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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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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 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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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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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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August 19, 2020December 7, 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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November 3, 2019November 19, 2022Equipment Hacks, Projects

A Filter Holder for the Samyang 14mm lens

A while ago I bought a Samyang 14mm f2.8 lens (also available branded as Walimex or Rokinon) to use with my crop sensor DSLR. On a Canon cropped sensor it […]

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