Since 2006 I've written over 400 columns, first for Michael Johnston's "The Online Photographer"" and then for my monthly newsletter (send me an email if you'd like to subscribe). With Mike's gracious permission I'm gradually copying those columns to my website, accompanied by keywords.

The first 27 columns appeared on Mike's old site, which became inaccessible several years ago... even to Mike! If it weren't for the wonderful Wayback Machine, they'd have been lost forever. Still... that debacle impelled the two of us to come up with a plan that would preserve them independent of the demented notions of any blogging platform. Over time I'll keep adding to the list until all my columns are posted here.

Within the limits of my very limited css-fu, I've reproduced my columns and the readers' comments exactly as they originally appeared, save that I've stripped off most of the obsolete and superfluous links and banners to "future-proof" the code as much as possible.

A couple of notes for readers:

~ The blogging software degraded illustrations to make them fit the page format and reduce bandwidth. Most of those in-page figures link to the full-quality versions of the illustrations that go with the columns. It's worth clicking on them to get the originals.

~ Please pay attention to the comments. Mike's readership was (and still is) unusually polite and extraordinarily knowledgeable. I've no problem acknowledging that the comments (and my responses to them) are frequently more informative than my columns!

Now, without further ado...

Columns

       Keywords

Column 000 - Who the Heck Is... CTEIN? (July 22, 2006)
                           (autobiography, Mike Johnston, Post Exposure)                                                                                                                                                             Column 001 - Tee Corinne, Superstar of Lesbian Erotica (September 04, 2006)
                           (obituary, Tee Corinne, portrait, lesbian)

Column 002 - Pentax 67 100mm Macro Lens: Review (September 12, 2006)
                           (Pentax 67, macro, lens, 100mm, review, product test)

Column 003 - All the World's a Stage (September 24, 2006)
                           (privacy, Harlan Ellison, Connie Willis, sexual harassment, Worldcon)

Column 004 - Ctein: Pentax 67 300mm* f/4 ED(IF) Lens Review (October 06, 2006)
                           (Pentax 67, 300mm, telephoto, lens, review, product test)

Column 005 - Who's in Charge? You or the Camera? (October 12, 2006)
                           (technique, printing, composition)

Column 006 - The Seductive Tyranny of Digital Printing(October 23, 2006)
                           (digital, printing, darkroom, Ektacolor, technique)

Column 007 - Color Management--The Musical (Analogy) (November 01, 2006)
                           (digital, printing, color management, profile, technique)

Column 008 - A Brief History of Electronic Photography (November 10, 2006)
                           (digital, photograph, camera, photocopy, history)

Column 009 - Every Picture Tells a Story (November 24, 2006)
                           (book, monograph, portfolio, composition, photograph)

Column 010 - $10 Digital Camera--How Do They Do It?! (December 04, 2006)
                           (digital, camera, keychain camera, hardware, stripdown)

Column 011 - Shopping For Pixels (December 12, 2006)
                           (shopping, resolution, digital camera, performance)

Column 012 - $10 Digital Camera--How Does It Perform? (December 22, 2006)
                           (digital camera, keychain camera, performance, picture quality, product test)

Column 013 - Book Review: 'Plastic Cameras' by Michelle Bates(January 03, 2007)
                           (book, review, Michelle Bates, camera, photography)

Column 014 - My Most Unforgettable Portrait Subject (January 22, 2007)
                           (autobiography, history, photo, portrait, animal)

Column 015 - OS Obsolescence: a Rant (January 14, 2007)
                           (software, rant, obsolescence, commentary)

Column 016 - Demythologizing Photoshopping--Six Insights (February 03, 2007)
                           (Photoshop, technique, image processing)

Column 017 - The Second-Worst Photographic Mistake I Ever Made (February 13, 2007)
                           (autobiography, history, photo, portrait, Max Delbruck, Richard Feynman)

Column 018 - A Printing Mystery (February 24, 2007)
                           (printing, hardware, computer)

Column 019 - And They Call It...Scooba Loooooove (March 04, 2007)
                           (darkroom, Scooba)

Column 020 - Customer Support, Take 1 (March 13, 2007)
                           (autobiography, history, scanner, hardware, customer support)

Column 021 - Customer Support, Take 2 (March 26, 2007)
                           (film, developer, customer support)

Column 022 - Kodak Merger Announced (April 01, 2007)
                           (humor)

Column 023 - The Worst Photographic Mistake I Ever Made (April 12, 2007)
                           (autobiography, history, Freff, clown, circus train)

Column 024 - Don't Make News (April 23, 2007)
                           (journalism, commentary)

Column 025 - Buying Digital: Too Much Shopping! (May 03, 2007)
                           (shopping, digital camera)

Column 026 - In Praise of Prokudin-Gorskii (May 17, 2007)
                           (Prokudin-Gorskii, color, photograph, history)

Column 027 - James Clerk Maxwell's Big Mistake (May 25, 2007)
                           (color, photograph, history, James Maxwell)

Column 028 - Photography in the Metaverse (June 08, 2007)
                           (software, VR, Photosynth)

Column 029 - 'Within the Stone': The Backstory (June 16, 2007)
                           (book, review, color, Bill Atkinson)

Column 030 - Picks and Nits in the Digital Age (July 2, 2007)
                           (digital camera, review)

Column 031 - Picks and Nits in the Digital Age, Part 2 (July 7, 2007)
                           (digital photography, technique, storage)

Column 032 - Nits and Picks in the Digital Age -- The Final Chapter (July 14, 2007)
                           (digital photography, data recovery, review, technique)

Column 033 - 'All Your System Are Belong To Us' (July 23, 2007)
                           (autobiography, humor, Windows, hacking)

Column 034 - Channeling David Vestal (August 2, 2007)
                           (rant, technique, equipment, commentary)

Column 035 - How To Improve Digital Print Tonality (August 12, 2007)
                           (Bill Atkinson, digital printing, technique, Photoshop)

Column 036 - Size Matters (August 23, 2007)
                           (digital printing, printer, equipment, technique)

Column 037 - Sampling Isn't Simple (September 1, 2007)
                           (science, digital photography, scanning)

Column 038 - All Pixels are Not Created Equal (September 11, 2007)
                           (science, digital photography)

Column 039 - Ctein is One - by Mike Johnston (September 11, 2007)
                           (autobiography, Mike Johnston, writing, Ctein)

Column 040 - The Bar Also Rises (September 21, 2007)
                           (film, digital photography, resolution)

Column 041 - Speedy Spotting With Photoshop (October 7, 2007)
                           (Photoshop, technique, spotting, retouching)

Column 042 - I Am The Camera...Or Is It The Other Way Around? (October 12, 2007)
                           (technique, photography, color, B&W)

Column 043 - Perseverence (October 15, 2007)
                           (film, photography, 35mm, B&W, David Dyer-Bennet, DD-B)

Column 044 - A Proposal To Redefine Digital ISO (October 31, 2007)
                           (digital photography, ISO, technique, exposure)

Column 045 - Stifling Your Inner Yahoo (November 10, 2007)
                           (commentary, aesthetics)

Column 046 - The Photo-Fetishist League (November 20, 2007)
                           (commentary, humor)

Column 047 - Cliche (December 6, 2007)
                           (photography, aesthetics, B&W, color)

Column 048 - Holiday Lights Worth Seeking Out (December 16, 2007)
                           (night photography, color, Christmas, technique)

Column 049 - Keeping the 'X' in 'Xmas' (December 22, 2007)
                           (Xmas, science, physics, quantum mechanics, religion, theology, fraud)

Column 050 - More Keychain Madness (January 9, 2008)
                           (Keychain camera, digital, Photoshop, technique, review, humor)

Column 051 - Good Press, Bad Press (January 13, 2008)
                           (commentary, marketing, Kodak, Fred Picker)

