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A thin piece of metal inserted into the back of a Hasselblad or a 4 × 5 to prevent light from hitting the film, the dark slide is rapidly--and sadly--becoming a thing of the past. Costing mere pennies to manufacture, lost or prematurely pulled dark slides were the source of great angst to even the world's best photographers.

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• The Dark Slide RSS

• Some Final Thoughts
• For the Ages
• Update on Lincoln Memorial Photo
• Lincoln Memorial, 11/5/08, 12:15 AM
• Something There Is That Doesn't Love a Wall
• Calling on Friends
• Little bits of heart
• By the way, how are the markets doing?
• Crossing Cassandra
• Service game
• "I'm from USA Today, so I'll be brief."
• Moving on

• November 2008 (4)
• October 2008 (5)
• September 2008 (8)
• August 2008 (7)
• July 2008 (6)
• June 2008 (5)
• May 2008 (6)
• April 2008 (11)