David B. Brooks

Microtek Artixscan 2500
David B. Brooks  |  Jan 01, 2001

In the last year I've had more e-mail inquiries about what scanner to buy if a photographer has medium and large format film to scan than any other single topic. Until now I've not had a good answer for anyone requiring professional...

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The Polaroid SprintScan 45 Ultra
David B. Brooks  |  Dec 01, 2000

The Polaroid SprintScan 45 Ultra is a new and improved model of Polaroid's multi-format film scanner offering faster scanning at up to 2500dpi optical resolution. The SprintScan 45 Ultra is designed to handle and scan all standard film formats from...

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Fuji FinePix 4700 Zoom Camera
David B. Brooks  |  Dec 01, 2000

The shirt-pocket sized FujiFilm FinePix 4700 digital camera has a very high 4.3 megapixel resolution that reproduces professional quality 8x10 prints. Besides being the first camera to feature Fuji's new Super CCD technology, the 4700's diminutive size...

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Digital Help
Digital Help
Q&A For Digital Photography
David B. Brooks  |  Dec 01, 2000

This column 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 questions sent to me will
be...

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Digital Photography
David B. Brooks  |  Dec 01, 2000

Not long ago, while visiting a colleague's studio I was shown a new Palm Digital Assistant (PDA) that takes pictures. There was a small attachment on the front of this hand-sized computer with a lens in the front. When activated the 3.5" screen displayed an image of whatever the PDA was pointed toward.

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Film Photography Reviews
Supra Film Equals Super Scans
David B. Brooks  |  Nov 01, 2000

Kodak recently released new Supra 100, 400, and 800 speed 35mm professional color negative films reported on by our Editor, Bob Shell, in the July issue. Part of the information Kodak published about these new films is that they have been formulated...

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Minolta Dimâge Elite
David B. Brooks  |  Nov 01, 2000

Minolta's newest 35mm (and APS) film scanner, the Dimâge Elite, combines well established basic scanner design with the addition of Applied Science Fiction Digital ICE and new software features. At a street price of under $1000 this new Minolta...

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Digital Help
Digital Help
Q&A For Digital Photography
David B. Brooks  |  Nov 01, 2000

This column 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 questions sent to me will
be...

Continue Reading >
The New UMAX PowerLook 1100
David B. Brooks  |  Oct 01, 2000

To those familiar with the UMAX scanner line, the new Power-Look 1100 appears quite similar to the popular PowerLook III. It has many similarities, including the same configuration with film scanning standard; 1200x2400 hardware resolution; 3.4 dynamic...

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Epson Stylus Photo 2000P
David B. Brooks  |  Oct 01, 2000

Editor's Note
 The prints produced by the Epson 2000P printer are totally different from prints from any previous printer from any maker. Due to magazine reproduction limitations or published representations of these prints can not match...

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