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The Alternative Journal of Medium and Large Format Photography Contents of this issue: SOAPBOX: A Brotherhood of Photographers HOT MODS: MP4 with Technika-style lensboards 4-SQUARE: Tim Myers STUDENT WORK: The Royal College of Art REVIEW: Shen-Hao HZX 45IIA CENTERFOLD: Mike Stacey VOLUME 1, ISSUE 4, BUILD 1 FEATURE: Sandy King: Carbon Prints CUSTOMIZE: A Homebrew 6x17 Camera www.nancyscans.com INTERVIEW: Robert Kresa www.nancyscans.net NEWS: New Stuff 800.604.1199 COLLECTIBLES: Rolleiflex TLR PROJECT: Working Class PARTING SHOT: Guggenheim, Bilbao Cover Photo: MAGNACHRO M VOL 1, ISSUE 4 “Retrato” — Cuba, La Habana ©2007 Leonardo Régnier WWW.MAGNACHROM.CO M About MAGNAchrom: Advertising with MAGNAchrom: How to Print MAGNAchrom on your inkjet printer: MAGNAchrom is an advertiser- MAGNAchrom offers advertisers a supported, hybrid magazine choice of four ad sizes based on the Unlike the first three issues of MAGNA- published bi-monthy, six times A4 paper format oriented horizon- chrom which were produced with a per year. 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