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| CONNECTED PHOTOGRAPHER MAGAZINE - MAY 2004 |
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An in-depth guide to depth of field
What is depth of field? I often wondered this myself. Early in my photo "career," I was often told that I needed to work on my depth of field. I didn't even know what it was. I was learning all this photography stuff pretty much on my own. Finally, I figured out what the term means. Put simply, depth of field is the range of sharpness from the nearest object to the farthest.
A guide to guide numbers (and how knowing about guide numbers will make your flash photography more successful)
What the heck is a guide number and why is it important? In essence, a guide number, or flash factor, is a measurement of light output for a given flash at a given film speed. In this article, Contributing Editor James Booth is your guide to the guide number system.
What's medium format?
Last week, we ran an article by Contributing and News Editor James Booth entitled "What's an SLR?" This week, we continue our series of photography basics article by explaining a term some folks have heard of, but not everyone's familiar with: medium format.
Staying on the right side of the law, and the inevitable grammar nit
This week, we've got a thank you for James Booth's wonderful Photography Basics series, as well as this month's inevitable letter from a reader pointing out our lack of basic grammar skills.
Mastering Digital Photography and Imaging
We review Mastering Digital Photography and Imaging, a new Sybex book written by Peter K. Burian, who's known as the co-author of the National Geographic Photography Field Guide. This nicely produced book is intended to demystify the world of digital photography and imaging.
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