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The article evaluates several cameras based on the manual or automatic focus lenses including Minolta's Maxxum, Fuji's GX680 SLR and Canon's Canon EF 28-80 milimeter.

The article evaluates a selection of point-and-shoot cameras including the Nikon Zoom-Touch 500, the Chinon Auto 5001 Handyzoom, and the Konica A4.

The article evaluates the EOS-1 camera from Canon.

The article features the photography technique of William Lesch. He uses nighttime shooting because it would require the shutter to be open for long periods while he fills his subject with colored light. Colored gels are also used to control the colors. With his technique, a shot would take 12 hours. Several samples of his photography are also presented in the article.

The article evaluates various cameras including the Maxxum 5000i camera and Maxxum 500mm AF Reflex mirror telephoto from Minolta Corp., Vivitar V2000 camera from Vivitar Corp. and the Agfacolor XRC 400 from Agfa Corp.

The article evaluates several photographic films, including XP1 films from Ilford Films, color negative films from Fuji, and OneFilm from Polaroid.

The article focuses on the Palladio platinum-family printing paper produced and marketed by photographer Robert Steinberg of Boston, Massachusetts. It is stated that the paper's emulsion is a mix of platinum and palladium which keeps the paper's cost reasonable and also produces a warm image tone. Palladio paper being machine-coated and available in soft and medium grades for standard and high-contrast developing is also indicated.

The article profiles celebrity photographer Greg Gorman. It is stated that Gorman's portraits have strong highlights and deep shadows and have sitters who appear cool yet present. He has reportedly created likenesses of Barbra Streisand, Bette Davis and Brigitte Nielsen. Gorman's shooting for magazines like "Interview" and German "Vogue" are also noted.

The article evaluates several still-video cameras including the Canon Xap Shot, the Sony Mavica, and the EOS 850 and EOS 750 cameras from Canon.

The article presents an obituary for African American photographer Rudy Robinson.

The article reports on the emergence of pinhole photography as a fine-art medium with a serious following. It is noted that most pinhole photographers ascribe mystical properties to their chosen medium as evidenced by two thousand years of scholarly observation of the phenomenon. The emergence of pinhole photography is seen as a reaction against the prevailing point-and-shoot mentality.

The article evaluates several photography equipment and supplies including the Multigrade III RC Rapid fine-art material from Ilford, Insignia fine-art printers from Agfa and Dichro 35 enlarger from Beseler.

The article focuses on the Amarillo College (AC) invited secret shoppers to design the perfect college for students. It mentions that AC improved three-year completion rates as measured by Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board student success points. It also mentions the AC culture of caring is an entrenched part of the college culture.

The structure of native luciferin from the bioluminescent coelenterate Renilla reniformisis shown to be 3,7-dihydro-2-(p-hydroxybenzyl)-6-(p-hydroxyphenyl)-8-benzylimidazo[1,2-a]pyrazin-3-one by mass spectral analysis of synthetic luciferin and the luciferin derived from a protein directly involved in the bioluminescent system. A previous report of the molecular weight of luciferin is shown to be incorrect by reexamination of the spectral data and by synthesis of two derivatives. Detailed analysis of kinetic, emission, and quantum yield data for the isolated and synthetic luciferins confirms this structure. Confirmation of this structure in a number of species from different phyla suggests a common substrate for a variety of bioluminescent marine organisms.

The article evaluates several photographic papers including the Multigrade III RC Deluxe from Ilford, the Polycontrast III RC from Kodak and the Multicontrast High Speed from Agfa.

The article evaluates several photography equipment and supplies including the Neopan 1600 film from Fuji, the T-Max P3200 film from Kodak and the R6 SLR camera from Leica.

The article evaluates the Nikon F4 camera.

The article evaluates several products used in photography, including the New Seagull Select VC variable contrast photography paper, the Impulse camera from Polaroid, and C2N Roll Film Holder from Calumet.

The article evaluates the Maxxum 7000i camera from Minolta.

An interview with photographer William Albert Allard is presented. He explains his technique in capturing photographs of his subjects. Allard mentions that he uses a combination of rangefinder and single-lens reflex cameras when shooting. When asked whether he is doing any commercial work in October 1989, Allard says that he rarely do such projects because he finds it not so much interesting.

The article focuses on photographer Jim Dow's documentation of a stately mansion with a noontime deadline. It is stated that Dow who uses an 8 x10 Deardorff view camera, was able to shoot inside the rooms in the early morning using daylight, but had to resort to artificial means later in the day. He reportedly used his Norman 200B portable strobe to balance lighting and achieve a natural quality. Dow's view of having to fabricate to match original insight is given.

The article details how commercial photographer Amos Chan created an advertisement for Brickel Associates' cane chair in 1989. Chan was asked by New York's Donovan and Green design agency to shoot for Brickel Associates. Since the art director wanted the chair to be seen in an environment that would offer a contrast to its burnished elegance but with the absence of a suitable studio set, Chan looked for a building with a low rent interiors. Chan set up a shop in a fourth-floor room in an abandoned tenement.

The article presents information on pinhole photography. A small bundle of light rays that expands as it proceeds to the film plane is admitted by the pinhole. A sharper image can be produced by a smaller pinhole because it admits narrower bundles of light rays. Among the photographers who tried pinhole photography are Canadian Paul Cimon and New Yorker Marcia Sheer.

