Sometime last year, I was challenged by the members of my local photo club to put together a low budget photo editing laptop. I surprised the group when I presented them with mid-level machine that was running completely free software. In fact, the money I saved from using FOSS (Free Open Source Software) instead...
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I have been a photographer for about 42 years now. I have been an I.T. professional for 32 years as well. I started photography in high school and learned to shoot and develop black and white film (Kodak Tri-X Pan was our go-to film stock) and make our own prints. When the digital revolution...
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What Hath Sigma Wrought? On February 22, 2016, Sigma Photo of Japan formally announced their entry into the mirrorless interchangeable lens camera market. They introduced not one, but two camera models: the SD Quattro and the SD Quattro H. Not only did they introduce two mirrorless camera models, they introduced an entire camera system...
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October 25, 2012 – PhotoPlus Expo 2012 opened formally this morning to fairly sizable crowds. As usual, the main entrance was dominated by the Big Three (although Canon and Nikon would call it the Big Two Plus One). Needless to say, the Canon, Nikon and Sony booths were completely stormed by the early onrush....
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COPENHAGEN, May 16, 2012 — Phase One is launching a series of one-of-a-kind online events entitled “Phase One Live; Your Inspiration Stream.” Hosted by Phase One and some of the world’s leading photographers, each event will showcase a specific photography project — tracking each step in that project’s workflow from conception through completion. The...
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