Column 052 - MacBook Air-A Traveling Photographer Assessment (January 18, 2008)
                           (review, Macbook, Apple)

Column 053 - So, What's In Your (Digital) Wallet? (February 3, 2008)
                           (technique, storage, digital photography)

Column 054 - Polaroid Made Me The Photographer I Am Today (February 14, 2008)
                           (autobiography, film photography, Polaroid, color, B&W)

Column 055 - It's Bigger, But Is It Better? Photoshop Bicubic vs. Genuine Fractals
                    vs. BlowUp (February 26, 2008)
                     (digital photography, software, Photoshop, technique, review,
                        Genuine Fractals, BlowUp)

Column 056 - It's Bigger, But Is It Better? Part II (March 1, 2008)
                     (digital photography, software, Photoshop, technique, review,
                        Genuine Fractals, BlowUp)

Column 057 - It's Bigger, But Is It Better? Part III (March 4, 2008)
                     (digital photography, software, Photoshop, technique, review,
                        Genuine Fractals, BlowUp)

Column 058 - Remembrance Of Things--Part 1 (March 22, 2008)
                            (Tee Corinne, archiving, Bridge)

Column 059 - The Shape Of Things That Came :A Reverse-Engineered History
                   of the Camera Business (April 1, 2008)
                           (history, business, cameras)

Column 060 - Adding Up - by Mike Johnston (April 2, 2008)
                           (Ctein, autobiography, Mike Johnston)

Column 061 - Remembrance Of Things--Part 2 (April 13, 2008)
                           (Tee Corinne, archiving, Bridge)

Column 062 - Rangefinder Follies (April 21, 2008)
                           (rangefinder, camera, vision, technique)

Column 063 - It's a Vision Thing (May 2, 2008)
                           (vision, prints, photography)

Column 064 - Speeding up Photoshop with an External Drive (May 12, 2008)
                           (hardware, Photoshop, hard drives, review, performance,
                          eSATA, FireWire, USB, Other World Computing)

Column 065 - How Not To Present Your Work Online (May 22, 2008)
                           (business, commentary, web design)

Column 066 - Photoshop Elements 6--It's Not Just for Kids Anymore (June 1, 2008)
                           (Photoshop Elements, software, review)

Column 067 - JPEG...Seriously? (June 28, 2008)
                           (digital photography, technique, RAW, JPEG)

Column 068 - Lazy ? Does Not Compute! (June 22, 2008)
                           (commentary, technique)

Column 069 - Go Where You Wanna Go, Do What You Wanna Do (July 3, 2008)
                           (business, photography, law)

Column 070 - It's Still a Vision Thing (July 14, 2008)
                           (vision, science)

Column 071 - Payola (July 22, 2008)
                           (business, magazines)

Column 072 - Saints, Scoundrels, the Separation of Church and State,
                      and the Balance of Terror (July 29, 2008)
                           (business, magazines)

Column 073 - Migration Route (August 13, 2008)
                           (hardware, computers, hard drives, review, technique )

Column 074 - Fujifilm Finepix S100FS Review, Part 1 (August 26, 2008)
                           (digital camera, review, Fujifilm, Finepix S100FS, Nikon, D200, David Dyer-Bennet, DD-B)

Column 075 - Fujifilm Finepix S100FS Review, Part 2 (August 28, 2008)
                           (digital camera, review, Fujifilm, Finepix S100FS, Nikon, D200, David Dyer-Bennet, DD-B)

Column 076 - Fujifilm Finepix S100FS Review, Part 3 (September 4, 2008)
                           (digital camera, review, Fujifilm, Finepix S100FS)

Column 077 - A Proposal for an Investment Strategy (September 18, 2008)
                           (humor, business, commentary)

Column 078 - Still Crazy (And Making Dye Transfer Prints) After All These Years
                     (October 9, 2008)
                           (technique, darkroom, dye transfer)

Column 079 - Ctein Dye Transfer Print (October 9, 2008)
                           (print sale, dye transfer, Mike Johnston)

Column 080 - Don't Forget (October 17, 2008)
                           (print sale, dye transfer, Mike Johnston)

Column 081 - Message (and a Request) from Ctein (October 20, 2008)
                           (print sale, dye transfer, Mike Johnston)

Column 082 - Volunteers of the World (October 23, 2008)
                           (print sale, dye transfer, Mike Johnston)

Column 083 - High Pass Sharpening with Layers (October 27, 2008)
                           (Photoshop, layers, sharpening, technique)

Column 084 - Diffraction--Quantum Weirdness in Your Very Own Home
                     (November 7, 2008)
                           (diffraction, science, physics, quantum mechanics)

Column 085 - Diffraction In Perspective (November 15, 2008)
                           (diffraction, science, physics, optics)

Column 080 - Data Mining for Dummies (November 23, 2008)
                           (reviews, science, optics)

Column 081 - What I (and You) Don't Know--Part 1 (December 5, 2008)
                           (books, Laurie Edison, nudes, sensors, resolution)

Column 086 - What I (and You) Don't Know--Part 2 (December 14, 2008)
                           (optics, books, science)

Column 087 - Ctein Dye Transfer Update (December 5, 2008)
                           (print sale, dye transfer, Mike Johnston)

Column 088 - (Still) Keeping the 'X' in 'Xmas' (December 21, 2008)
                           (Xmas, science, technology, digital cameras, optics)

Column 089 - Savvy Shopping (January 1, 2009)
                           (shopping, digital cameras)

Column 090 - Dye Transfer Print Offer Update (January 6, 2009)
                           (dye transfer, print sale)

Column 091 - More Savvy Shopping (January 11, 2009)
                           (shopping, digital cameras)

Column 092 - Maximum Photoshop Performance (January 24, 2009)
                           (Photoshop, hardware, hard drives, performance, Other World Computing)

Column 093 - What I Learned While Printing (January 30, 2009)
                           (dye transfer, Kodak, print sale, technique)

Column 094 - Why 80 Megapixels Just Won't Be Enough... (February 11, 2009)
                           (digital cameras, technology, vision, resolution)

Column 095 - Great Expectations (February 21, 2009)
                           (film photography, digital photography, grain, exposure range)

Column 096 - 1000 Photographic Fans...Maybe? (March 7, 2009)
                           (business, fans)

Column 097 - Does Ctein Have 100 'True Fans'? (March 13, 2009)
                           (business, true fans, Ctein)

Column 098 - Shapes of Some Things Long to Come (March 23, 2009)
                           (science, optics, physics, digital cameras)

Column 099 - Transition State (April 4, 2009)
                           (Ctein, autobiography, film photography, digital photography)

Column 100 - A Very Grand Democracy (April 12, 2009)
                           (astronomy, science, sensors, digital photography, astrophotography)

Column 101 - Fitting a Pint in a 12-Ounce Can (April 27. 2009)
                           (technique, digital photography, printing, Photoshop)

Column 102 - Mysterious Photoshop Blending Modes (May 7, 2009)
                           (Photoshop, technique, layers, blending modes)

Column 103 - Noise Is Your Friend (May 10, 2009)
                           (science, physics, noise, digital photography)

Column 104 - Danger, Danger, Will Robinson! (May 22, 2009)
                           (software, photography, aesthetics)

Column 105 - "Photoshop CS3 RAW" & "Photoshop Lightroom 2 Adventure"
                          by Mikkel Aaland (June 8, 2009)
                           (books, review, Mikkel Aaland, Photoshop, Lightroom, technique)

Column 106 - Column 100: Looking Forward, Backward, and Sideways (June 15, 2009)
                          (Ctein, science, digital photography, business)

Column 107 - Depth of Field Hell--The Sequel (June 23, 2009)
                           (photography, depth of field, optics, science)

