Canon 10-22 EF-S Lens

January 31, 2005 by Ben Long · 19 Comments
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Canon 10-22mm EF-S Lens

Anyone who’s shot with a mid-range digital SLR – such as the Canon D30, D60, 10D, 20D, Rebel or the Nikon D100 or D70 – knows that, although these cameras can shoot exceptional images, and offer a full assortment of great features, their focal length multipliers mean that shooting wide angle is really a pain. Canon’s new 10-22mm EF-S lens, then, is a great pain reliever.

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Canon i9900 Photo Printer

January 31, 2005 by Ben Long · Leave a Comment
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Canon i9900
Epson has been ruling the A3-size desktop printer game for a while with their excellent StylusColor 2200. But with the i9900 Photo Printer, Canon has shifted the game in their favor. Offering better speed and superior color gamut, the i9900 looks like an Epson killer. How does it stack up?

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AppleScript for Digital Photographers

January 24, 2005 by Ben Long · 10 Comments
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One of the great advantages of shooting digital is the ability to shoot and shoot and shoot without having to pay for all that film and processing. The downside is that your image workflow can quickly be overwhelmed by a glut of images. Mac users have a tremendous workflow ally in the form of AppleScript. Over the next few months, we’re going to be spending a lot of time looking at workflow automation. In this first article we delve into Mac OS X’s Image Events.

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To Stitch or Not To Stitch

January 6, 2005 by Ben Long · Leave a Comment
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With modern stitching software, digital photographers have a capability that film photographers never dreamed of: they can shoot multiple images and stitch them into seamless wholes. However, though stitching is a great way to create big panoramas, it’s easy to forget about more traditional collage-work. As you’ll see in this short article, following in the footsteps of your pre-digital forebears might lead you to a more interesting image.

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Free Web Gallery Software

January 3, 2005 by Ben Long · 8 Comments
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If you’re a Mac user who wants to create web-based galleries of your digital photos, then you’ll want to take a look at Gallery Monger, my free app that can create complete web-based image galleries from folders, iPhoto libraries or iView MediaPro catalogs. Similarly, if you’re an AppleScript programmer, you might want to take a look at the enclosed article for more info on Image Events, OS X’s built-in graphics processing library.

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