When I first saw the G11, it was like love at first sight. I liked the heft, I realize some of you might not like the weight but being old-fashioned and accustomed to old cameras like the Kodak Retina pocket cameras I did not mind the weight. Now let’s get down to business. I wanted a camera that I would carry all the time and have it as an emergency [...]
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Tabletop photography can offer many hours of relaxation, a chance to learn how light can work for and against you and a way of cataloging some of your collections. You can use any camera that lets you get close up. This can be done by choice of lens or by putting close-up lenses in front of your lens to let you get up close. I prefer a single lens reflex [...]
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There is various equipment that can be used for copying slides, negatives and prints but it all depends on how much one is going to do. For instance, slide copiers made by Nikon, Minolta and others can be very costly. For the once in a while job, the equipment in the illustration may be more suited. I use a Macro Lens and a slide duplicator attachment. When the two are [...]
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Og-What the eye doth not see. We walk past things every moment of our lives but we do not see them. We glance at things and think we notice them, but we never truly see them and their detail escapes us. Have you ever look at a flower and really looked into it. Did you notice the inner parts of the flower? Did you see the stamen, the pollen, the [...]
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The importance of photography We surround ourselves with images taken with all kinds of recording devices, devices that are intended solely for the purpose of memorializing the moment and in some cases, devices that are used only because of their convenience of use. I refer to the use of cell phones with inadequate cameras that have in effect become the “Polaroids” of our times. In the “old days” people used [...]
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