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Reviving The Old Ones

The other day I was approached with a small World War II black & white portrait of a military officer and his then-wife.  For obituary purposes, the daughter of the now-deceased military officer wanted me to photoshop out the wife who … Continue reading

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iPhone vs. EOS and What It Really Takes

In an interesting experiment by ARS Technika writer/photographer, Lee Hutchinson, compares the photo capabilities of the latest Apple iPhone and an $8K Canon DSLR rig.  See the full story here.

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My Old Neighborhood

A view of DTLA by Ian Woods … Yep, I miss my old photography loft at the intersection of the arts, garment and flower districts.

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Remember Exakta?

Just came upon some fine photographs made by Theodore Lewis OF that legendary German camera.  These photographs can be seen here.  And spend some time with his Tumblr site to see more of Lewis’ fine work. Learn more about Exakta here.

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After the Fact Focus with Lytro’s Illium

Now this is interesting.  Sure seems like a big advance over their Lytro offering of two or three years ago.  Go to Lytro’s site for more, or read the Wired piece that first brought this to my attention.

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Photographer creates time-lapse showing D600 ‘dust’ accumulation

Here’s something on the “sensor dust problem” that appears to be affecting the new Nikon D600: http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/11/21/nikon-d600-dust-timelapse    

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Femto Photography

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X Is For X-Ray

Learn about this new iPad app, said to be four years in the making … http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/picture-galleries/8958376/X-is-for-X-Ray-a-new-Apple-iPad-app-from-Hugh-Turvey.html

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Triggertrap

Here’s an intriguing item: Triggertrap. Made even more intriguing by the Arduino connection. http://triggertrap.com/  

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World Photography Day

Today is. Been going on for about 185 years. More: http://www.worldphotoday.org/

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