Alain Briot is one of the most successful landscape photographers working in the American Southwest today. His work is widely exhibited and collected. His new

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By Mike Johnston Illustrated with photographs by Carl Weese (Originally published in Camera & Darkroommagazine) Introduction — 2001  This is surely one of the strangest

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by Sean Reid It seems that a new Leica camera introduction never fails to stir things up a bit. In the wide world of the

[caption id="attachment_185312" align="aligncenter" width="760"] The Leica M (240)[/caption] Michael has asked me to share some of my impressions, so far, from beta-testing the new Leica

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The following report is based on a 4 day hands-on test of a production Canon EOS-1D done in early December, 2001. The camera was kindly

Epson 1270 /870 This subject will be featured in a forthcoming issue of The Luminous Landscape Video Journal.   March, 2001:The Epson 1270 has been replaced

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By Sean Reid of Reid Reviews On May 10, 2012, at a special event in Berlin, Leica introduced a 16 MP successor to their X1 camera

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By Sean Reid of Reid Reviews Michael has asked me to share some initial impressions of Ricoh's new Mount A12 unit for their GXR system. What

By Michael Reichmann, with the assistance of Nick Devlinand the participation of Laurence Matson TheSigma SD1is that company's long-awaited APS-C sized camera using a Foveon X3

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By Sean Reid I must start by saying that the following is not a review or even a mini-review. Michael has asked me to share

By: Sean ReidFor most serious photographers, Leica is a name that needs little introduction. For decades now, the German company has produced some of the

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