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Inside The Last Factory That Still Makes Audio Cassette Tapes
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5 years ago

Inside The Last Factory That Still Makes Audio Cassette Tapes

Casey Chan

Bloomberg Businessweek recently toured National Audio Company, a shop in Springfield, Missouri, and one of the last and definitely the largest remaining manufacturers of the classic audio cassette tape. It’s almost adorable to see all the old machines whirring to pump out tapes that you thought no longer existed.

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6 years ago

Watch How Common Photoshop Tools Were Done In The Darkroom

Michael Hession

Editing a photo is as easy as clicking a mouse with the modern magic of Photoshop. But another type of magic dominated when the only option was a darkroom and enlarger. Some of us remember these days well, but for the young’uns out there, this Lynda.com demo shows just how…

Shooting With Leica’s Nutty No-Screen Camera Is Half Joy, Half Fantasy
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6 years ago

Shooting With Leica’s Nutty No-Screen Camera Is Half Joy, Half Fantasy

Michael Hession

The Leica M Edition 60 is the company’s 60th anniversary limited-edition version of its latest M rangefinder. It costs around $20,000 and has no display and no buttons (aside from the shutter). To some, it’s ridiculous. To most, it’s unaffordable. But after shooting with it for a couple of hours,…

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