Column 108 - Photographing a Supernova (July 6, 2009)
                           (science, photography, astronomy, astrophotography, supernova)

Column 109 - Reality Is Not Arithmetic (July 15, 2009)
                           (commentary, rant)

Column 110 - Picture Postcards?!? (July 23, 2009)
                           (science, physics)

Column 111 - Polychrome...(it gives us such nice, bright colors) (August 13, 2009)
                           (color, digital photography, autobiography, Montreal)

Column 112 - Polychrome II (August 21, 2009)
                           (color, digital photography, autobiography, Montreal)

Column 113 - OT: Self-Incrimination (September 1, 2009)
                           (birds, science, intelligence, autobiography, parrots)

Column 114 - On Topic (Really!): Parrotspeak / Parrotvision (September 12, 2009)
                           (parrots, vision, science, language)

Column 115 - Tips for Finding '1000 True Fans' (September 24, 2009)
                           (business, Ctein, true fans)

Column 116 - How Long Is a Lifetime? (September 30, 2009)
                           (cameras, photography, commentary)

Column 117 - Film for a Lifetime (October 13, 2009)
                           (film, photography, commentary)

Column 118 - High ISO High Noon (October 16, 2009)
                           (ISO, photography, technique)

Column 119 - Settling Down...or Not, as the Case May Be (October 26, 2009)
                           (autobiography, photography,commentary, camera)

Column 120 - OT: Weird Adventures in A.I.* (November 1, 2009)
                           (autobiography, intelligence, parrots)

Column 121 - Here Comes the Sun (November 17, 2009)
                           (photography, astrophotography, sun, telescope, Coronado, review)

Column 122 - Solar Photography with a Coronado PST (November 29, 2009)
                           (photography, astrophotography, sun, telescope, review, technique,
                           Photoshop, solar photography, Olympus, m4/3)

Column 123 - Taking Small Format Seriously (December 6, 2009)
                           (photography, cameras, technique, Olympus, m4/3)

Column 124 - I Hate Shopping! (December 13, 2009)
                           (shopping, cars, cameras)

Column 125 - Seasonal Art (December 21, 2009)
                           (Christmas, commentary, photography)

Column 126 - How Sharp Is Your Printer? How Sharp Are Your Eyes?
                           (vision, printers, resolution, sharpness)

Column 127 - So, What About Kodak? (January 9, 2010)
                           (Kodak, commentary, history, business)

Column 128 - The Dark Cloud of Collecting... (January 23, 2010)
                           (business, art, commentary, collecting)

Column 129 - Focusing Follies (January 31, 2010)
                           (cameras, rangefinders, focus)

Column 130 - Three Days Left! (February 1, 2010)
                           (Mike Johnston, print sale, dye transfer)

Column 131 - The Final Hour (February 3, 2010)
                           (Mike Johnston, print sale, dye transfer)

Column 132 - Why Is It (Not) Art? (February 11, 2010)
                           (commentary, art)

Column 133 - Ctein: 'I Quit' (February 18, 2010)
                           (film, digital photography, autobiography)

Column 134 - What Can't Digital Do for Me? (February 25, 2010)
                           (film, digital, film vs. digital, photography)

Column 135 - The Printer / Photoshop / Snow Leopard Hell (March 4, 2010)
                           (printing, technique, color management, Mac OS, Snow Leopard)

Column 136 - What Tests Don't Tell You (March 11, 2010)
                           (science, testing, resolution, sharpness, optics)

Column 137 - Supporting 1000 True Fans (March 18, 2010)
                           (business, Ctein, true fans)

Column 138 - Artists Ain't Saints: Jim Marshall, 1936-2010 (March 24, 2010)
                           (Jim Marshall, obituary, autobiography, rock)

Column 139 - Oddities of Image Stabilization (April 1, 2010)
                           (technique, sharpness, digital cameras, image stabilization, Olympus, m4/3, m4/3)

Column 140 - Statistics, Damned Statistics, and the 'Visio Populi' (April 8, 2010)
                           (business, Ctein, fans)

Column 141 - Of Verbs and Trademarks (April 15, 2010)
                           (business, trademarks, law, intellectual property)

Column 142 - How Not to Get Your Product Reviewed (April 22, 2010)
                           (business, review, VMware, commentary)

Column 143 - They're Selling Us Crap Paper (April 29, 2010)
                           (digital, printing, paper, quality control, Harman)

Column 144 - Animal Language (May 6, 2010)
                           (autobiography, intelligence, parrots, language)

Column 145 - More On Print(er) Sharpness (May 13, 2010)
                           (printing, printers, digital, sharpness, tests)

Column 146 - Returning to Hell: Color Management and Snow Leopard (May 20, 2010)
                           (printing, technique, color management, Mac OS, Snow Leopard)

Column 147 - Do 'Real' Photographers Print? (May 27, 2010)
                           (printing, commentary, photography)

Column 148 - Custom Printing and Artistic Ownership (June 3, 2010)
                           (custom printing, commentary, photography)

Column 149 - The Importance (or Not) of the Print(ing) (June 10, 2010)
                           (custom printing, technique)

Column 150 - Can You Get Good ISO 6400 from an Olympus E-P1? (June 17, 2010)
                           (Olympus, E-P1, RAW, JPEG, Photoshop, technique)

Column 151 - Digital Restoration (June 24, 2010)
                           (Digital Restoration, book, Mike Johnston, Ctein, review)

Column 152 - The Ever-Shrinking Tripod (June 24, 2010)
                           (tripods, photography, technique)

Column 153 - It's Never Too Early to Start Planning for an Eclipse (July 1, 2010)
                           (photography, technique, astronomy, eclipse)

Column 154 - Darkening the Darkroom (July 8, 2010)
                           (darkroom)

Column 155 - Why I Needed an iPad (and You Might Not) (July 15, 2010)
                           (iPad, review, displays, MacBook, Photoshop)

Column 156 - 'Digital Restoration' on Sale (July 18, 2010)
                           (Digital Restoration, book, Mike Johnston, Ctein, sale)

Column 157 - Your Scanner Needs Cleaning! (July 29, 2010)
                           (scanners, repairs)

Column 158 - Postscripts (August 5, 2010)
                           (color management, Mac OS, Snow Leopard, profiles, Photoshop,
                          paper, digital printing, quality control)

Column 159 - The Lens is Not More Important Than the Camera
                           (lens, camera, equipment, quality control)

Column 160 - How I Learned Not to Trust Camera Bodies (August 19, 2010)
                           (lens, camera, equipment, quality control, Pentax, 50mm, Canonet, GIII QL 17)

Column 161 - Planned Obsolescence (August 26, 2010)
                           (Epson, digital printers, R2400, ink, repairs)

Column 162 - Themes--Preconceived, Ad Hoc, And Post Hoc (September 2, 2010)
                           (monographs, publishing, art, photography, books)

Column 163 - How To Make A Chapbook (Part I) (September 9, 2010)
                           (monographs, publishing, art, photography, books, chapbooks)

Column 164 - How To Make A Chapbook (Part II) (September 16, 2010)
                           (monographs, publishing, art, photography, books, chapbooks)

Column 165 - Plus ca change (September 23, 2010)
                           (digital photography, technique, Ctein, autobiography)

Column 166 - Keeping 1000 True Fans (September 30, 2010)
                           (business, Ctein, true fans)

Column 167 - A Perfunctory Guide to Converting Photographic Film
                          to Digital Prints, Part I (October 7, 2010)
                           (film, digital, scanning, digital printing, scanners, technique)

Column 168 - Ctein in Minneapolis (October 8, 2010)
                           (Ctein, Mike Johnston, Minneapolis, show, lecture)

