Building a Motorized Macro Rail: Part 2
Picking up from where part 1 of the Motorized Macro Rail project left off: Design Modifications I’ve made few improvements to the prototype design for the “production” version, as outlined […]
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Building a Motorized Macro Rail
The Prototype Taking a (semi) objective look at this site recently I realised that it’s ages since I built a project with an Arduino. That’s certainly not because I’ve built […]
Read moreImproving 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 […]
Read moreExperiments 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 […]
Read moreAnamorfake: 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 […]
Read moreEasy 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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