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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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February 20, 2021November 6, 2022Lighting, Projects

The Tubelight: Improving the LED Pipe Light

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, 2021November 19, 2022Equipment Hacks, Lenses, 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, 2021April 18, 2023Other 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 14, 2020November 18, 2022Background, Electronics

Electronics Tools for Project Building

If you’re tempted to build electronics projects similar to some of the ones I’ve described in this blog, there’s no escaping the fact that you’re going to need some electronics […]

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November 3, 2020November 18, 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, 2020December 7, 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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