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First Look
Toyo View 45CF Lightweight 4x5 Field Camera
George Schaub  |  Nov 01, 2002

The trend toward lighter and durable materials for photo gear was, some say, started by the introduction of carbon-fiber materials for a usually cumbersome piece of equipment--a tripod. Make the tripod as strong and lighter and those who really know what a tripod is for, and why it's...

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Epson Stylus Photo 2200
Is It The Printer Photographers Have Been Waiting For
David B. Brooks  |  Nov 01, 2002

Not long after the new Epson Stylus Photo 2200 was announced to the public photographers were obviously in high anticipation because rumors of every dire kind began to circulate about the printer when it did not appear in stores. But that was...

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Editors Picks
Our Top Photo Tools For 2002
The Editors  |  Nov 01, 2002

Professional:
Nikon F5
This by-now venerable model still gets raves from 35mm pro shooters. Said Peter Burian, "Arguably the most full-featured SLR camera, it's incredibly effective for all types of photography."
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Digital Innovations
Digital Innovations
Perfect Digital Exposure
Joe Farace  |  Nov 01, 2002  |  First Published: Oct 01, 2002

The number one question I hear from students at the film-based workshops I teach and one that usually permeates the entire event is a quest for perfect exposures, "How to determine a consistent approach that will guarantee perfectly...

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Classic Camera Reviews
Classic Cameras
A Linhof Technika 70 Special
Roger W. Hicks  |  Nov 01, 2002

Beware: heresy is about to be spoken. It is that you might care to take one of the most sublimely constructed and complex of all mechanical cameras, and butcher it.

The sacrificial victim is a Linhof Technika 70, which entered production (as far as I know) in the early 1960s: certainly...

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Business Trends
Business Trends
Creative Ideas For Self Promotion In The Marketplace
Maria Piscopo  |  Nov 01, 2002

For photographers, finding
new ideas for self-promotion is an ongoing business issue. In today's
competitive marketplace, you have to maintain a balance between what creative
ideas you plan and what you can really accomplish. To help you evaluate...

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Pro Techniques
Building Great Photos
Compositing Multiple Frames To Create One Great Image
Jay Abend  |  Nov 01, 2002



Surreal Composites--A great technique is to take a collection of original images and combine them to create a fanciful and surreal final image. For this other-worldly desert scene I took four original film shots of...

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Outdoor/Travel
A Photographers Dream
Mono Lake And The Eastern Sierra Nevada
Joseph A. Dickerson  |  Nov 01, 2002

Riddle: what do Ansel Adams, the Lone Ranger, Hopalong Cassidy, William Mulholland, and Gunga Din all have in common? Answer: a geographical area of California that is as rich in human history, geological wonder, and photographic beauty...

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Lighting
TTL Flash
Shedding New Light On Close Ups And Macro
Jack Neubart  |  Oct 01, 2002

Any time of year presents us with budding opportunities to shoot close-ups. We can find flowers any time of year, indoors--and possibly even outside. And we're not just limited to...

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Lighting
The SEI Photometer
A Legend Among Spot Meters
Roger W. Hicks  |  Oct 01, 2002

Few people realize that photographic spot meters date back some 2/3 of a century. The very first was built by Arthur Dalladay, editor of The British Journal of Photography, in about 1935; he described it in the BJP Almanac of 1937 on pages 127-138. This meter still exists, in the possession of a...

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