Random Bits from Boredom

Perspective distortion is an optical phenomenon that can be described as an illusion that occurs when using different focal lengths (wide vs...

Nikon CNX2's death was announced along with it's underwhelming successor, CNX-D, that offered very little backward compatabilities ...

Rediscovered 1990s hifi separates - needed to replace the CD tray gear/cog to avoid the grind...

This is a Z banana plug. Various companies like Nakamichi, Atlas and Chord make these, but this is bare Milty CC124 "BFA / Camcom...

I recently rediscovered the various bits of (entry level) hifi kit that I've accumulated over the years and then were relegated due to t...

The 50mm f/1.8G was Nikon's update to their cost effective 'D' and initial reviews where favourable . However, after using this...

There aren't too many things I hate about the iPhone but there are many around iTunes: the lock-ins, the inability to get data back out...

Adding harddisks to an old Dell E520 should be easy - it's built with easy slide compartments. And it would be easy if you are adding n...

The beauty dish is probably up there as an amateur's holy grail of lighting modifiers after they've exhausted the various umbrellas,...

Oh dear.. Whilst I don't care too much about dust on internal lens elements, I do care about the dreaded 'f' word.

Recent updates of Firefox and Java don't tend to play nice. I've had existing JRE 6 installations that were fine but then Mozilla a...

One thing that is apparent when looking through a recent FX viewfinder for the first time is the larger size when compared to the DX viewf...

It used to be pain to create bootable media (CD and USB) that would contain a standalone OS. Whilst this is somewhat (very) old news here...

I rediscovered an old Wacom Volito 2 (aka CFT-420) recently and managed to get it working with Win7/x64.

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...