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 |  Aug 01, 2008

August
2008

On
the Cover


This month we have a vast array of pro portrait lens options, everything from
wide to tele to mid-range. We also have field tests on some of the hottest optics
on the market:a...

Shutterbug Staff  |  Aug 01, 2008

I took this picture of my good friend while she was leading a rock route that pushed her skills to the limit. I wanted to be verbally encouraging while she was struggling at the crux, but knew that if I yelled from above her, it would be very distracting. The belayer managed to shout his support to her at just the right time as she worked through the difficult section and finished...

Jay McCabe  |  Aug 01, 2008

Chris White
Hillsborough High School
Hillsborough, New Jersey

Eyes On The Prize
Chris, who is 16, took his first photographs with a disposable camera his dad gave him
when he was 8, but he counts the last three years as the time of more serious efforts, mostly with a Fuji FinePix S5200.

Photography is in the family...

Jon Canfield  |  Aug 01, 2008

Monitor calibration has become fairly mainstream over the past few years. Nearly everyone knows they should be calibrating their displays, and a fair percentage of them are actually doing it. And, with the cost and ease of use down into the normal (e.g., non-geek) level, there is really no reason to not calibrate your display.

Display calibration is important in...

George Schaub  |  Aug 01, 2008

If you ever want a unique point of view try a "fisheye" lens. Like looking through a door peephole (which in fact is a "fisheye" type) this order of lens sacrifices linear correction in favor of a very wide angle of view. Originally made for creating "full sky" images when pointed straight up, they had long ago been adopted by photographers for...

C.A. Boylan  |  Aug 01, 2008

The JetFlash V33 USB Flash Drive From Transcend
This compact, high-speed USB flash drive is Windows Me/2000/XP/Vista, Mac OS 9.0/OS X, and Linux Kernel 2.4.2 or later compatible. It offers easy plug-and-play operation which can be enhanced with the JetFlash elite software package. Transcend also provides a lifetime warranty. Contact: Transcend Information...

Philip Andrews  |  Aug 01, 2008

Remember the Polaroid? You push the button and the print is ejected and developed right before your eyes. But rather than settle for these "straight" prints, for many years professional image-makers used the unique features of this technology to create wonderfully textured images as well. The process involved transferring the image from the original to damp watercolor...

Staff  |  Jul 31, 2008

PictoColor announces the release of CorrectPhoto 3.1, its popular, easy to use
digital photo editor. CorrectPhoto 3.1 features PictoColor's OneClick Color technology
that instantly gives every digital photo the color of life or creates a stunning
black and white or sepia tone picture. With just one click, anyone can remove
an unwanted color cast, improve the exposure and increase the vibrancy of all
of their digital pictures. And, with a single click a color photo can be instantly
turned into black and white or sepia tone picture.



Plus, with its collection of other essential photo tools such as rotation, cropping,
cropping to standard print sizes, resizing, removing red-eye, and sharpening,
CorrectPhoto helps users turn average snapshots into great photos in seconds.




CorrectPhoto takes the guess work out of color correction with PictoColor's OneClick
Color technology, the point-and-click color technology that really works. OneClick
Color automatically corrects the white balance, exposure, and saturation. In addition
to its automatic color correction capabilities, CorrectPhoto provides separate
controls for manually adjusting brightness and contrast, independently adjusting
shadows and highlights, and quickly adjusting the saturation. New to version 3.1
is the ability to create stunning black and white and sepia tone photos with a
single mouse click. Designed for Windows XP and Vista users, CorrectPhoto's built
in Windows Explorer provides direct access to Windows file management system for
easy photo management and archiving



CorrectPhoto with ImageTitler may be purchased at http://www.correctphoto.com
for $39.95 as a software download. A free trial version of CorrectPhoto 3.1 is
available.



http://www.pictocolor.com...

Staff  |  Jul 30, 2008

Panasonic has announced its newest addition to its FX-Series of LUMIX digital
cameras with the unveiling of the DMC-FX150. Equipped with 14.7 megapixels,
the FX150 also boasts a 28mm wide-angle LEICA DC VARIO-ELMARIT lens with f/2.8
brightness and 3.6x optical zoom.

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 |  Jul 29, 2008

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