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January 31, 2023February 1, 2023Other Stuff, Projects

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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November 30, 2022December 1, 2022Lenses, Projects

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 […]

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November 14, 2022November 18, 2022Lenses, Projects

DIY 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 […]

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August 24, 2022November 19, 2022Electronics, Other Stuff, Projects

Making 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 […]

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June 9, 2022November 19, 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, 2021December 28, 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, 2021November 6, 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, 2021November 5, 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, 2021December 29, 2022Lighting, Projects

Upcycled 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 […]

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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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