Column 169 - A Perfunctory Guide to Converting Photographic Film
                          to Digital Prints, Part II (October 14, 2010)
                           (film, digital, scanning, digital printing, scanners, technique)

Column 170 - A Perfunctory Guide to Converting Photographic Film
                          to Digital Prints, Part III (October 14, 2010)
                           (film, digital, scanning, digital printing, scanners, technique, Photoshop,
                          monitors,profiles, ContrastMaster)

Column 171 - Stochastic Photography (October 28, 2010)
                           (digital photography, stochastic, technique, waterfalls)

Column 172 - Photoshop Performance: The Saga Continues (November 4, 2010)
                           (Photoshop, performance, hard drives, external drives, Other World Computing)

Column 173 - Photoshop CS5: A Simple Desultory Philippic (November 11, 2010)
                           (commentary, Photoshop, CS5, MacOS, test, review)

Column 174 - It's Just How I Work (November 18, 2010)
                           (technique, stochastic, photography, waterfalls)

Column 175 - How to Make a Good Proof Sheet (November 26, 2010)
                           (technique, proof sheet, film, digital, Photoshop)

Column 176 - 'Book' Review: 'Making Sharp Images' by Lloyd Chambers
                          (December 2, 2010)
                           (book, review, sharpness, technique, Lloyd Chambers)

Column 177 - Computer Product Tests (December 8, 2010)
                           (tests, reviews, performance, hard drives, USB, Other World Computing)

Column 178 - Leasing Knowledge (December 15, 2010)
                           (commentary, intellectual property, Lloyd Chambers)

Column 179 - The 'Solstice Eclipse' (December 20, 2010)
                           (lunar, eclipse, technique, astrophotography, moon)

Column 180 - Post-Eclipse Report (December 21, 2010)
                           (lunar, eclipse, technique, astrophotography, moon, Olympus, m4/3)

Column 181 - The Unseen World (December 22, 2010)
                           (physics, science, dark matter, astronomy)

Column 182 - The Unseen Universe Gets Much Weirder (Very OT!) (December 29, 2010)
                           (astronomy, physics, science, dark energy)

Column 183 - Apples vs. Apples (January 5, 2011)
                           (MacBook Pro, iMac, shopping. monitors)

Column 184 - Looking to the Past for the Future of Camera Prices (January 12, 2011)
                           (commentary, economics, history, cameras)

Column 185 - How To Make A Tablet-Based View Camera (January 19, 2011)
                           (iPad, View Camera, technology, computational photography)

Column 186 - How to Make a Small Fortune in the Art Business (January 26, 2011)
                           (Jim Marshall, dye transfers, Guernseys, insurance, business, auction)

Column 187 - Some Updates on My Photoshop CS5 Mac Problems (February 2, 2011)
                           (Photoshop, CS5, MacOS)

Column 188 - It Doesn't Matter How You Get There If You Don't Know Where
                           You're Going (February 9, 2011)
                           (color, B&W, night photography, digital, Photoshop, technique)

Column 189 - How to Display Inkjet Prints (February 16, 2011)
                           (digital, prints, inkjet, archival, display, permanence)

Column 190 - We're All Gonna Die! (February 23, 2011)
                           (photography, autobiography, collections, death)

Column 191 - Why My Gigabyte Film Scans Might Not Be Good Enough (March 2, 2011)
                           (film, scanning)

Column 192 - Blog Notes: Hyperlinks Are Our Friends! (March 9, 2011)
                           (web design)

Column 193 - Photography at the Speed of Light (March 16, 2011)
                           (science, digital cameras, sensors, ISO)

Column 194 - Why I'm Getting an iPad 2 (March 23, 2011)
                           (iPad, displays, monitors, MacBook Pro)

Column 195 - Metamaterials and Photonic Crystals (March 30, 2011)
                           (optics, science, physics, metamerials)

Column 196 - My Favorite Web Comics (OT) (April 6, 2011)
                           (comics, web comics, reviews)

Column 197 - Why I Love My Epson 3880 (April 20, 2011)
                           (Epson, 3880, printer, review)

Column 198 - Something Old and Something New (Aptil 27, 2011)
                           (books, Post Exposure, physics, ISO, speed)

Column 199 - The Perfect Computer Costs $5,000 (or More) (May 4, 2011)
                           (computers, shopping, Macs, SSDs)

Column 200 - No One Cares How Hard You Worked (May 11, 2011)
                           (art, technique, autobiography, Ctein, Bob Nadler, Camera 35, Apollo)

Column 201 - Restoring Photos Seminar (May 17, 2011)
                           (Ctein, photo restoration, workshop, Mike Johnston)

Column 202 - iPad View Cameras, Pathetic Print Papers, and Boxes! (May 18, 2011)
                           (iPad, view camera, paper, boxes, shipping, Hahnemuhle, Harman)

Column 203 - Virtuous Technique (May 25, 2011)
                           (commentary, technique, JPEG, RAW)

Column 204 - How Invention Works (June 1, 2011)
                           (CCD, history, autobiography, Willlard Boyle)

Column 205 - Securing Your Film Photography Future (June 08, 2011)
                           (film, shopping)

Column 206 - Ephemera (June 15, 2011)
                           (photographs, preservation, archiving)

Column 207 - Minority Report (June 22, 2011)
                           (business, film sales, history)

Column 208 - Ctein RetouchPRO Redux (July 7, 2011)
                           (Ctein, workshop, video, restoration, Mike Johnston)

Column 209 - Fixer Doesn't Sink (July 13, 2011)
                           (darkroom, fixer, chemistry, Fred Picker)

Column 210 - Your Computer Needs Cleaning! (July 20, 2011)
                           (computer, cleaning, maintenance)

Column 211 - Audio O.T.: From Vinyl to Virtual -- Part I (July 27, 2011)
                           (vinyl, records, music, transcription, copyright, Audacity)

Column 212 - Audio O.T.: From Vinyl to Virtual -- Part II (August 8, 2011)
                           (vinyl, records, music, transcription, copyright, Audition)

Column 213 - Introduction to Digital Printing (August 10, 2011)
                           (technique, digital printing, printers, Wilhelm)

Column 214 - Ctein's 200th Column: Reality is Overrated (OT) (August 17, 2011)
                           (physics, science, quantum mechanics, entanglement, John Bell,
                           Bell Inequality, reality, philosophy)

Column 215 - Summer Print Offer: Ctein's Big Digital Print Sale (August 28, 2011)
                           (Ctein, print sale, digital prints, Mike Johnston)

Column 216 - Will the Sony NEX-7 Suffer Diffraction Effects? (August 30, 2011)
                           (Sony, NEX-7, optics, diffraction, sharpness)

Column 217 - To Talk of Many Things: Of Digital and Dye Transfer Prints
                           (August 31, 2011)
                           (dye transfer, digital prints)

Column 218 - Nobody Cares How Hard I Worked... But This Is Kinda Interesting
                           (September 7, 2011)
                           (digital printing, color, profiles, Epson)

Column 219 - When Good Profiles Turn Bad (September 14, 2011)
                           (digital printing, color, profiles, Epson, 3880, Photoshop)

Column 220 - Size Doesn't/Does Matter (September 21, 2011)
                           (digital photography, sensors, cameras, formats)

Column 221 - Introduction to Digital Printing Part II (September 29, 2011)
                           (digital printing, technique, printers)

Column 222 - These Are the Voyages... (Very OT) (October 6, 2011)
                           (starship, DARPA, NASA, Stewart Brand, Mae Jemison, David Neyland,
                           Pete Worden, Gerry Nordley, Charlie Stross, Joe Haldeman)

Column 223 - Lens Review: Rokinon 85mm f/1.4 Aspherical Lens
                           for Olympus 4/3(October 12, 2011)
                           (lens, review, Rokinon, 85mm, aspherical, Olympus, m4/3)

