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Michael Reichmann

Michael Reichmann

Michael Reichmann is the founder of the Luminous Landscape. Michael passed away in May 2016. Since its inception in 1999 LuLa has become the world's largest site devoted to the art, craft, and technology of photography. Each month more than one million people from every country on the globe visit LuLa.

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Forgotten 400

It’s not big and impressive. It’s not fast. It doesn’t haveImage Stabilization. It’s not inexpensive. It’s been around for years. So what’s it good for?...
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Michael Reichmann

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January 13, 2009

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P400ED

  Buying a large and expensive lens is a lot like going out on a blind-date. Because dealers typically don’t stock them, and except for...
Michael Reichmann

Michael Reichmann

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January 13, 2009

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Canon's 300mm zooms

An Optical Analysis Using In late January 2004 Canon announced two new zoom lenses, the28 – 300mm f3.5-5.6L ISand70 – 300mm f4.5-5.6 DO IS. Neither...
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Michael Reichmann

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January 13, 2009

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Gripes & Grumbles

Gripes & Grumbles What’s Not to Like? Actually there are several things about theCanon EOS-D30that are either annoying or unfortunate. While image quality isn’t one...
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Michael Reichmann

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January 13, 2009

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Solar & Eclipse

Solar observing and imaging are one of the few astronomical activities that one can do during the daytime.  All that nature need provide is a...
Michael Reichmann

Michael Reichmann

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January 13, 2009

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Bresson

There are giants in this world. Each discipline and art has them. In photography one of the towering names is Henri Cartier Bresson. This year marks...
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Michael Reichmann

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January 13, 2009

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Mechanic

  Color Mechanic Better Than a Mechanic There are quite a fewPhotoshopplug-ins on the market. These are small helper programs that are designed to work...
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Michael Reichmann

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January 13, 2009

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P-Ext

  Pentax 67‚ 1.4X and 2XExtenderComparison 2X Bigger‚ But How Good? I have never been a big fan of 2X extenders. In fact, I have...
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Michael Reichmann

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January 13, 2009

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10 minutes read