Archive for November, 2009

Reviews

ScanCafe negative scanning progress

Following up on my previous post about scanning some old negatives with ScanCafe. I dragged my feet and didn't send them in until this past Monday. I was able to snag a 20% discount though so my total estimate for scanning 200 medium format negs came to $204.20 ($0.99 ea [...]

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Grab bag

Edward Burtynsky photographs the landscape of oil

Using large format cameras and big prints.

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Get a free lens rental from BorrowLenses.com

Our friends at BorrowLenses.com have offered to give away another free lens rental to a lucky Photodoto reader. It's been a little over a year since we did our last lens rental giveaway. Last year's winner rented an 85mm f/1.8 and loved it. Lens rentals are a great way to try [...]

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News

VIDEO: LA Sheriffs Unlawfully Detain Photographer

On October 31, 2009 while on my way home from the Hollywood and Highland area, I was unlawfully detained for 25 minutes by LASD Officers Richard Gylfie #2955 and Bayes #456 for taking two photographs of the turnstiles located at the Hollywood and Western Metro Station -- an act that [...]

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Photography 101

Is film photography for you?

Back in the long ago time, there was film. Sheets of chemicals and magic that transformed when they were struck by rays of light. And it was good. But it was also kind of a pain in the ass because you could only shoot 24 or 36 frames at a time [...]

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