Column 224 - Mike and Ctein Discuss B&W-Only Sensor Implementation
                          (Digital B&W Part III) (October 13, 2011)
                           (B&W, sensor, digital camera)

Column 225 - 'Expose to the Right' is a Bunch of Bull (October 19, 2011)
                           (digital photography, exposure, technique)

Column 226 - Roller Derby! (October 26, 2011)
                           (roller derby, Chippawa Valley Roller Girls, technique, sports photography,
                           DD-B, David Dyer-Bennet, Girls on the Run, Lojo Russo, Rokinon 85mm,
                           Olympus 45mm, Neil Gaiman, Kyle Cassidy, Marilyn Krieger, Bengal Cat rescue)

Column 227 - What Artists Have a Right to Expect (November 2, 2011)
                           (art, artists, criticism, commentary)

Column 228 - The Not-So-Slippery-Slope of Piracy (November 9, 2011)
                           (copyright, piracy, ethics, commentary)

Column 229 - Time for a Poll (November 9, 2011)
                           (Ctein, Mike Johnston, reader poll)

Column 230 - M. Zuiko Digital ED 45mm f/1.8 Lens: Review (November 16, 2011)
                           (Olympus, 45mm, f/1.8, lens, product test, review)

Column 231 - Olympus M. Zuiko Digital ED 12mm f/2 Lens: Review
                          (November 23, 2011)
                           (Olympus, 12mm, f/2, lens, product test, review)

Column 232 - How to Review (or Buy) a Lens (or Camera) (November 30 2011)
                           (shopping, camera, lens)

Column 233 - Introduction to Digital Printing Part III (December 7, 2011)
                           (digital printing, color management, profiles)

Column 234 - OT: The Art of Tea (December 14, 2011)
                           (tea, shopping, TeaSource, Aroma, Imperial Tea Court, Uptons, Paio, tea infuser)

Column 235 - Burning Our Bridges (December 21, 2011)
                           (film scanning, Minolta DiMAGE Multi Pro AF-5000)

Column 236 - Where Are They? (December 28, 2011)
                           (Fermi, paradox, aliens, SETI, extraterrestrial)

Column 237 - How to 'Scan' Film with a Camera... Well (Part 1)
                          (January 4, 2012)
                           (film scanning, technique)

Column 238 - How to 'Scan' Film with a Camera... Well (Part 1)
                          (January 11, 2012)
                           (film scanning, technique, resolution)

Column 239 - Lenses are to Cameras as Applications are to Computers
                          (January 18, 2012)
                           (commentary, camera, lens, Olympus, 45mm)

Column 240 - Lens Test: Voigtlander Nokton 25mm f/0.95 for Micro 4/3
                          (January 26, 2012)
                           (lens, product test, review, Nokton, 25mm, f/0.95)

Column 241 - OT: The Art of Tea (for Two)...Pu Erhs (February 1, 2012)
                           (tea, shopping, TeaSource, Imperial Tea Court, pu ehr, Roy Fong)

Column 242 - PX PLZ (February 9, 2012)
                           (commentary, photos, museum, Pier 24)

Column 243 - Myths About Megapixels (...And, Does the D800 Have Too Many?)
                          (February 15, 2012)
                           (digital, cameras, sensors)

Column 244 - North American Solar Eclipse Coming May 20, 2012 (February 22, 2012)
                           (photography, technique, solar eclipse, solar photography)

Column 245 - More Planned Obsolescence: Evil Lion (February 29, 2012)
                           (commentary, computers, software, obsolescence, MacOS, Snow Leopard)

Column 246 - OT: Xmas and Parrots (March 7, 2012)
                           (parrots, autobiography, Ctein, Xmas, carnivores)

Column 247 - JPEGophobia (March 14, 2012)
                           (digital photography. RAW, JPEG, technique, commentary)

Column 248 - Does Photofinishing Have a Future? (March 21, 2012)
                           (commentary, business, photofinishing, digital printing)

Column 249 - The 2012 iPad, Part I: A Distinct Step Upwards (March 28, 2012)
                           (iPad, review, product test)

Column 250 - The 2012 iPad, Part II: Bigger Display, Better Camera (April 4, 2012)
                           (iPad, review, product test, camera, display, digital photography)

Column 251 - OT: From VHS to Virtual (Partly) (April 11, 2012)
                           (VHS, videotape, DVHS, autobiography)

Column 252 - End Game (April 18, 2012)
                           (darkroom, autobiography, dye transfer)

Column 253 - The And Now For Something Completely Different Print Offer
                          (April 23, 2012)
                           (print sale, digital print, m4/3, Bay Bridge)

Column 254 - The $19.95 Micro 4/3 Print Offer (April 25, 2012)
                           (Mike Johnston, Ctein, print sale, digital print, m4/3, Bay Bridge)

Column 255 - How I Made the $19.95 Print (April 27, 2012)
                           (print sale, digital print, m4/3, Photoshop, masking, technique, Topaz Lab,
                          DeNoise, ContrastMaster, sharpening, InFocus)

Column 256 - Art is a Popularity Contest, Not a Democracy (May 9, 2012)
                           (commentary, art)

Column 257 - What Does It Take to Be a Good Printer? (May 17, 2012)
                           (digital printing, art, technique, Photoshop, ContrastMaster, InFocus, Topaz Labs)

Column 258 - O.T.: Five Books that Will Drive You to Think (May 23, 2012)
                           (books, reviews, Beyond Fear, Bruce Schneier, God's Mechanics, Guy Consolmagno
                          Whipping Girl, Julia Serano, Olivia Judson, Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice, The Fortunate Fall
                           Raphael Carter)

Column 259 - Printing for Ronny (June 6, 2012)
                           (autobiography, Ctein, dye transfer, digital printing, Ronny Schwartz,
                          Bernard Lee Schwartz, Ann Jenner, Lord Mountbatten)

Column 260 - 'Done Done Done Done Done Done Done!' (June 7, 2012)
                           (Ctein, print sale, Mike Johnston, digital printing, Bay Bridge, m4/3)

Column 261 - The Inconstant Eye (June 13, 2012)
                           (vision, science, solar eclipse, Coronado)

Column 262 - Product Variability, Part I (June 20, 2012)
                           (digital printing, Epson, 3880, quality control, product test)

Column 263 - Epson Printers Investigated (Product Variability Part II) (July 6, 2012)
                           (digital printing, Epson, 3880, quality control, product test)

Column 264 - I Am NOT Saying the Fuji X-Pro1 Sucks... (July 11, 2012)
                           (Fuji, review, X-Pro1, digital camera)

Column 265 - We Cry Wolf: And This Time, There Is a Wolf (July 17, 2012)
                           (Mike Johnston, Ctein, autobiography, dye transfer, darkroom, print sale)

Column 266 - Photons? Who Needs Photons?! (July 18, 2012)
                           (Fuji, review, X-Pro1, digital camera, astrophotography, night photography,
                           autobiography)

Column 267 - Memories Are Made of These (July 25, 2012)
                           (Fuji, review, X-Pro1, digital camera, astrophotography, night photography,
                           commentary, autobiography)

Column 268 - Ctein Does Not Have 1000 True Fans (August 1, 2012)
                           (Ctein, business, true fans)

Column 269 - Lord High Executioner (August 8, 2012)
                           (stochastic photography, Photoshop, content-aware healing)

Column 270 - Zooms vs. Primes, Part I (August 13, 2012)
                           (lens, tests, comparison, zooms, primes, 14-42mm, Olympus, 20mm, Panasonic, Lumix
                          45mm, 45-200mm, 85mm, Rokinon)

