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March 21, 2004 |
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Frame Fit will fit your budget
This week's news |
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CONNECTED PHOTOGRAPHER SITE OF THE MONTH
Frame Fit will fit your budget
By David Gewirtz
Photos, once taken, wind up in many places. They can be emailed to friends, posted on the Web, stored in their original envelopes (that's how film used to come back to photographers), piled in a drawer, and framed and mounted on the wall.
One of my personal goals as a photographic artist has been to frame my pictures and decorate my home with them. In fact, before I got involved with Connected Photographer, that was my primary photographic end goal. If you've ever framed a picture, you know that frames can get costly. And, if like me, you have 10, 20, or 50 mounted pictures on your walls, it can get really costly.
I probably have about 30 mounted and up now, with probably another 30 pictures sitting in frames, stored under my bed, in my closet, on the bottom of my bookshelves. You get the idea.
No one ever said photography would be cheap, but at least there are some ways we can keep the cost down. My friend Steve recently turned me on to one way, Frame Fit (at http://www.framefit.com), an online merchant that sells frames for pretty low prices.
FrameFit, shown in Figure A, sells custom framing components, and you can actually get a nice aluminum 10" x 12" frame for under five bucks! That's why we've named FrameFit our Site of the Month.
FIGURE A
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FrameFit is a good source for inexpensive frames. Click picture for a larger image.
There are some things you should be aware of. The pricing is for the frame only. If you want a mat, a cardboard backing, or even a glass sheet, that will cost you more. Each item is priced ala cart. On the other hand, you can get very nicely fitted frames and mats, for very low prices.
I went into their configuration program, shown in Figure B, and configured up a simple 12" x 14" black frame, with a 2" border white mat, a rectangle of glass, and a foamboard mount, and the entire thing came up to $17.84, which, for a custom-sized mat and frame, is still pretty aggressively low.
FIGURE B
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The frame configuration screen makes for very flexible framing options. Click picture for a larger image.
I haven't yet ordered anything from these folks, but I most likely will. And now, thanks to my buddy Steve's sharp eye, you now have a source for cheap frames, too.
David Gewirtz is the Editor-in-Chief of the ZATZ magazines and the author of The Flexible Enterprise and Lotus Notes Revealed! He can be reached via email at address@hidden. You can see David's photographic artwork at his personal Web site, http://www.Gewirtz.com.
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CONNECTED PHOTOGRAPHER NEWS CENTER
This week's news
Want to get the very latest photography news? The Connected Photographer News Center is updated every day with news of product releases, industry info, tips, techniques, and pointers to great photography resources on the Web. Here's this week's news:
SanDisk miniSD
SanDisk announced that it has expanded the availability of its miniSD flash memory cards by offering them through its retail channels worldwide. Originally offered for sale to OEM customers and through retail markets in Japan only, miniSD cards are now sold to consumers worldwide.
Konica Minolta DiMAGE G600
Konica Minolta introduces the new DiMAGE G600, a 6 megapixel digital camera designed to enable photographers to produce high-quality images. This new addition to the DiMAGE camera line features Rapid Response with a 1.3-second start-up time, an ergonomic and easy-to-use design with features that appeal to both beginners and advanced amateurs alike.
Kodak DCS Pro SLR/c
Kodak announced at CeBIT 2004 the all new DSC Pro SLR/c, a Canon mount version of the SLR/n. The SLR/c is slightly smaller, has a 1/180 sec flash sync speed, a new AF system and a smaller LCD monitor. See the release on Digital Photography Review for more information.
New Tamrac products
Tamrac has added four new leather-fronted bags to their range of Digital Camera bags and accessories. The Leather & Ballistic Series are all made of ultra-strong waterproofed ballistic nylon and lined with a smooth, non-abrasive nylon.
New online stock photography website
Photographers across the UK are snapping up the opportunity to sell their wares on a new stock photography website. Pure Images has been set up by Scottish web firm Oldhand Media to offer pictures that reflect the best in UK life.
Sports Illustrated's digital workflow
Eamon Hickey has this article on Rob Galbraith's Digital Photography Insights covering the process of editing and choosing the digital images used in Sports Illustrated.
Lexar JumpDrive Traveler 2.0
Lexar has released JumpDrive Traveler 2.0, a software enhancement for its popular JumpDrive Traveler USB flash drive that allows people to take their email and personal web settings with them when they move from one Internet connected PC to another. JumpDrive Traveler 2.0 offers expanded product capabilities including support for Microsoft Outlook.
Lexar JumpDrive Photo
JumpDrive Photo from Lexar is a 40X speed-rated, large capacity USB 2.0 flash drive designed to satisfy the needs of photographers who require professional-level performance, in a rugged industrial design. JumpDrive Photo is an ideal storage solution for professionals who share their digital images, presentations and other important information in the office and on the road.
Lexar JumpDrive 2.0 Pro 80X
Lexar Media has introduced JumpDrive 2.0 Pro 80X, the most recent addition to the company's line of USB flash drives. Featuring a minimum sustained read and write speed capability equal to that of twelve megabytes per second, JumpDrive 2.0 Pro 80X is designed for professionals who need to move stored information from one location to another, instantly.
Voigtlaender Digital 530
Digital Camera Views gives us a quick sneak peek at the new Voigtlaender Digital 530. The camera features an image sensor of 5.25 megapixels, 3x optical zoom, video recording, and stores its images on an SD storage card.
dotphoto announces 4xD format
dotPhoto, photo-sharing and digital photography web site, has announced today 4xD Format, a new photo print size designed specifically for digital camera users, so digital photos can be printed as is, without cropping out part of the photo or reducing it and adding borders.
Leica Digilux 2, part 2
Sean Reid of Luminous Landscape has the second part of his three part review of the Leica Digilux 2.
Majority still shoot only film
While photographers are continuing to look to digital technology to capture at least some of their images, a majority, 52 percent, continue to shoot images only with film, an Internet-based survey conducted by Eastman Kodak Company finds. See this Kodak press release on Imaging Resource for complete details.
Double layer recordable DVD drive
At CeBIT 2004 Philips will introduce the first PC drives and media to support the recently announced double-layer DVD+R format as well as PC drives that can burn recordable media at the ultimate speed of 16x.
Kodak's 3-D display system
Kodak has developed a system that allows video game players, earth scientists and a host of others to experience three-dimensional images without glasses or headgear of any type creating the sensation of actually being a part of the image. Kodak will introduce a commercial prototype of its Stereoscopic Imaging Display system at the Exhibitor Show 2004 in Las Vegas, Nevada, March 15-17.
New Sigma digicam lenses
Japanese optics manufacturer Sigma Corporation has today announced three new lenses designed for use with single-lens reflex digital cameras.
Drive Pro VP-300
The Vosonic X's-Drive Pro VP-300 is a battery-operated portable image data storage device, 9-in-1 flash memory card reader/writer, MP3 player and portable USB 2.0 hard drive device. Steve's Digicams has a review of this portable storage solution.
Atmel's journey into space
Atmel Corporation has announced its contribution to the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission. The satellite was successfully launched on March 2, 2004, taking along Atmel's family of TH78xx CCD imaging chips. After a 10-year travel period, Rosetta will reach and observe the Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet.
Pentax *ist D Remote Assistant
Pentax has announced the Pentax Remote Assistant camera control software for users of the Pentax *ist D digital SLR camera. Features include remote shutter release, uploading and filing of captured images and adjustment of basic and auxiliary functions. The software can be downloaded for free from the Pentax Web site from March 18, 2004, for Windows users and mid April for Macintosh users.
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