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Mark Segal

Mark Segal

Mark has been making photographs for the past six decades and started adopting a digital workflow in 1999 first with scanning film, then going fully digital in 2004. He has worked with a considerable range of software, equipment and techniques over the years, accumulated substantial experience as an author, educator and communicator in several fields and is a frequent contributor to the Luminous-Landscape website. Mark developed a particular interest in film scanning and authored the ebook “Scanning Workflows with SilverFast 8, SilverFast HDR, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop” available on the SilverFast website. In his “other life” (the one that pays for the photography), Mark is a retiree from the World Bank Group and now a consultant in electric power development.

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Plustek Optic Film 7600i-Ai Film Scanner Review

By Mark D Segal Lasersoft Imaging Inc. asked me whether I would be interested in preparing a review of the Plustek 7600i-Ai film scanner, which...
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Mark Segal

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March 22, 2011

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5 minutes read


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Canon 24-105-vs-28-135

Please note that the JPG files below, once reduced in size and compressed for the web, do not show as great a difference as Mark...
Mark Segal

Mark Segal

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March 22, 2011

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4 minutes read


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Topaz Labs DeNoise 4.1 Review

By Mark Segal My first reaction when they announced it was kind of ho-hum, yet another up-date of a noise removal program – we already...
Mark Segal

Mark Segal

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March 22, 2011

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14 minutes read


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Epson 4800 Performance and Cost Up-Date

By Mark Segal Readers of this website will recall my previous two articles assessing the cost of printing with theEpson 4000andEpson 4800professional printers. In my...
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Mark Segal

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March 22, 2011

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8 minutes read


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Tracking the Cost of Printing with an Epson 4800

By: Mark Segal Note to readers:Calculations in this article are done in Canadian dollars.At the time of publication the exchange rate to the U.S. dollar...
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Mark Segal

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March 22, 2011

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7 minutes read


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Scanning with Silverfast

By Mark Segal This discussion is the digest of much reading and trial, error and head-scratching. Users new to Silverfast will find it hugely lessens...
Mark Segal

Mark Segal

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March 22, 2011

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13 minutes read


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You'd Be Surprised What Those Files May Contain

While HDR is most likely the preferred approach for squeezing the last bit of stunning detail and tonal gradation from highlights and shadows, if you...
Mark Segal

Mark Segal

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March 22, 2011

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9 minutes read


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Curves

Since the appearance of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop CS3 Beta with Camera Raw, then CS3 with Camera Raw 4.x people have been asking about...
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Mark Segal

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March 22, 2011

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3 minutes read