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Around The Horn
23 August 2017
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention (with more than 140 characters). This time we look at the moon's shadow, medium telephoto street shooting, Roberts Camera and any camera you want.
- OK, one shot of the eclipse: The Eclipse 2017 Umbra Viewed From Space. Six people enjoyed a view of the umbra from 250 miles up and one of them got the picture:
- In Medium Telephoto Lenses for Street Photography, Robin Wong touts the advantages of a 70mm equivalent focal length for candid street work where wide angle (and its generous focusing latitude) has always been preferred.
- Kevin Raber applauds as Roberts Camera Celebrates 60 Years of Service in Indianapolis. "Roberts is like the old hardware store my father used to take me to as a kid every Saturday," he writes. Here's how the company celebrated 55 years:
- In It's Different Today: Choose the Camera You Want, Derrick Story muses on "the freedom to choose the gear that we really want instead of locking ourselves in to brands that are viewed as safe." He's shooting Pentax these days and loving every split second of it.
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