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Upgrades: Camera vs Lens

How to decide which important purchase is best for you.

Lots of folks have the same question for me when they find out I'm a professional photographer: which camera should I buy? Recently, though, a friend posed to me a considerably more interesting and challenging question: should I buy a new camera or a new lens?...
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Print Spotting For The Digital Age—01/23/12

Eliminate distracting dust and dirt to improve your favorite photos

Many photographers lament the death of the silver darkroom, but there's one aspect they rarely pine for: spotting. This laborious technique was a necessary evil of the darkroom print, and thank goodness it's not something we have to worry about any more. Sort of.

Tech Test: Using Filters for Lens Protection—01/16/12

Should you always keep a UV or skylight filter on your lens?

Many photographers tout the use of clear filters on their lenses to provide general protection from bumps and scrapes. The idea is if you're going to scuff your camera, you damage a $100 filter instead of the $1000 lens.

Camera Basics: The Three Ways To Adjust Manual Exposures—01/09/12

Understand these simple camera controls to become a manual-exposure master

Does accurate exposure control matter any more? Since the advent of the TTL auto exposure mode, not to mention digital cameras with RAW image capture, does the right exposure even matter these days?

Five New Year's Photo Resolutions You Can Keep—01/02/12

How to make 2012 your best year ever as a photographer

I admit it: I'm a big fan of prime lenses. But with the recent acquisition of some very fine zoom lenses, I'm starting to reconsider that preference. I know I'm in the minority when it comes to zooms.

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