Pringles Macro photography

POSTED BY niklas on Nov 28 under Photography

Haje Jan Kamps has written a great article on macro photography. Not quite pinhole, but that direction

Manual Focus Lenses III

POSTED BY niklas on Nov 25 under Photography

In this post abuot manual focus lenses on DSLR cameras, we’ll again look at a M42 mount and a FD mount lens. (be sure to check out the first and second post). The M42 mount will be my Miranda 28mm f/2.8 lens, while the FD mount lens is Mogens’ 35-70mm f/2.5 FD lens. Again, notice [...]

NRK is podcasting

POSTED BY niklas on Nov 19 under Technology

Norsk Rikskringskasting (the Norwegian version of BBC) has long streamed its radio via the net. Now they have started with podcasting, and tell you all about it in virtually every radio program and on this page. I checked it out, and many of my favourite shows were there. Note NRK, I *REALLY* miss Musikk Antikk. [...]

Water drop photography

POSTED BY niklas on Nov 17 under Photography

I’ve been reading up on liquid sculpture about how to make water drop photos, and my conclusions so far is that the equipment is to expensive, but I’ll have a chat with some friends over christmas when I get back to Norway. For the moment, read this and this interview on the topic. There are [...]

Pentax K to Canon EOS lens adapter

POSTED BY niklas on Nov 16 under Photography

As I mentioned in my first MF lens post, Bob has a great article on manual focus lenses for the Canon EOS. He writes it turns out that the diaphragm coupling lever which sticks out from the back of the lens makes [adapting Pentax K lenses on a Canon EOS body] impossible. This is the [...]

Manual Focus Lenses II

POSTED BY niklas on Nov 12 under Photography

In the first post of this series I argued that you can save lots of money buying manual focus lenses and get great pictures with your DSLR camera. In this post we’ll look at three more lenses: the Mogens’ 500mm f/8 FD mount lens and his Helios 58mm f/2 M42 mount lens.
First one out is [...]

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