 | Apple Mac mini MB138LL/A (1.83 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1 GB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, Combo Drive)
Buy new: $569.00 / Used from: $699.99 Minis are much cheaper than iMacs and they allow you to upgrade your monitor independently. Supply your own photoshop keyboard and a wacom tablet mouse.
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 | Western Digital Passport Essential Portable 250GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive (WDME2500TN)
Buy new: $88.24 / Used from: $122.88 These passport drives are compact, durable, and well designed. Must-have while traveling and/or for backing up your work to a separate hard drive.
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 | Samsung SyncMaster 2253BW 22-inch LCD Monitor
Buy new: $259.99 / Used from: $259.00 |
 | Pantone Eye-One Display 2
Calibrated monitor is vital.
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 | Canon CanoScan 8800F Color Film/Negative/Photo Scanner (2168B002)
Buy new: $185.16 / Used from: $150.00 You still shoot film sometimes, don't you? This works well with 35mm and medium format film.
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 | Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2
Buy new: $272.99 / Used from: $346.01 Excellent workflow tool, covers the whole process from RAW to print for most shots. Will make photoshop non-mandatory if they just add layer masks.
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![Adobe Photoshop CS3 [OLD VERSION]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Yn29U8lYL._SL75_.jpg) | Adobe Photoshop CS3 [OLD VERSION]
Buy new: $649.49 Mandatory, but still way overpriced. Sign up for a photography class and get it at the student discount.
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 | Canon Pixma Pro9000 Professional Large Format Inkjet Printer (9995A001)
Buy new: $369.99 / Used from: $320.00 Excellent prints considering the affordability of the printer. I may upgrade to an Epson someday, but I definitely don't NEED to yet.
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 | OTT-LITE VisionSaver Plus Wing Shade Floor Lamp
Ott-lites are the most affordable option for getting true colors for proofing your prints at night. They're a lot more practical than stylish, but they work.
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 | Paterson Rapid Print Drying Rack #258
Buy new: $52.95 Designed for wet prints, but digital prints should dry fully too! Manufacturers suggested minimum drying time before stacking is 15 minutes, and even then white paper should be inserted between the prints, and even then 24 hours must pass before the prints are fully dry. Overpriced, but this rack saves tons of desk (and furniture, and floor...) space during printing sessions.
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 | Dahle 124 Guillotine 24" Paper Cutter - Paper Cutters
For the last stages of DIY photography.
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