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By Richard Sexton

On a recent trip to the San Francisco Bay Area to deliver a project to my publisher, I traveled down to nearby San Carlos to visit the headquarters of Better Light, the premier manufacturer of scanning backs for large format cameras. When I first contacted Better Light to learn more about their products, I was immediately struck by the candor and accessibility of the company’s founder, Mike Collette. (Let’s face it, there aren’t many digital imaging manufacturers whose technical information line is answered by the guy at the top.) During the course of our conversation I asked where I could actually see a Better Light back expecting to hear about a couple ...

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