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Wednesday
Jan052011

Papercraft ring flash

 
Experiment with a ring flash on the cheap with this DIY papercraft ring flash project from makers Diego Billi and Sylights. … Read More >>


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Sunday
Jan022011

RIP Kodachrome Film


It's the end of the line for Kodachrome, the first commercially successful color film, created by Kodak in 1935. The iconic ... Read More >>


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Tuesday
Dec142010

DIY Camera System Performs Amazing Photo Feats

via Wired Top Stories

A biochemist-cum-photographer is pushing the limits of high-speed, up-close and on-the-cheap digital photography through a ... Read More >>


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Saturday
Aug072010

New Camera in the Stable: Olympus E-PL1

One thing that I’ve really taken a shine to is using manual focus lenses of all types with my Panasonic GH-1. As I’ve posted elsewhere, to me there’s something magical in the link between the physical act of focusing a camera, setting its aperture, and snapping the image. As of late, I’ve started drifting toward lower-light photography and although the GH-1 is a great camera, for my style there is something better.

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Sunday
May022010

Repairing a Lumix GH1 strap lug

One evening I opened my bag to pull out my Lumix GH1 and much to my horror, I found the camera strap lying at the bottom of the case! Inspecting the body more closely, I discovered that the camera strap lug had somehow fallen off the camera body. I picked up the camera, gave it a quick shake and lo and behold, there was a rattle inside. Alarmed, I did some emergency surgery.

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