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  • Just how good is digital medium format?

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    Just how good is digital medium format anyway? This is the question I’ve asked myself since medium format backs were offering megapixel numbers 5 to 10 times that of typical consumer grade, even professional grade digital single lens reflex (DSLR) cameras. While, digital medium format …

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  • So how about that Adobe?

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    I’m sure at least a few people are wondering what gives. The blog has been silent for nearly a month and no new videos have been made in at least as long. So what gives? Well first off, Adobe happened. To clarify, Creative Suite 5 …

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  • Lightroom 3 Beta 2 – Noise Reduction Test

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    So the big improvement in the Beta 2 version of Lightroom 3 is the addition of the new noise reduction controls which have been slightly changed and improved over Lightroom 2.

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  • X-Rite ColorChecker Passport – Test and Review

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    First off, a quick history on the ColorChecker: “The Munsell ColorChecker—first produced as the Macbeth ColorChecker in 1976 and still widely known as the Gretag Macbeth ColorChecker—a cardboard-framed arrangement of twenty-four squares of painted samples based on Munsell colors. Its maker Munsell Labs and parent …

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  • The Big Lab Throwdown – Final Results

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    Here it is, more than a month in the making! Many thanks to the people who helped make it possible by either supporting with donations or suggesting labs for testing. First before I start into the results. Please do remember that the color results are …

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  • The Big Lab Throwdown – Update 3

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    Now that all of the labs and all of the prints are accounted for, I have started to compile data and put together some charts and have “graded” the prints for color compared to a set of reference prints I created myself. Of course my …

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  • The Big Lab Throwdown – Update 2

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    So it has been a week or so since the last update and some more orders have been placed and most labs are now accounted for in the test. Just to give an idea what labs are under the microscope, I made the decision to …

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  • The Big Lab Throwdown – Update

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    So far things are coming along good in the Big Lab Throwdown – Photographic Prints. I have prints back from 3 professional labs and 1 retail lab. I still need to place orders with a few of the labs and at least one other order …

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  • Put your lab to the test. Part 1

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    Unless you print everything yourself, you either rely on a professional mail order lab, local professional lab or a local retail chain of some sort to handle your photo printing needs. But are you getting your monies worth when you send your prints off to …

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