This is the fouth part of a multi-part field test of a pre-production Canon EOS 1Ds. If you have not yet readPart One, the introduction

In early 2009 I published a first-look stylereviewof the then newSinar arTeccamera by Michael Heinrich. It included an interview with architectural photographer Rainer Viertlböck, who

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This review and tests were performed on a pre-production camera. Its performance may not thereforebe reflective of what full production cameras will be like. Once

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TheSony NEXcameras represent some of the most innovative thinking in camera design since Canon invented the modern SLR with theT90back in 1986. It is the

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I have been an enthusiast for wide aspect ratio (panoramic) photography for many years. I have owned, used and shot with a range of cameras,

ReprintedThis review of the Canon EOS 1D originally appeared in the March / April 2002 issue ofPhoto Techniquesmagazine. It doesn't contain any insights or information

In September I was fortunate enough be be invited on board the MV Orion as a guest lecturer on a 9 day cruise to some

This review is part of a larger series of ongoing articles and reviews of medium format digital backs.If you have not already done so you

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If you want a peek at what the future of both still and video cameras might look like over the next few years, drop into

The Brick Press. Don Valley Brick Works. Toronto. November, 2005Cambo Wide DS with Schneider Digital 35mm f/5.6 and Phase One P25 backObviously, when you read

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