Well it does a number of things depending on its angle to the source of light the general use is to enhance colours (skys do well) and to reduce or control reflections on water and…
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Cwmorthin Slate workings forum outing
Five of us from the forum met up at the Lakeside cafe near the Hydro electric power station at Tanygrisiau on Saturday the 6th of October 2012 as we intended to breakfast before setting off…
ND Calculator App No Android or Apples required
Been meaning to do this for a while a little aid to calculate the exposure offset when using ND filters covers ND2 to ND1024 (1 to 10 stop) I have made the print to fit…
Downloading originals from my flickr account
Well I was stuffed I went all over my flickr account looking for some way to download my images in bulk but could find nothing and it was a real faff clicking through one at…
Watameter-Super Range finder
This Range finder device fits onto the hot/cold shoe of the camera and enables precise distance measurement from the camera to the subject to ensure the subject is in focus range finder cameras have these…
Zeiss Ikon Nettar 517/16
This is my first folding medium format camera which I obtained through Ebay and cost under £20 it arrived in immaculate condition with only slight evidence of paint flaking on the film door hinge. Camera…
Bronica ETR-C Missing frames and light leaks
I have been playing with my recently acquired Bronica ETRC and also a “New” 50mm lens from Ffordes Photographic in Scotland
I have had 2 films back from developing today and a previous film had much of the film blank (all the second half) and the one from the Bronica that came today had blank frames as well
Image below of second test film showing missing frames and light leaks
Focal Length angle of view and full and crop sensors
Ok just another way to explain things in a very simplified way. A lens has a focal length that is the distance from the focal point of the lens to the surface of the sensor…
New toy pass through (macro tubes)
Well after playing with tubes for years (manual screw together ) As I am trying to sort out my gear I decided I needed (wanted) a set of tubes with through connections so I can…
Why where my shots Blurry
Image Stabilisation doesn’t like Tripods I took some shots using a long exposure this morning using live view to get focus on my wee tripod but they came out blurred Now in the past I…