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Digital Darkroom
Digital Diary; Manic Monday Or How I Learned To Stop Worring And Love Noise
Joe Farace  |  Dec 01, 2004

Photos © 2004, Joe Farace, All Rights Reserved

"C'mon Honey, let's go make some noise."--The Bangles

Dear Diary: All digital cameras add noise to images. Like film grain, it's worse at high ISOs and is more noticeable in areas of uniform color, such as skies and shadows. Since noise can be objectionable...

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Picture This
Picture This!
Silhouettes
Shutterbug Staff  |  Dec 01, 2004

Our Picture This! assignment this month was Silhouettes, and we could have published the Big Book of Silhouettes with all the great images we received. From what we saw we can say that readers have mastered this image technique, with a great mix of people, nature, and architecture. Clearly, silhouettes are a photographic effect that can only be seen with a...

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Digital Darkroom
Output Options; Improving Your Prints And Saving Your Sanity
Jon Canfield  |  Dec 01, 2004

Based on e-mails I've received from the first Output Options column (ColorPlus: Affordable And Easy Color Management, September/October eDigitalPhoto), many of you are struggling with the quality of prints--even after calibrating your monitor. So, just in time for the holiday season and the increase in family photos that many people have, I'd like to talk about...

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Photo Gear
A Solar-Powered Jacket, Next Generation Continuous Light Source, And More
Robert E. Mayer  |  Dec 01, 2004

Solar-Powered Jacket Recharges Portable Electric Devices
It had to come someday. Now you can recharge your batteries as you walk about in daylight. SCOTTeVEST (SeV) has coordinated with Global Solar Energy to introduce the first solar-powered jacket designed to carry, connect, and recharge portable electric devices. Solar panels are attached to the SeV...

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Passport
Passport
A Half-Dozen Books That Have--Inspired And Improved--My Photography
Jack Hollingsworth  |  Dec 01, 2004

Maybe it's the approaching holiday season that made me think of this--you know, books as gifts for friends and relatives who travel and take pictures--or maybe it's the impending move of my home and studio, and the cardboard boxes I've got lined up in which to pack my collection of books. In any case, I wanted to talk this time about the books that have...

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Olympus’ E-300 EVOLT
The Second In The Olympus Digital SLR Line-Up
Joe Farace  |  Dec 01, 2004

During Olympus' sneak preview for their E-1 at photokina 2002 emphasis was placed on the digital SLR's Four Thirds imaging system. At the high-fashion product roll out in New York's Bryant Park, so much importance was made of the company's medical imaging accomplishments I expected the ghost of Albert Schweitzer to start playing the organ in the background.

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The Microtek ScanMaker i900
Professional Flat-Bed Scanner Features At A Consumer Price
David B. Brooks  |  Dec 01, 2004

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

Microtek may not be the most familiar name in digital photography, but the company offers the widest selection of scanner models available. Microtek has also been in the business of making scanners for about as long as they have been available in the consumer market. The one reason you may not be as aware...

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Master Class
Master Class
Shutterbug's Alaskan Cruise
Monte Zucker  |  Dec 01, 2004

All Photos © 2004, Monte Zucker, All Rights Reserved

Put together a boatload of Shutterbug fans looking for a fun, educational experience and you can bet that they're going to have the time of their lives! We did! Every day a new port. Every day more picture opportunities. Every day a chance to stand beside and shoot with instructors Don Gayle, Bryan...

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Portrait Photography How ToPortrait Tips
The Joy of Discovery; Jerry Garns' Approach to Commercial Photography
Lynne Eodice  |  Dec 01, 2004

With Honda and Acura as major clients, having an automobile in his large cove studio is a frequent occurrence for photographer Jerry Garns. He's been shooting for American Honda Corporation since the late '80s, and his intricately lit detail shots of auto interiors and exteriors appear in the company's brochures, sales manuals, and on Acura's Website. And...

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Classic Camera Reviews
The Leica MP
And Now, "Leica A La Carte"
Roger W. Hicks  |  Dec 01, 2004

All Photos © 2004, Roger W. Hicks, All Rights Reserved

 

The Leica MP is the greatest Leica for years--maybe decades. If you want a classic all-mechanical Leica, and you can afford a new one, this is the one to buy. That's all there is to it.

So much for the short review: how about a longer one? Well, it is best summed up in three words:...

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