Improving the Slide Digitizing Experience
Back in 2020, during the first UK lockdown, I put together a slide digitizing rig. At the time I had to use materials I already had around the house as […]
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The Not Very Big Stopper: a DIY rear-mount ND1000 filter
You have to be careful what you write! At the end of my last post I made a throw away comment that a fixed ND filter for my flare adapter […]
Read moreDIY Rear Mount Flare Adapter
I’ve recently spent a chunk of time cleaning up and shooting with my growing collection of Helios 44 lenses. As a Canon shooter, one potentially nasty issue with these lenses […]
Read moreMaking a Mini Smoke Machine
A few years ago I needed to generate a small and controllable amount of smoke for a shot I was working on: not too much smoke, as the subject was […]
Read moreGrid for Godox AD100 Pro Flash
I recently added a Godox AD100 Pro to my collection of portable strobes. Compared to my shoe-mount strobes it’s more powerful (at 100 Ws), easier to mount off camera, has […]
Read moreMore Adventures in Neoprene
Way back in early 2020 when I made the lens coat for my Sigma 100-300mm f4 lens, I had my eye on the Canon 400mm f5.6 L-series lens and thought […]
Read moreDiffuser for LED Light Panel
In my post about building an LED light panel from an old computer monitor I said it would be useful to be able to add some diffusion to the front […]
Read moreDIY High Power LED Monolight
I’ve been quite focused on light building projects recently, but before I move on to other targets for my enthusiam I felt I had to make something with one of […]
Read moreUpcycled Monitor LED Light Panel
When I was planning a light panel build to use the reel of high CRI LEDs I bought recently, it struck me that repurposing one of my old 4:3 aspect […]
Read moreRecycling a Polariser to use with 100mm Filter Holders
In the days when I used a Cokin P square filter system I tried a few polarising filters, and ended up with one made by Stealth Gear which gave me […]
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