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HP Photosmart R707; Can In Camera Features Improve Your Images?
Peter K. Burian  |  Nov 01, 2004  |  0 comments

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HP Photosmart R707
Quick Look
· 5.1 Megapixel
· 1.5" LCD Monitor
· $329 street price
· Lens: 35mm equiv.

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Digital Help
Digital Help!
Q&A For Digital Photography
David B. Brooks  |  Nov 01, 2004  |  0 comments

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 questions sent to me will be answered with the most appropriate information I can access and provide. However, not all questions and answers will appear in...

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Canon's i9900 Photo Printer
Joe Farace  |  Nov 01, 2004  |  0 comments

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Let's leave the suspense to Alfred Hitchcock: Canon's i9900 Photo Printer is the best desktop ink jet printer in its price range that I've ever used. The i9900 makes big, beautiful prints, is quiet, offers...

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The Darkroom
The Darkroom
Create A Background For Portrait Candids; Pro Results With A Rainbow Of Color Options
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Nov 01, 2004  |  0 comments

A few months ago I showed you how to create a background for a portrait by using the Adobe Gradient tool. That tool produced a nice, smooth, gradated background as though the photographer had put a small hot spotlight on a smooth background. In this article I will show you how to create a mottled background similar to the painted canvas backgrounds that are so popular among...

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Photo Paper NewsPhoto Paper Reviews
When You Care Enough To Print The Very Best; Fine Art Ink Jet Papers From Moab Paper
Joe Farace  |  Nov 01, 2004  |  0 comments

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It's no secret that the simplest way to get high quality output from an ink jet printer is to use the best paper. What's the best? That depends on your printer and the kind of inks it uses.

It...

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Digital Infrared Photography With The Fuji S20 Pro; There's More To Life Than Color Image Files!
Joe Farace  |  Nov 01, 2004  |  0 comments

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"Why not?"--Dayton Allen

Whenever I get a new digital camera from Fuji I run down to the family room and give it the "remote control...

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Portraiture
The Classical Portrait Still Commands Respect
And Some Pros Are Even Still Using Film!
Steve Bedell  |  Nov 01, 2004  |  0 comments

You might think in the digital age that anyone out there hawking traditional portraiture would be a dinosaur, pleading for people to have their portraits done. After all, it's now possible to put people on the moon without them setting foot out of the studio. You would be wrong.

There are portrait photographers out there who command high fees who have clients...

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Classic Camera Reviews
Classic Cameras
The Linhof Kardan Color 45s
An "Economy" Monorail Classic
Harry Price  |  Nov 01, 2004  |  0 comments

The first large format monorail cameras appeared on the market in the late 1940s and early '50s from European manufacturers like Linhof and Sinar. Linhof's first monorail, the original Kardan, was released in '52, the same year the German company moved into worldwide distribution.

Monorails were quickly adopted by studio and architectural...

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Digital Darkroom
Easy IR (Infrared); Create Your Own From Any Color Image File
Howard Millard  |  Nov 01, 2004  |  0 comments

Could your portraits be enhanced by the mysterious, otherworldly glow of a black and white infrared (IR) effect? In the past, pre-digital darkroom, the only way you could get the IR look was shooting special IR film, quite a challenge to expose, process, and print correctly. Working digitally you can avoid many of the pitfalls and gain...

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Canon's EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM
An Incredibly Small, Fully-Corrected Telephoto Zoom With High-Tech Diffractive Optics
Peter K. Burian  |  Nov 01, 2004  |  0 comments

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When it was announced in 1995, the Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM zoom was truly unique, as the world's first 35mm system lens with a built-in Image Stabilizer (IS). Versatile, compact, and great for low-light shooting without a tripod, that zoom has been very popular in spite of mixed...

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