Leica Survives the Digital Shift

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WETZLAR, Germany—Booming smartphone sales are eating into the digital camera market, but the inventor of the 35mm film camera isn’t blinking.
High-end camera producer Leica Camera AG celebrated its first camera’s 100th anniversary last year with a limited-edition model emblematic of its effort to bridge old and new: a digital camera with no display—just an old-style viewfinder. The retro-chic design, which sold for €15,000 ($16,545), was a hit.
Eastman Kodak Co., another pioneer of mass-market photography, has quit the film business and gone through bankruptcy reorganization. Polaroid Corp., which once seemed to hold great promise, today no longer produces cameras.

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Manfrotto Pro Light 3N1-35PL Backpack

The first thing I noticed upon initially picking up the Manfrotto Pro Light 3N1-35PL Backpack was just how light it was. It truly lived up to the Pro Light name. When comparing the 3N1-35PL to my other bags, I could really feel the difference in weight. This was definitely the lightest bag I had ever used. Being light is a definite positive that is fully appreciated considering I regularly carry about 20 to 30 pounds worth of camera gear and accessories.

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Importing Photos in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom

"Lightroom is essentially a catalog management program and raw image processor combined into one. It is important to appreciate how Lightroom differs from browser programs such as Adobe Bridge, where you simply point Bridge at a folder to inspect the contents. The browser method is really suited for those times where you need the freedom to search everything that’s on your computer. The downside of this approach is that you first have to know where to look in order to find what you are searching for. Plus, you’ll be shown all the files that are contained in each folder. If there are also lots of non-image files to sort through this can make image browsing quite tricky."

This article by Martin Evening is slightly dated in today's terms, but still very basic and applicable to current Lightroom catalogs.  Of all the Lightroom functions, the database is one of the most important things to get down.  This article by Martin Evening (a Lightroom guru - books from Martin here) covers very important aspects of the import process and the full treatment and source can be found right here.

Photoshop and Lightroom

IMO - this is about the best thing to come down the pike for photographers in a very, very long time.

Get the world's best photography tools for one incredible price. Photoshop CC and Lightroom are tightly integrated for a complete photography workflow across your desktop and mobile devices. Create composites in Photoshop on your iPad and refine on your desktop. Organize and enhance images in Lightroom on your iPhone. And automatically sync all your changes back to your Lightroom catalog.

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