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Mason Resnick

Mason Resnick is the Editor of the Adorama Learning Center. Previously, he spent five years as the Managing Editor of Popular Photography & Imaging, the world’s largest circulation photography magazine. Before that, he spent eight years as the Associate Editor of Modern Photography, where he started his career in 1983, and three years as the Managing Editor of Photo Business, a trade magazine for photo retailers.

Resnick has served as the Camera columnist for the New York Times, and has contributed articles about photography to Shutterbug, Photo District News, Visio, Darkroom Photography, American Photo, and Outdoor & Travel Photography magazines. He has contributed to several online photo-oriented web sites, including Hyperzine, eTown, Photohighway, and other retail photo web sites. He has written dozens of articles on creative picture-taking techniques.

A photography enthusiast since age 5, Resnick studied with legendary photographer Garry Winogrand, and is an avid street photographer. He can occasionally be seen on the streets of Manhattan taking candid photos with his trusty old Leica M3 - - and an Adorama 28mm f/3.5 lens! An online gallery of some of his work can be found at http://www.photogs.com/pedestrianphotos. Resnick is a graduate of Queens College, with a Bachelor’s degree in Communications, and the New School for Social Research, where he earned a Master’s degree in Media Studies.

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Does sensor size matter? YES!

Full Frame? Micro Four Thirds? APS? Here's a guide to how sensor size affects image quality.

ArticleBuying Guides Gear Guides & Reviews - by Mason Resnick, 8 hours ago

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The size of a camera’s sensor can directly affect image quality, especially when you’re shooting above ISO 100. Here’s what you should know when you’re shopping for a new digital camera

TAGS: digital camera, digicam, sensor, ISO, comparison, compared

A new, light, ultracompact tripod arrives

Blog TechTock - by Mason Resnick, 4 days ago

Tamrac's ZipShot, which hits the streets today, is nothing like a traditional tripod. That may be a good thing. Read more

Tags: tripod

Weekend Wrap: Eye-Fi's FTP Aha! moment

Blog TechTock - by Mason Resnick, 7 days ago

Eye-Fi does it again! An incremental, but important, new feature is added for photographers who need to upload their pictures but don't want the cookie-cutter presentation of photo sharing sites. Read more

Tags: upload, eye-fi, wi-fi, sharing, ftp

Product Review: Sony 75-300mm f/4.5-5.6 Lens

A longer telephoto zoom for the rest of us

ArticleProduct Reviews Gear Guides & Reviews - by Mason Resnick, 9 days ago

It has a desirable focal range and a very tempting price tag, but can the Sony 75-300 f/4.5-5.6 Macro deliver good enough quality?

TAGS: tele, telephoto, zoom lens, sony

Ricoh unveils the latest game-changer

Blog TechTock - by Mason Resnick, 10 days ago

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When switching lenses, why not swap out the sensor as well? Ricoh’s unique GXR digital camera system, unveiled this morning, may change the rules of camera design. And that's good. Read more

Product Review: Sony 11-18mm f/3.5-4.5 Lens

We take a close look at a holdover from the Minolta days

ArticleProduct Reviews Gear Guides & Reviews - by Mason Resnick, 10 days ago

Made exclusively for Sony DSLRs with APS sensors, the Sony 11-18mm f/4.5-5.6 has the Minolta DNA. Does it deliver what digital shooters need?

TAGS: wide angle, sony, lens

Rethinking Low-Light Photography

Blog TechTock - by Mason Resnick, 11 days ago

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As new digital cameras are built for speed, low-light photography may become much more than a shot in the dark. Read more

Tags: nikon, canon, DSLR, sensor, ISO

Product Test: Sony Alpha A230

Can this small, lightweight starter DSLR deliver big camera results?

ArticleProduct Reviews Gear Guides & Reviews - by Mason Resnick, 11 days ago

Minolta’s demise as a camera maker brought Sony into the serious digital camera fold. Nearly five years have passed. Let’s see how Sony’s doing by looking at their current entry-level DSLR, the A230.

TAGS: DSLR, sony

Weekend Wrap: Why I’ve Joined NAPP

Blog TechTock - by Mason Resnick, 14 days ago

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I have just joined the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP). Here’s why you may want to if you haven’t already done so…and an important announcement. Read more

Tags: workshop, photoshop

Meet the surprise Olympus E-P2: Is the second time a charm?

Blog TechTock - by Mason Resnick, 15 days ago

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The first generation of this revolutionary camera created buzz, then complaints. Now Olympus quickly introduced the second generation E-P2. Have they been listening? Read more

Tags: Olympus, micro four thirds, Olympus E-P1