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Photo Sharing Review: Fotki.com

September 11th, 2008 · 3 Comments

We all like to root for the underdog. Slowly becoming a major contender, the ‘little guy’ Fotki has some amazing features, but is it trying to grow to far too fast?
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If there is a fault with Fotki, it is that there are just so many options (29 in fact) that users can’t help but be [...]

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Forget IS and VR: The $1 Image Stabilizer

April 20th, 2008 · No Comments

The photographer’s trick bag can run pretty deep with gizmos and optical sorcery, but this one is downright intuitive. You may not be throwing away your VR lens in favor of the “$1 Image Stabilizer”, but perhaps it’s a good thing to throw in your gear bag for emergencies. From experience, I’m thinking something like: [...]

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Ilford Galerie Classic Pearl Resin Coated Inkjet Paper

February 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Ilford Galerie Classic Pearl Resin Coated Inkjet Paper, 13″ x 19″, 25 SheetsNot terrible…
3out of 5
…but not great either.
Having been a user of Ilford RC and other photographic paper for traditional printing, I decided to give their digital media a try. This stuff is certainly better than Ilford’s “Classic Gloss”, but it still has slight [...]

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Nikon and the (non) Battle for Megapixels

October 16th, 2007 · 1 Comment

In the world of digital photography, the megapixel battle is no spring chicken. It has been raging for several years. Absurd, but that’s a pretty long time span in terms of digital photography.
Today it seems as though digitals have gotten to the point where pixel-count mania — at least in the D-SLR and Point-and-shoot world [...]

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