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Chasseur d'Images (France): I finally got my hands on one issue. Wow! It's so much better than any
other photo magazine I've seen so far! More editorial content than their American equivalents. The lens
tests are HONEST and they point out the pluses and the minuses. Example: the Tokina 19-35 lens was
tested by both PopPhoto and Chasseur d'Images. According to PopPhoto this is an almost incredibile
bargain, with good performances and no flaws. The french article speaks about things like an edge being
sharper than the other one and so on. None of these minuses shows up in PopPhoto's test.
Color Foto (Germany): Can someone please comment on this one?
-- Petru Lauric, September 19, 2000
I cannot find much useful info in many U.S. magazines but at least they are cheap! I do like UK's
Practical Photography, very nice and loaded with a lot of good information. It is rather pricey to get here
in the states at $7.50 an issue but I think it is well worth it. The mag seems a little biased toward Canon
but it is not very noticable and not nearly as bad as any U.S. mag. My local book chains regularly gets it
in every month and I always get one around the 20th of the month. A great source and fresh break from
Pop Photo and Photographic! I highly recommend John Shaws book on Macro photography for anyone
interested.
-- Lee Lemmon, September 26, 2000
French "PHOTO" ( http://www.photo.fr ) is a great magazine for fashion and glamour photography.
They feature also great portofolios of well-known photographers. Good coverage of photographic events
in major cities.
German "fotoMagazin" ( http://www.fotomagazin.de ) is another good magazine, loads of very technical
tests and reviews. Good portofolios and the latest equipment news. I personally do not like the German
"Color Foto".
"National Geographic Photography Field Guide" ( ISBN: 0792274989 ) is a brilliant reference books,
featuring latest equipment, films, techniques and insider stories and tips from the prestigious
photographers of the magazine. (The inside cover is a grey card ! :))
-- Eduard Fabian, November 24, 2000
I have John Shaw's "Landscape photography", which I like very much. Practical tips, beautiful
photographs and, overall, a down-to-earth way of writing. ISBN 0-8174-3710-X
I also like Charlie Waite's "The making of landscape photographs". Perhaps not as good as Shaw's book,
but still very much enjoyable. Charlie shows some excellent images and includes notes with each image
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