Links to sites about cameras, accessories, photography lessons, and other handy information

http://masters-of-photography.com/index.html
This site has dozens of the worlds best known photographers represented. Ansel Adams, Walker Evans, Bourke-White, Steiglitz and Strand are all here but there are also many somewhat lesser known masters, like John Guttman, Bill Brandt and Alexander Rodchenko. This is an excellent quick reference to the many styles of photography .

http://my.execpc.com/~torrey/notefoto.html
Another list of the masters of photography, with many links to sites featuring articles and pictures. The site is run by Torrie Nelson who specializes in shooting musicians - with a camera.

http://ventureseast.com/photopage/
Links to over 1200 photography related websites. Camera clubs, Equipment makers, tutorials and specialties. This isn't even a comprehensive list of the subjects covered by this one links page. Gary Jones is a commercial photographer who maintains the list and if you go all the way down to the bottom of the index page you will find a link to his portfolio

http://www.photo.net/neighbor/one-subcategory?id=2
It's a mess, and takes a while to load on a dial up connection but the horror stories about the many rip-off camera shops should convince you to stick with dealers you know and trust, or those recommended by people you know and trust. If something sounds too good to be true - you are bound to get reamed. If a shop is not listed here, especially a web dealer, there is a good chance it is one of these same slimeballs operating under a new name. Be wary, be very very wary. The U.S. has the weakest consumer protection laws in the free world, and these operators know how to stay just on the edge of legality. They will lie, wear you down, run you in circles, lie, send broken stuff, if they send anything at all, and they will lie, and lie and lie. Furthermore, they will do it without ever putting a thing in writing so you have little or no legal recourse.

http://www.panix.com/~donwiss/pictures/#building
According to Thomas Wolfe, only the dead know Brooklyn. Don Wiss knows the Brooklyn camera dealers though. He has photographed their stores. Take a look and see who it is that you are buying from when you go to those bright colourful professional websites. My favourite picture is of the eDigitalMegaStore - Gotta love those megastores. Don is also interested in the domestic architecture of Brooklyn and has quite a collection of pictures on the site, along with a full explanation of how to make pemmican, which is probably a necessity for those long treks through the wilds of the city looking for yet more eMoltoMegaMezzaMondo stores.

http://www.digitaltruth.com/
If you want to process film, you need to see this site. The Massive Development Chart is - in a word, MASSIVE!!! There are time and temperature charts for every developer and film I've ever heard of and more than a few I've never heard of at all -- NEVER EVER. There is also a page of formulae and several other useful items.

http://www.inficad.com/~gstewart/tips.htm
If you are a beginning darkroom enthusiast or have an old 620 camera, Glenn Stewart of Arizona has revealed some activities that usually goes on in the dark. His clear pictures will show you how to load a stainless steel film reel, or load 120 film onto a 620 spool.

http://w3.one.net/~georgek/htmldocs/bulkfilmfaq.htm
Want to save money? This site has the skinny on bulk loading. I wouldn't recommend it for colour film, if only because a lot of places will not process anything unless they know for sure exactly what is in the cassette. I no longer bulk load, but it is the cheapest way I know of to shoot film. Look for places that sell short date, or recently out dated film and you can save even more.

http://www.stanford.edu/~cpatton/pinhole.html
This is a good site for an introduction to pinhole (and related) photography. There are articles on zone plates, double slits and other experiments, as well as construction and the math behind the process for those interested in math.

http://www.pinholeresource.com/
Pinhole Resource is probably the most complete reference you will find on the subject. They are however, a commercial site interested in selling you gear and training for a field of photography that I feel does not need any expensive gear or training. A lot of people do not agree with me on this, and the site is full of good, quality information. Who knows, maybe someday I will buy a 300 dollar pinhole camera. Yeah, right.

http://www.panoguide.com/technique/lamppost_test.html
There was a better article on finding the nodal point for panoramic shooting but that site closed down and I don't feel like writing an article on the subject . I'm no expert in this and got my knowledge from that now gone site, so I feel any article I write would, essentially, be plagiarism.

http://www.scantips.com/
Wayne Fulton has a few tips that will make scanning go faster and better. If resolution vs size still makes your head spin you need to read them.

http://come.to/computerdarkroom
Ian Lyons will introduce you to the wonderful world of colour management. Much of what he has to say goes right straight over my head, but I've learned a lot about scanner to monitor to printer calibration from this site, and have picked up a few image editing techniques too.

http://www.cocam.co.uk/CoCamWS/Infrared/INFRARED.HTM
This site is titled Everything you ever wanted to know about Infrared but were afraid to ask, and that’s just what it is.

http://www.jonlayephotography.com/
Has some examples of what can be done with infrared film, along with an illustration of how the IR sprocket sensor effects the film in Canon cameras.

http://www.shuttercity.com/DOF.cfm
This dof calculator can come in handy if you don't have dof preview on your camera. You can't carry it along unless you are on the absolute bleeding edge of high tech, but you can copy out a few of your favourite focal lengths and most common apertures

http://www.camerahacker.com/
Chieh Cheng, aka the Camera Hacker is not afraid to try the impossible. In the "Hacks" section of his website are articles on turning disposable cameras into reusables, using a tv remote to fire certain Canon EOS cameras, instructions for making a body cap pin hole that will work with any brand of SLR (Although titled for Canon) and connecting two teleconverters simultaneously to make really long lenses. There are also reviews of his equipment, other hacks, and pictures.