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Can You Bare Your Backups?

Udock.200x134You want to archive your photo collection, right? You want an onsite copy and an offsite copy, right? You know, so one disaster doesn't lead to another.

But why should you buy a bunch of external hard drives that will just sit around on a shelf?

Why not save a few bucks and just buy the bare drives and one dock like the WiebeTech UltraDock that you can plug them into when you...

Custom SLR Solves Strap/Tripod Problem With M-Plate System

Cslr-logoThere are two kinds of photographers in this world. One kind attaches their straps to the camera eyelets and the other to the tripod socket.

If you use your tripod socket for your strap, you've have to remove your strap to use a tripod. Until now, that is.

Custom SLR has designed a plate that screws into your tripod socket and provides both a Manfrotto RC2 and Swiss Arca...

An Afternoon With Arthur Tress

Tress.182x200Adobe, oddly enough, hosted a private showing of "Arthur Tress: San Francisco 1964" at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, a collection of decidedly non-digital images by a photographer who doesn't own Photoshop.

The exhibit features a trove of images Tress rediscovered going through his late sister's things. He had visited Madelaine 48 years ago, taking photos at the...

Lensbaby Introduces the Edge 80 Optic

Lb-edge80.176x200While the new Lensbaby Edge 80 resembles the recently released Sweet 35, it's a completely different optical experience. And we're not just talking about the focal length, which happens to be ideal for portraiture. First, the Edge 80 is a flat field optic. Second, it includes macro focusing as close as 17 inches.

Like the Sweet 35, it features a 12-blade internal aperture,...

Accessory Review: Datacolor Spyder4

Photo s4elite.200x125The big story with Datacolor's Spyder4 is its significantly improved accuracy. But Datacolor has also made an effort to extend its software's reach to devices other than you computer monitor. And these days, you look at your images on all sorts of screens: desktop monitor, laptop, netbook, HDTV, projector, tablet, smartphone. The Spyder4 can handle them all.

We've been using it...

Accessory Review: LensAlign Long Ruler Kit

Long.102x197Michael Tapes Design has released a compact Long Ruler Kit for his LensAlign MkII that eclipses the older LensAlign Pro design with its own two-piece long ruler.

The new version comes in three pieces that stack up to a 12-inch long ruler for travel. Made of flexible vinyl to make mounting in the LensAlign MkII easy, carbon fiber rods reinforce the ruler so it doesn't sag.

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Accessory Review: CRU-DataPort ToughTech Duo

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Tired of burning CDs? Those DVDs filling up just as fast? Weary of stacking up external USB drives? It happens to everybody who takes digital photos.

Maybe you're looking for a portable, affordable storage solution that even has some data protection built in? We've found one for you.

Usually a solution like this is complicated and expensive. But CRU-DataPort has designed a...