Column 271 - Zooms vs. Primes, Part II (August 24, 2012)
                           (lens, tests, comparison, zooms, primes, 14-42mm, Olympus, 20mm, Panasonic, Lumix
                          45mm, 45-200mm, 85mm, Rokinon, 7-14mm, 14-35mm, 14-50mm)

Column 272 - What Do I Do With The Matrices? (August 29, 2012)
                           (dye transfer, Ctein, autobiography, matrices)

Column 273 - iPad Followup (September 5, 2012)
                           (iPad, review, camera, molecular gastronomy, Beth Friedman)

Column 274 - Dynamic Range Is Not Exposure Range! Part I (September 12, 2012)
                           (science, physics, noise, exposure range, dynamic range)

Column 275 - Dynamic Range Is Not Exposure Range! Part II (September 19, 2012)
                           (science, physics, noise, exposure range, dynamic range)

Column 276 - Why ISO Isn't ISO (September 26, 2012)
                           (ISO, digital photography, science, sensitometry)

Column 277 - Catch That Corruption Before It Catches You (October 3, 2012)
                           (archiving, digital photography, storage)

Column 278 - RAW is not Raw (October 10, 2012)
                           (RAW, digital photography, science, sensitometry)

Column 279 - What Does Your Photography Cost You? (October 17, 2012)
                           (film, digital photography, business, money)

Column 280 - The Ultimate Photoshop Enhancement: The Electra MAX 3G 960GB SSD
                          (October 24, 2012)
                           (SSD, hard drive, review, product test, Other World Computing)

Column 281 - Ohmyeffingod (October 31, 2012)
                           (colorization, history, commentary, rant)

Column 282 - Ctein in Toronto (November 3, 2012)
                           (Mike Johnston, Ctein, Toronto, travel)

Column 283 - Photo Book Touchstones (November 7, 2012)
                           (books, reviews, Ansel Adams, Richard Kauffman, Bill Atkinson,
                          Yoshikazu Shirakawa, Ian and Betty Ballantine)

Column 284 - Ctein Meetup in Toronto (November 10, 2012)
                           (Mike Johnston, Ctein, Toronto, travel)

Column 285 - Impressions of the Olympus OM-D, Part I (November 14, 2012)
                           (Olympus, E-M5, digital camera, review, product test)

Column 286 - Impressions of the Olympus OM-D, Part II (November 10, 2012)
                           (Olympus, E-M5, digital camera, review, product test)

Column 287 - How to Make Sharp Photographs (November 28, 2012)
                           (technique, sharpness tripods)

Column 288 - OT: Graphic Novels and Series (December 5, 2012)
                           (books, comics, reviews)

Column 289 - OT: Teas, Please! (December 12, 2012)
                           (tea, TeaSource, Aroma, dark tea, pu ehr)

Column 290 - OT: Tea and Placebos (December 19, 2012)
                           (tea)

Column 291 - NOT Off-topic: Mathematics vs. Science (January 2, 2013)
                           (science, photography)

Column 292 - A Holiday Photo Puzzle (January 9, 2013)
                           (Ctein, technique, sharpness)

Column 293 - Experiments are Hard (January 16, 2013)
                           (science, commentary, technique, sharpness)

Column 294 - 'Never Grow Old, Never Ever Die Young' (January 23, 2013)
                           (Ctein, commentary, autobiography, Bob Cameron)

Column 295 - Professional Criticism (January 30, 2013)
                           (Ctein, commentary, review, criticism, business)

Column 296 - Superfocus vs. Presbyopia Man (February 6, 2013)
                           (Ctein, autobiography, presbyopia, myopia, hyperopia, vision, Superfocus, glasses)

Column 297 - Heads Up: The Scoop (February 10, 2013)
                           (Ctein, Mike Johnston, dye transfer, print sale)

Column 298 - Odds 'n' Ends (February 13, 2013)
                           (Harmon, Canson, Ilford, paper, product test, iPad, SSD, hard drive
                          performance, Superfocus)

Column 299 - Getting Back In to Get Out (February 20, 2013)
                           (Ctein, autobiography, darkroom, dye transfer, print sale)

Column 300 - What a Journalist Is Obliged to Do (February 27, 2013)
                           (commentary, ethics, journalistm)

Column 301 - The Return of SuperFocus vs. Presbyopia Man (March 6, 2013)
                           (Ctein, autobiography, presbyopia, myopia, hyperopia, vision, Superfocus
                          glasses, review, Flying Karamazov Brothers)

Column 302 - The Last Dye Sale: Date Certain (March 11, 2013)
                           (Ctein, dye transfer, print sale, Mike Johnston)

Column 303 - Why I Bought Bigger Memory Cards (March 14, 2013)
                           (Ctein, autobiography, storage, SD cards, Flying Karamazov Brothers, data loss)

Column 304 - The Theory and Practice of Lens Design and Testing (March 20, 2013)
                           (optics, lens design, vision, Ctein, autobiography, glasses, Superfocus)

Column 305 - How to Minimize Folds and Cracks in Print Scans (March 27, 2013)
                           (technique, Photoshop, photo restoration, photo repair)

Column 306 - And We Have a Number... (March 28, 2013)
                           (Ctein, dye transfer, print sale, Mike Johnston)

Column 307 - Of Photographers, Writers and Trademarks (April 3, 2013)
                           (law, trademarks, copyright)

Column 308 - The Great Last Dye Transfer Blowout Print Sale (April 17, 2013)
                           (Ctein, autobiography, dye transfer, print sale, Mike Johnston)

Column 309 - Sale has Ended (April 17, 2013)
                           (Ctein, dye transfer, print sale, Mike Johnston)

Column 310 - Tiny Update (April 18, 2013)
                           (Ctein, dye transfer, print sale, Mike Johnston)

Column 311 - Printing 'Castle Eilean Donan' (April 19, 2013)
                           (technique, dye transfer, darkroom, printing)

Column 312 - How The Print Medium Matters (April 24, 2013)
                           (technique, art, digital printing, dye transfer)

Column 313 - (OT) How Do You Build A Starship-Building Organization? (May 1, 2013)
                           (starship, DARPA, NASA, 100YSS, Mae Jemison)

Column 314 - Variations (May 8, 2013)
                           (Ctein, printing, technique, art)

Column 315 - (OT) Building A Starship-Building Organization, Part II (May 15, 2013)
                           (starship, 100YSS, Caltech, ASCIT Research Project, ARP, Joe Rhodes,
                          Clair Patterson, air pollution)

Column 316 - How Many Hours? (May 22, 2013)
                           (Ctein, autobiography, darkroom, dye transfer)

Column 317 - PSDs and Permanence (May 29, 2013)
                           (archiving, Photoshop, PSD, TIFF, technique)

Column 318 - Adobe Photoshop Creative Cloud, Part I: The Bad (June 5, 2013)
                           (Adobe, Photoshop CC, business, commentary)

Column 319 - Adobe Photoshop Creative Cloud, Part II: The Good (June 12, 2013)
                           (Adobe, Photoshop CC, business, commentary)

Column 320 - Ctein's Odds and Ends (June 19, 2013)
                           (Ctein, dye transfer, print sale, autobiography, presbyopia, SuperFocus,
                          Snow Leopard, MacOS, film scanning, )

Column 321 - Ctein Catches Up (July 3, 2013)
                           (Epson, 3880, ink, inkjet, digital printing, technique, infrared, Superfocus )

Column 322 - My IR-Converted Olympus Pen (July 10, 2013)
                           (infrared, Olympus Pen, Life Pixel, IR conversion)

Column 323 - My IR-Converted Olympus Pen II (July 19, 2013)
                           (infrared, Olympus Pen, Life Pixel, IR conversion)

Column 323a - Ctein on (Brief) Hiatus (July 24, 2013)
                           (Ctein, Mike Johnston)

