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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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September 10, 2020July 25, 2022Background, Lighting

The Colour of Light: LED Light Spectrum Tests

In my previous post I was trying to order my thoughts on how much power I needed for the LED lights I’m about to build. This post is going to […]

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September 9, 2020June 24, 2022Lighting, Projects

Build Your Own Spectrometer

Not exactly a photography related build, or at least not directly… If you want to put together your own LED lighting and you don’t happen to have a lab with […]

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August 19, 2020July 21, 2022Background, Lighting

What the Flux? Measuring Light Intensity

I’m about to start work on a slight overhaul of my lighting equipment, firstly because I hardly have any continuous lighting at the moment and secondly because my studio flashes […]

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July 11, 2020June 28, 2022Equipment Hacks, Projects

DIY Wireless DSLR Tethering: Part 2

In the first part of this project I got to the point where I could wirelessly tether my DSLRs to the qDSLRDashboard application via a modified TP-Link MR3020 wireless router. […]

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June 23, 2020July 25, 2022Equipment Hacks, Projects

Experiments with Flare Filters

One of the goals in my earlier post about producing anamorphic style artefacts by modifying the aperture of a Pentacon 50mm lens was to create the horizontal flares that are characteristic for […]

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May 31, 2020June 30, 2022Equipment Hacks, Projects

Anamorfake: Anamorphic Bokeh on a Budget

The Background Back in the day, when films were being shot for projection on the wide screen, film makers couldn’t afford to waste any of the frame especially as they […]

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May 13, 2020July 25, 2022Other Stuff, Projects

Easy DIY Film & Slide Digitizing

As lockdown continues in the UK (amongst other places) and it’s impossible to get out and about with a camera, it struck me that now would be a good time […]

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April 6, 2020July 26, 2022Equipment Hacks, Projects

DIY Wireless Tethering for DSLRs

For anyone who doesn’t have wireless built in to their camera, the notion of getting wireless control and viewing has always been either impossible, or, at a price, the domain […]

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February 9, 2020July 28, 2022Other Stuff, Projects

Make your own Lens Coat

On rare occasions I manage to find enough free time to get out and attempt to do some wildlife photography. When this happens I browse through my less than extensive […]

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