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The Science and Art of Cataloging your Images explains how to set up, organize and maintain a database of your photographs, and integrate it into your digital imaging workflow.

It explains the two basic approaches to cataloging – event-based workflows and library-based workflows. IPTC captioning and categorization are also discussed.

Although written to promote their own DigitalPro3 image management software, this article contains a lot of useful generic information and some things to think about if you are shopping for image management or digital asset management software.

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New Pages

• Photographers section of the site
• Jeff Ascough page

Updated Pages

Canon EOS 5D Reviews:

• Canon EOS 5D White Paper
• Rob Galbraith Canon EOS 5D Preview
• Luminous Landscape EOS 5D Initial Image Quality Impressions and Samples from a pre-production 5D

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Ralf Lange has written an article for The Luminous Landscape titled Digital View Cameras In Use And On The Go.

A short while ago I went on a one-week photo trip to Poland. Because I was not sure which of my cameras would suit me best I decided against all reason to lug the entire collection with me and test the load limit of my station wagon with my Canon, my Contax, and my Arca Swiss. To my surprise it was the view camera which in the end yielded 12 of the 15 quality photos. Of course, any statistic of this sort always depends on the motive – sports and action photographers need not read further at this point. Chances are that those of you who predominantly use a tripod and/or shift lenses on 35mm and medium format cameras have also pondered the pros and cons of a view camera in the past. While most photographers still associate a view camera exclusively with a studio environment, recent developments allow the use of view cameras on the go with ease. This is made possible through the recent addition of wireless digital backs to the market, which can be fitted to light-weight view cameras without difficulty.

Ralf certainly has access to some high-end gear!

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Luminous Landscape contributor Richard Sexton has written up a fascinating report on his recent visit to Better Light, makers of incredibly expensive large format scanning backs capable of amazing quality and mind-blowing resolution.

Better Light’s middle-of-the-line scanning back, the Super 6K-HS, has a resolution of 6,000 x 8,000 pixels (48 megapixels) with a sensor area of 72mm x 96mm. This one costs USD$14,995 – and you still have to buy the large format camera, lenses and laptop before you can shoot anything. The top-of-the-line Super 10K-HS scanning back has a resolution of 10,200 x 13,800 pixels (140 megapixels!) and will probably cost over USD$20,000 when it’s released. At that resolution, a single 48-bit full-res image will take up 1.7 GB of disk space!

In his report, Richard compares the Better Light scanning backs with 4×5 film and his Canon EOS 1Ds Mk II, with very interesting results.

Update:

It seems that the Better Light photos in Richard’s comparisons were down-sampled to match the resolution of the 1Ds Mk II, which obviously doesn’t do the digital scanning back full justice. Better Light (the company) has released a follow-up article to clarify things.

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The official announcement of the much-speculated Nikon D200 DSLR must be getting pretty close now, with rumors getting stronger and sounding more reliable.

Darren Rowse over at the Digital Photography Blog has been sent some info from an ‘in-the-know’ reader on the specifications for the D200 (not sure how accurate they’ll turn out to be, but I’ll wager they’re pretty close to the mark). The interesting bits include:

• Sensor: 12.4 megapixel 23.7mm x 15.7mm CMOS sensor
• ISO: 100-800
• Storage: Compact Flash Type I and II and Microdrive
• Rear LCD: 2.5″ with 235,000 pixels
• Continuous Shooting: 3fps for 10 frames at full resolution NEF, 5fps for 18 frames at half resolution NEF
• Instant power-on and 52ms shutter release lag
• Shutter speed up to 1/8,000 second and flash sync up to 1/250 second

The article also notes a couple of other D200 mentions, one in a LowePro catalog and another on an upcoming cover of Digit Weekly magazine, suggesting the announcement date is fairly imminent.

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