Column 324 - Tea with Jon and Bill (OT) (July 31, 2013)
                           (Jon Singer, Bill Waddington, TeaSource, tea, pu ehr, dark tea)

Column 325 - Looking at Lenses in the Infra-Red (August 07, 2013)
                           (infrared, Olympus Pen, IR conversion, lenses, tests, 20mm, 14-42mm,
                          85mm, 45-200mm)

Column 326 - We Need Our Audiences (August 14, 2013)
                           (Ctein, commentary, artist, autobiography, Kathy Li)

Column 327 - The Practical Side of Depth of Field (August 21, 2013)
                           (optics, depth of field, technique)

Column 328 - My Different Modes of Seeing: A Conundrum and a Puzzle
                          (August 28, 2013)
                           (infrared, color, digital photography, Ctein, autobiography, Christopher Sanderson,
                           Michael Reichmann)

Column 329 - Bad Science vs. Good Science: A Guide for the Layperson (Part 1)
                          (September 4, 2013)
                           (good science, bad science, commentary, Liza Furr, longissimus non legi)

Column 330 - Bad Science vs. Good Science: A Guide for the Layperson (Part 2)
                          (September 12, 2013)
                           (good science, bad science, commentary)

Column 331 - Presentation, Presentation, Presentation (September 18, 2013)
                           (art, business, Flikr, Kathi Li)

Column 332 - Corrective Action (September 25, 2013)
                           (SuperFocus, ink, digital printing, Epson 3880, errata, darkroom, autobiography, Ctein)

Column 333 - The Cream Sometimes Rises (October 2, 2013)
                           (McNay Mansion, San Antonio, art, commentary)

Column 334 - I Quit...Again (October 9, 2013)
                           (darkroom, autobiography, Ctein, dye transfer, Ken Jarecke, "Face of War")

Column 335 - OT: What's New in SETI? (October 16, 2013)
                           (science, astronomy, SETI, Freeman Dyson, Drake Equation)

Column 336 - Photographing from Commercial Airplanes (October 23, 2013)
                           (Aerial photography, film, digital, technique, Photoshop, color photography)

Column 337 - Black-and-White Aerial Photography (November 1, 2013)
                           (Aerial photography, digital, technique, Photoshop, infrared)

Column 338 - Baby, It's Cold Outside (November 6, 2013)
                           (Ctein, autobiography, technique, cold-weather photography, aurora,
                           Yellowknife, Olympus)

Column 339 - In Search of a Vocabulary for Image Quality (November 13, 2013)
                           (art, photography, language)

Column 340 - OT: A Tale of Two Movies (November 20, 2013)
                           (movies, reviews, Gravity, Europa Report)

Column 341 - Apple iPad Air Review, Part 1 - Likes (November 27, 2013)
                           (iPad Air, review, Apple)

Column 342 - Apple iPad Air Review, Part 2 - Dislikes (December , 2013)
                           (iPad Air, review, Apple)

Column 343 - Two Photography Books, One Light and One Heavy (December 11, 2013)
                           (Michelle Bates, Holga, art, technique, conservation, Sylvie Penichon)

Column 344 - UPS Is Your Friend (December 18, 2013)
                           (backups, UPS, power outages)

Column 345 - What is Time? (OT) (December 27, 2013)
                           (science, physics, time, philosophy)

Column 346 - Complexity and Convergence (January 1, 2014)
                           (Apple, design, commentary)

Column 347 - About Printers (January 8, 2014)
                           (printers, digital printing, art technique commentary)

Column 348 - Fashion and Fad in Fine Photography (January 16, 2014)
                           (art, business, history, commentary)

Column 349 - Small Format Professionalism (January 29, 2014)
                           (art, commentary, technique, formats, digital photography, image quality)

Column 350 - Convergence Makes Complexity (February 5, 2014)
                           (commentary, computers, cameras, design, business)

Column 351 - Announcement: Matrix Dump! (February 6, 2014)
                           (dye transfer, matrices, Ctein, Mike Johnston, sale)

Column 352 - Blog Note, and Blanket Thanks (February 11, 2014)
                           (dye transfer, matrices, Ctein, Mike Johnston, sale)

Column 353 - Ctein's Matrix Set Sale (February 12, 2014)
                           (dye transfer, matrices, autobiography, Ctein, sale)

Column 354 - My Cold-Weather Camera Test (February 19, 2014)
                           (cold-weather photography, tests, Olympus, Minneapolis, Yellowknife)

Column 355 - On Assignment with my iPad Air (February 27, 2014)
                           (iPad, iPhoto, photography, technique, roller derby, autobiography, Ctein)

Column 356 - Ch-Ch-Changes (March 12, 2014)
                           (Ctein, Mike Johnston, John Camp, John Sandford, autobiography, writing,
                           aurora, autobiography, Ctein)

Column 357 - Matrix Sale Update (March 20, 2014)
                           (dye transfer, matrices, autobiography, Ctein, Mike Johnston, sale)

Column 358 - Ed. and Tech. Ed. Get Together (May 25, 2014)
                           (autobiography, Ctein, Mike Johnston, cameras, John Camp, Olympus, lenses, Madison)

Column 359 - Ctein in Paris (July 21, 2014)
                           (autobiography, Ctein, Paris)

Column 360 - Ctein Meetup in Paris France! (August 5, 2014)
                           (autobiography, Ctein, Paris, Mike Johnston, Franck Dewannieux)

Column 361 - Ctein Paris Meetup UPDATE (August 10, 2014)
                           (autobiography, Ctein, Paris, Mike Johnston, Franck Dewannieux)

Column 362 - More on Monkey Business (September 14, 2014)
                           (commentary, copyright, business, law, Slater, macaque, monkey)

Column 363 - October Print: 'Bird Impression' by Ctein (October 27, 2014)
                           (Mike Johnston, Ctein, print sale, digital print)

Column 364 - Print Sale Update (November 7, 2014)
                           (Mike Johnston, Ctein, print sale, digital print)

Column 365 - Ctein's Remodel Report (December 9, 2014)
                           (Ctein, print sale, digital print, studio, remodeling, autobiography)

Column 366 - Singing vs. Chatting (April 6, 2015)
                           (commentary, cameras, image quality)

Column 367a - Ctein in Situ (June 13, 2015)
                           (Mike Johnston, Ctein, print sale, digital print, autobiography, Elmo, parrot)

Column 367b - Ctein and Cliches (Visit to Ctein Part II) (June 14, 2015)
                           (Mike Johnston, Ctein, print sale, digital print, autobiography, Elmo, Parrot)

Column 368 - Ctein Camera Watch and Other Tales (June 15, 2015)
                           (John Sandford, John Camp, Saturn Run, cameras)

Column 369 - Experiment (July 26, 2015)
                           (Mike Johnston, Ctein, autobiography, editorship)

Column 370 - Are Profiles Obsolete? (July 26, 2015)
                           (color management, technique, digital printing, profiles)

Column 371 - Where Can You Buy Custom Profiles? (Jul 27, 2015)
                           (color management, technique, digital printing, profiles)

Column 372 - Thoughts for Your Sunday ~ Making a Left Turn at Albuquerque
                           (August 6, 2015)
                           (Ctein, photography, print sale, Kate Kirkwood, autobiography, B&W, color)

Column 373 - My Shiny Retina iMac (August 6, 2015)
                           (Ctein, autobiography, iMac, MacBook Pro, review)

Column 374 - Oh, Tea! (OT) (August 8, 2015)
                           (Paio, tea infuser, white tea, pu ehr)

Column 375 - Peaking Photoshop Performance (September 1, 2015)
                           (Photoshop, performance, hardware, RAM, SSD, Lloyd Chambers, iMac)

