standard load is 36; the original Leica...

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