[REVIEW:] Jerry Burchfield – Understory – Doug Stockdale (The PhotoBook)
Jerry Burchfield’s recent (2009) photobook Understory: Florida Lumen Prints, is his sequal to his 2004 photobook Primal Images, both of which utilize his camera-less photographic process to create his unique Lumen prints. The subject of this book has shifted from the plants and flora of the South American Amazon to a little closer to home at Florida. Burchfield was commissioned to create a mural size Lumen print (10 x 30’) of the pine flatwoods ecosystem (first image, below). -Doug Stockdale
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[REVIEW:] Dan Nelken – Till the Cows Come Home – Doug Stockdale (The PhotoBook)
Dan Nelken’s Till the Cows Come Home, is a culmination of nine years photographing county fairs in the rural NorthEast region of the United States. His project evolved into creating moving portraits of the farming participants, especially the youth and the animals that they raised. -Doug Stockdale
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[REVIEW:] Jerry Burchfield – Primal Images – Doug Stockdale (The PhotoBook)
I am very fascinated by the photographic prints created by Jerry Burchfield for his two recent books, Primal Images: 100 Lumen Prints of the Amazonia Flora, published in 2004 by Laguna Wilderness Press and subsequently Understory, published this year (2009), also by Laguna Wilderness Press. Burchfield has used a camera-less photographic process that harkens back to the beginning days of photography to create these wonderful images of plants and flora. So to set the stage for his latest book Understory, I need to begin with Burchfield’s earlier book, Primal Images. -Doug Stockdale
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[REVIEW:] Long Term Test Results – Nikon 105mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor
I thought I might be past this part of my life – but I guess you’re never too old to fall in love. Yes it’s true. I love the Nikon 105mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor Lens. It was a timid relationship at first. I had never worked with a macro lens at 105mm. -Scott Bourne
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[REVIEW:] Hands-On With Panasonic's New Point and Shoots – PJ Jacobowitz (PCMag)
Panasonic is readying several new cameras for a September release, and I recently got some hands-on time with the new devices; one of which will feature an ultra-thin lens, and another that will be the first point-and-shoot camera to offer full manual control while recording video. -
[REVIEW:] Pentax K-7 – Neocamera
With the K-7, Pentax has the most feature-rich DSLR currently available – again. This DSLR camera boasts built-in stabilization, automatic horizon correction, a digital level, class-leading weather-sealing, a large 100% coverage viewfinder, a 3″ LCD with 921K pixels, ISO up to 6400, 5.2 FPS continuous shooting, live-view and a wealth of unique photographic controls and image parameters. All this in a sturdy and relatively compact pro body. In addition to its photographic capabilities, the Pentax K-7 records HD movies and larger 1536×1024 3:2 aspect-ratio ones as well, either with a builtin mono mic or an external stereo one. -Neocamera
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[REVIEW:] Film Review: Kodak Ektar 100 – 135 Format – Michael Gray
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Film is dead…or so many people though until Kodak released their new Ektar 100 film to the public last year. Coming to market with the daring claim of “Finest Grain Ever” it would be an uphill battle to sell a new color print film to the general photographic public in the age of 10+ megapixel consumer-level DSLR cameras. -Michael Gray
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[REVIEW:] Think Tank Shape Shifter Review Part II – Jim M. Goldstein
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For Part 2 of my review of the Think Tank Shape Shifter camera bag I thought I’d try something new… a video review. Demonstrating or highlighting components and qualities of the bag just seemed to flow better on video than in writing. Quite a few people contacted me about the bag after posting part 1 of the Shape Shifter review. I’m pretty certain I’ve answered the questions I’ve received, but if I missed something don’t hesitate to ask. -Jim M. Goldstein
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[REVIEW:] Hardware Review: The Canon EF-S 18-55mm – Canon Blogger
After a couple diversion-driven weeks of postings, hardware reviews are back in full swing, and this week the 18-55mm lens from Canon undergoes analysis. Since the lens has already seen a great deal of feedback and reviews in the community, a discussion of the technical features of the lens is somewhat meaningless. Instead, here are a couple great resources that talk about the quality of the lens in great detail:… – Canon Blogger
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[REVIEW:] Nikon D3X – Final Editing Complete – Michael R. Tomkins, Dave Etchells and Siegfried Weidelich (imaging resource)
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In 2007, Nikon offered pro photographers a new option for full-frame digital photography (and a chance to make their old Nikon glass fully usable again): the Nikon D3 digital SLR. A little over a year later, Nikon will give photographers a chance to push those old lenses to the limit with a new camera — one that creates a tie for the title of the highest-resolution 35mm full-frame digital SLR on the market. -Michael R. Tomkins, Dave Etchells and Siegfried Weidelich
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