Column 376 - How Do You Fix Aliasing in High-Res Camera Photographs?
                           (September 6, 2015)
                           (digital photography, technique, software, aliasing, anti-aliasing, sensors,
                           Pascal Jappy, Ctein, autobiography)

Column 377 - Product Review: Epson SureColor P800 Printer (September 23, 2015)
                           (product test, review, Epson, SureColor, P800, color management,
                           profiles, Dave Polaschek, Andrew Rodney)

Column 378 - Photoshop vs. Printer-Managed Color Printing (October 1, 2015)
                           (Epson, SureColor, P800, color profiles, technique, digital printing,
                           Dave Polaschek, Andrew Rodney)

Column 379 - 'Saturn Run' Takes Off! (October 4, 2015)
                           (Ctein, John Sandford, John Camp, novel, book, autobiography, Saturn Run,
                           Mike Johnston)

Column 380 - What A Long Strange Trip (December 1, 2015)
                           (Ctein, John Sandford, John Camp, novel, book, autobiography, Saturn Run,
                           Mike Johnston, TOP, print sales, remodeling, John Scalzi)

Column 381 - Ctein's X-Mas: The Limits to Growth (December 25, 2015)
                           (Ctein, science, commentary, futurism)

Column 382 - Things Ctein-y (March 8, 2016)
                           (Ctein, Mike Johnston, print sale, autobiography)

Column 383 - Ctein in London (April 12, 2016)
                           (Ctein, Mike Johnston, autobiography, London, Paula Butler)

Column 384 - Getting Together With Ctein in London UK (April 20, 2016)
                           (Ctein, Mike Johnston, autobiography, London, Paula Butler, Roger Bradbury)

Column 385 - Ctein's European Tour: Latest Updates (April 24, 2016)
                           (Ctein, Mike Johnston, autobiography, London, Paris, Paula Butler, Roger Bradbury,
                           Thomas Paris)

Column 386 - Meeting the Man (May 10, 2016)
                           (Ctein, Paula Butler, autobiography, London, Roger Bradbury, John Cross,
                           Paul Parkinson, Vid Stojevic, Steve Jacob, Mike Farley)

Column 387 - Ctein Print Offer (March 6, 2019)
                           (Ctein, print sale, Mike Johnston, digital prints )

Column 388 - The Beauty of Physical Prints (March 8, 2019)
                           (Mike Johnston, commentary, digital prints, aesthetics, Ctein, print sale)

Column 388 - Ctein Prints Have Shipped (April 1, 2019)
                           (Ctein, print sale, Mike Johnston, digital prints)

Column 389 - TOP's Upcoming Dye Transfer Print Sale -- Wait, What, How? Why?!
                           (August 26, 2019)
                           (Ctein, print sale, dye transfers)

Column 390 - Topaz Labs Sharpen AI: Artificial Common Sense (September 23, 2019)
                           (software, product test, review, Topaz Labs, Sharpen AI, technique)

Column 391 - More Artificial Common Sense: Topaz Labs GigaPixel AI
                           (October 14, 2019)
                           (Topaz Labs, GigaPixel AI, product test, software, review, technique)

Column 392 - Review: Topaz Labs JPEG to RAW AI (October 21, 2019)
                           (Topaz Labs, JPEG to RAW AI, product test, software, review, technique)

Column 393 - Dye Transfer and Me: A Meandering Half-Century Journey
                           (October 28, 2019)
                           (Ctein, print sale, autobiography, dye transfer, history, Frank McLaughlin,
                           Bob Nadler, Karen Sue Geller, Phil Condax, Ronny Schwartz, Tom Rankin,
                           Jim Browning, Ray DeMoulin, Peter Moore, Jason Schneider,
                           Arthur Kramer, Unicolor, color printing )

Column 394 - Dye Transfer and Me, Part II (November 9, 2019)
                           (Ctein, print sale, autobiography, dye transfer, history, Kodak, Frank McLaughlin,
                           Condit)

Column 395 - Dye Transfer and Me, Part III: Sweat and Tears (November 12, 2019)
                           (Ctein, print sale, autobiography, dye transfer, history, Kodak, Frank McLaughlin,
                           Petersen's Photographic, Bob Nadler, Camera 35, Terry Garey,
                           Karen Sue Geller, Paul Farber, darkroom)

Column 396 - Dye Transfer and Me, Part IV: Where Most of the Work Is
                           (November 19, 2019)
                           (Ctein, print sale, autobiography, dye transfer, history, Kodak, Frank McLaughlin,
                           Tom Rankin, Frog Prince, Bob Speck, Louis Condax, Phil Condax,
                           Frank Tartaro, color photography, technique)

Column 397 - It's Complicated! (Please Read) (November 25, 2019)
                           (Ctein, print sale, Mike Johnston, dye transfer)

Column 398 - Be Ready (November 29, 2019)
                           (Ctein, print sale, Mike Johnston, dye transfer, aesthetics)

Column 399 - Master Dye Transfer Print Sale / One Week Only (November 29, 2019)
                           (Ctein, print sale, Mike Johnston, dye transfer)

Column 400 - Fantastic First Day: Print Sale Update, the Morning After
                           (November 30, 2019)
                           (Ctein, print sale, Mike Johnston, dye transfer)

Column 401 - Dye Transfer and Me, Part V: So Many Hacks... and Finally, Money!
                           (December 1, 2019)
                           (Ctein, print sale, autobiography, dye transfer, history, Kodak, Frank McLaughlin,
                           Tom Rankin, Frog Prince, Myron, Steve Jobs, Color 2000, Tim Hall, Bob Cameron,
                           Above San Francisco, Bob Desantis, Bob Pace, Frank Tartaro )

Column 402 - The Luminous Landscape Videos (December 4, 2019)
                           (Ctein, print sale, Mike Johnston, dye transfer, technique, autobiography,
                           Michael Reichmann, Josh Reichmann)

Column 403 - LAST DAY!! (December 6, 2019)
                           (Ctein, print sale, Mike Johnston, dye transfer)

Column 404 - Dye Transfer Sale Update (March 9, 2020)
                           (Ctein, print sale, Mike Johnston, dye transfer)

Column 405 - Tesla Model X Review (OT) (March 12, 2020)
                           (Ctein, autobiography, electric car, Tesla, Model X review)

Column 406 - The Virus is a Hawk (July 17, 2020)
                           (commentary, medicine, health, Covid)

Column 407 - Print Sale Starts Later Today (February 2, 2022)
                           (Ctein, print sale, Mike Johnston, digital prints, B&W, infrared)

Column 408 - INFRARED SALE! (February 4, 2022)
                           (Ctein, print sale, Mike Johnston, digital prints, B&W, infrared)

Column 409 - Here's How I Do B&W Infrared: Part 1 (February 7, 2022)
                           (Ctein, digital prints, aesthetics, B&W, technique, infrared)

Column 410 - Here's How I Do B&W Infrared: Part 2 (February 8, 222)
                           (Ctein, digital prints, aesthetics, B&W, technique, infrared)

Column 411 - Print Sale Update / Ctein's Thoughts on Mac Studio (March 13, 2022)
                           (Ctein, Mike Johnston, print sale, commentary, Mac Studio)

Column 412 - Update on the Previous Sale (April 12, 2022)
                           (Ctein, Mike Johnston, print sale)

Column 413 - Custom Printing: Threat or Menace? (November 23, 2022)
                           (Ctein, commentary, Mike Johnston, print sales, custom printing, art,
                           business, Jim Marshall)

Column 414 - Ctein and 'Ripple Effect' (March 6, 2024)
                           (Ctein, Elmo, David Gerrold, Mike Johnston, Star Trek, Ripple Effect, book, Patreon)

Column 415 - Ctein on COVID (OT) (March 22, 2024)
                           (Ctein, commentary, health, covid, medicine, tests)

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