PHOTON

September 1995


Window on the World
Stock photographer, designer, CD-ROM producer and owner of the coveted (by Bill Gates!) trading name 'Window on the World', David Usill shoots stunning aerials from hot air balloons
Mamiya 7 hits the road
John Hannavy toured the United States during a sweltering summer accompanied by the new Mamiya 7 complete outfit - and was knocked out by the quality (as well the humidity, temperature and jetlag)
Formulating Fixers
Derek Watkins presents a text-only document with clear international metric formulae for making up standard, hardening and rapid black and white fixers, using them, and testing used solutions
The Bleach-Etch process
You thought color could only be added to mono prints by toning or tinting? Almost right - Jon Tarrant explains the little-known Bleach-Etch process for RC prints
Two ways of life: setting up a digital studio
David Kilpatrick compares the logistics of the low-cost Leaf Lumina scanning camera with the flash-capable but filesize limited and far more pricey Nikon-Fujix E2S digital SLR
Some RA-4 more equal than others!
Les McLean compares two different RA-4 chemical kits from the same manufacturer - a traditional type and simple-mix easy to use version - and discovers that convenience can sometimes mean superior results
KPT Power Photos
More expensive that Corel Photo-CDs, accompanied by Kai Krause's philosophical meanderings... but are KPT Power Photos any good as a digital picture resource?
Electronic imaging news
Our round-up of press news from the computer and digital imaging field
Fuji Sensia versus Fuji Provia
At last, the debate is (perhaps) resolved. Does the low-cost Fujichrome Sensia 100 match the professional Provia 100 in quality?