PHOTON

November 1995


Kenny Martin
Kenny, award-winning portrait photographer and regular columnist for Amateur Photographer magazine, now has his own Home Page - unashamed plug for one of our talented neighbours in Scotland!
The Cat in the Hat came Back
James Elliott is a controversial self-taught photographer whose single-minded dedicated to selling Cibachrome prints of obsessively careful camera shots has paid off with high-ever fees paid directly by collectors outside the auction room. Find out why!
The Mamiya 645 Super Value kit
Twenty years after the original Mamiya 645 hit the market, a price-cutting new viewfinder and motor wind create the 645 SV kit. But... is the saving worth it? The crux of the decision lies in whether you could use that mirror-prism TTL viewfinder confidently.
Ilford Delta 100 Professional
Les McLean tests Ilford's improved new generation medium speed film and considers changing from his old favourites as a result.
Secret infrared emulsion revealed!
A further report from Les, on another Ilford film - this time, one you won't be able to buy until Spring 1996, because this is the first published test of their pilot 'near-infrared' mono emulsion.
Writing your own CD-ROMs
A brief run-down on a few of the technical points involved if you're planning to buy a low cost CD-ROM writer and create your own clip-photo disks, delivery to clients on CD, or just archive your pictures.
PageMaker 6 and Kodak Color Management
David Kilpatrick gets a bit technical unless you're into repro or desktop color printing. You need to printed edition to benefit properly from our tests.
The Fargo FotoFun
Now this is more like it! Real desktop photo-quality printing for the masses from Fargo - a brief test by Stephen Pritchard.
The Psion Workabout
Richard Kilpatrick is a hand-held enthusiast - Newtons in every pocket - and writes here about Psion's new waterproof workhorse, which he reckons could even be converted to an enlarger timer or an exposure meter.