Random Bits from Boredom

The D800 broke many barriers when it was released - at the time of release/ review DxO Mark awarded it the highest score in it's his...

The Nikkor 105mm f/2.5 coupled with a Nikon FM2, was reportedly the combination used to capture one of the most recognised portraits of r...

The Minolta Flash Meter III was released in the early 1980s and feels very much like it's time but how is it for basic metering?

Mama's got a brand new bag twin - a Chinese made 120cm x 120cm umbrella framed softbox.

[ These are notes for my WB hacking with CNX2 - it's not meant to be a WB tutorial ] Still trying to get to grips with CNX2 white bala...

Lighting shiny products and options: bounce-style softbox (Westcott Apollo) vs straight through softbox (Ezybox) Vanilla modifier vs e...

Manfrotto's ballheads are reasonably priced items that will last a lifetime. I had a 486rc2 compact ballhead that served me well but w...

fill only | key only | key and fill Maths seems to rule the world and normally in a complex way. These are notes to allow us to approxim...

As with most things commercial, there are a million different products claiming to be the ultimate solution. However it is difficult to ...

The 50mm 'standard' lens was the 'kit' lens of yesteryear but that didn't mean that they were poor quality. In recent t...

Who said all design in the 1980s was bad?

image (c) Jonathan Mak As the web weeps with it's tributes to Steve Jobs' passing this month, there have been some interesting ite...

The Westcott 28" Apollo softbox has been long admired for it's quality of light, but as with most things in life, quality costs. F...

There is nothing like a good trick and ImageMagick (IM) has plenty of them - if you need a command line swiss knife image toolset then this...

A colour correct image is important for the basis of any post processing: there are a number of white balance targets on the market (such as...

I don't shoot your traditional macros: I tend to shoot people although I do shoot products occasionally, but never enough to justify a d...

One of the most common debates (ignoring brand wars) in the hobbyist/amateur camera world is whether one should shoot RAW or jpeg (or RAW/jp...

[ non-geeks need to look away - notes about virtualisation on Linux ] Years before I became a photo nerd, I was already a computer nerd ...

Hidding in a bush/behind the garbage waiting for something to come into view/focus and immediately want your Nikon to snap it? Trap focus i...

This is one of those things that I always have to think twice before getting right, but this is how to remotely trigger your camera AND you...