Articles Tagged with manual control

Color for black-and-white

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The economics of filters

We reflect on certain items that are getting more expensive.

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Color pictures

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Filters or sensors ?

We ponder a photographer’s desire for a monochrome camera.

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It used to be hard

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Now it’s easy

Are some things too easy to do nowadays?

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Examining the data

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How science is done (II)

How closely can you look at your input?

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A personal kind of astronomy

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How science is done (I)

We look at an extraordinary data set.

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Making a drawing (II)

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When the details are important

Sometimes careful pencil-work is vital.

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Putting pen to paper

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Writing changes, and doesn’t

We examine several literary genres.

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Photography: the hard part

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Keeping track

It’s still the same task, digital or film.  And it is still not done well, sometimes at all, by most photographers.

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Consider construction

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The persistence of the mundane

We ponder some unexciting work.

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The navigator’s watch

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Combining instruments

Doing some things the old-fashioned way is getting difficult.

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