The article evaluates several photography lighting tools including the Westcott metallized blue umbrella, Washcote washable seamless background paper from Denny Company, and the Halostar bulb from Osram.

The article evaluates various color negative films, including the Ektar 25 from Kodak, Agfacolor XRC 100 from Agfa and Scotch HR 100 from 3M.

The article profiles the Ricoh Mirai single-lens reflex (SLR) autofocus camera. It reportedly has a single fixed-lens with a focal length range of 35-135mm with a teleconverter option that extends the upper range to 200mm and a f/4.2-5.6 variable maximum aperture. The camera offering a choice of metering patterns, manual power focusing and 1:5 macro capability is also indicated.

The article evaluates two products for large-format photography, namely, the Shadow Box from Shadow Box Ltd. and the Universal Large-Format Teleconverter from Calumet.

The article focuses on the work of photographer Lorie Novak. Her photographs are compelling proof that a photographer does not have to go to extremes to produce an image that challenges assumptions about what is real and what is not, according to the article. The photograph "Interior" is discussed with particular focus on how the image was created with the use of two projections and a tripod-mounted Mamiyaflex camera with a 65 millimeter lens.

The article evaluates photography equipment and supplies including the 300mm f/2.8 ED-IF auto focus lens from Nikon and the T-Max P3200 film from Kodak.

The article discusses several photographic technologies that the photographic equipment department of the "National Geographic" develops to explore remote places. The department develops remote imaging by building an equipment that operates and makes pictures on itself. They built an aluminum box that accommodates various camera hardware to bring images from under the sea. The team worked on a tubular probe that can explore unopened ancient tombs in the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt through a small hole.

The article discusses a court case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that publishers and advertising agencies are required to get a signed consent of the artist, including photographers, before the artist's work may be used for purposes other than the initial assignment. The dispute began when an advocacy group called the Center for Creative Non-Violence (CCNV) asked sculptor James Earl Reid to create a monument to the plight of the America's homeless. Reid sued CCNV when it claimed it owned the copyright to his work.

The article reports that Kodak's Colorama mural, displayed at the Grand Central Station in New York City, will be removed, along with all other billboard advertising in the area, as part of the city's restoration of the landmark. The 18 x 60-foot mural was first installed in 1950, in the east end of the station's main hall.

The article focuses on the growing trend of photographers letting professional printers do the printing of their negatives as of June 1989. It is stated that this opposes the U.S. tradition of personal printing, although not many photographers acknowledge their printers. The change in attitude is reportedly partly due to the increasingly larger prints that cannot be done in photographers' darkrooms. The photographer being free to do more shooting is another reason cited.

The article focuses on U.S. President George Bush referring to press photographers as "photo dogs." This is shown to have originated in the calling of Associated Press's Scotty Applewhite as "Scotty the photo dog" because of his energetic style. The presentation of a "Photo Dog 1" license plate to White House photographer David Valdez is also noted.

The article focuses on the photographs taken of the immigration center in New York's Ellis Island from 1982 to 1989 by photographers led by Klaus Schnitzer. It is stated that the photographs' style ranged from documentary to abstraction in the visualization of the immigrant experience. The photographs being on display in 1990 and featured in an "Aperture" book together with Lewis Hine's work is also noted.

The article deals with the team-up between Ron Wisner's Classic Manufacturing Company and the University of Nevada's Natural History Museum in Las Vegas to bring photographer William Henry Jackson's format in the 20th century. Jackson has been an important figure of 19th-century fortitude. The artistic honors will be done by Nevada photographer Gary Adams.

The article focuses on photographer Jim Pomeroy, who may be the first to take on stereo imagery's most vulgar form, the View-Master. Some pictures in his new limited-edition book titled "Stereo Views" were appropriated from old stereo archives. It is noted that they were digitally embellished with ironic labeling that seems to float in midair. The Light Gallery in Syracuse, New York sells Pomeroy's efforts.

The article discusses the process behind photographing the bottle-shaped swimming pool used in an advertisement for Absolut vodka. It notes that photographer Steve Bronstein approached model-maker Mark Borrow after receiving the idea for the advertisement from art director Tom McManus. The article also examines the size of the model and the lighting techniques used to mimic sunlight.

The article features "The Wall," a kilometer-long stretch of photographs in West Germany, from the twin spires of the Dom Cathedral, at Cologne's center, all the way across a bridge spanning the Rhine, and ending at the grounds of the 20th biennial Photokina trade fair in October 1988. It is reported that the 160,000 photographs on display were solicited from German amateur photographers through camera clubs, schools, and a contest administered by Photokina.

This article describes an advertising photograph taken by Jay Silverman for Clarion car stereo. The photograph depicts a driver being blasted through the roof of his car by the power of his audio equipment. The effort involved the replacement of the car's roof with a sheet of color-matched plastic, the welding of a bicycle seat to the floor of the car to support the subject and the use of foam rubber from compressed-air guns to reinforce the sense of an explosion.

The article reports on a custom-made probe used by a team from "National Geographic" magazine to look inside a subterranean chamber near the Great Pyramid of Cheops in Giza, Egypt. Features of the probe include a built-in video camera mounted on a robotic arm and a point-and-shoot camera. Scientists were reportedly disappointed to find that the chamber was no longer hermetically sealed.

Features several cameras and camcorders. Sharp VL-DX10 Digital Viewcam; Minolta Xtreem GX-4; Olympus LT Zoom 105; Canon 8mm ES970.