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June 9, 2022July 25, 2022Lighting, Modifiers, Projects

Grid 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 […]

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December 30, 2021July 25, 2022Other Stuff, Projects

More 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 […]

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December 9, 2021June 13, 2022Lighting, Modifiers, Projects

Diffuser 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 […]

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September 12, 2021July 25, 2022Lighting, Projects

DIY 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 […]

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May 20, 2021June 13, 2022Lighting, Projects

Upcycled Monitor LED Light Panel

When I was planning a light panel build using a reel of high CRI LEDs I bought recently, it struck me that repurposing one of the old 4:3 aspect ratio […]

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March 22, 2021July 25, 2022Equipment Hacks, Projects

Recycling 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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February 20, 2021June 25, 2022Lighting, Projects

Improving the DIY Pipe Light: the Tubelight

After the unbridled fun of building my pipe light a few months back it struck me that since the build was in part my justifcation for buying a 3D printer, […]

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February 15, 2021July 25, 2022Equipment Hacks, Projects

Pentacon 135mm Rebody: A Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing

Last spring, when I was putting together my anamorfake Pentacon 50mm lens, I had the overwhelming urge to get hold of a few more old M42 lenses of different focal […]

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January 10, 2021July 21, 2022Other Stuff, Projects

A Lens Hood for 100mm Filter Holders

I’m one of those sad photographers who always uses a lens hood. I have one for every lens I own, and whenever I’m taking pictures the hood is always on […]

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November 3, 2020July 21, 2022Lighting, Projects

A DIY Pipe Light

One of the surprises from the testing for my post on LED light quality was the spectrum produced by my generic 3W SMT COB LEDs. While not as good as the 95 […]

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