Jeanne a la Mogens
Mogens added some powder to the skin of this gorgeous girl…
Spy camera
Boing Boing has a link to this interesting article about a victorian age spy camera:
Photo library managers
Well, I’ve been using iPhoto, Lightroom in it’s different beta stages and now I had a demo of Aperture. I’ve been shooting digital for quite some time now, and scanned lots of negatives from when I still shot film and my parents before me. My collection is about 35.000 pictures, spanned over many DVDs and […]
Panasonic DMC-FZ7 or Canon Powershot S3 IS?
For a long while I have been recommending my mum to get the Panasonic DMC-FZ7, and now she was finally ready to take the plunge. Of course, when reading up I found that the Canon Powershot S3 IS was out as well and has close to identical features. The differences are: the Canon is […]
Cokin systems
I’m planning on getting a filter system for my lenses, and I’m investigating the Cokin P system. I found this article that is really nice with lots of images and explanations on how to use such a system.
Sensor cleaning
I recently bought a sensor cleaning kit with a blower and two brushes not very unlike the one featured here. Luminous Landscape has a great article on sensor cleaning that I followed. So here follow a few pictures from my cleaning session. It should be noted that I have tried cleaning it with a swab […]
Fisheye camera for under $20
I might add a fisheye to my webcam having read The Aggregate’s article on creating a sub-$20 fisheye camera.
Canon 30D released
The speculations on Canon’s release are over, DPReview has a preview of the Canon 30D that was released today. In short: not much new from the 20D. More flexible ISO settings and a larger screen. What is this? They should’ve called it Canon 21D. Not much of a version bump, while 10D to 20D […]
Wide angle zooms
Mogens‘ Canon 10-22mm rocks. That was what I read out of the lineup of Nikon, Sigma, Tokina and Tamron wide-angle zoom leenses. It’s conclusion was to buy a Nikon, but further down argues that he prefers the Canon with lower distortion and price. I’ll borrow Mogens’ lens and put some pictures here. Meanwhile, my take […]
Who is living in your lense
Therefore, the owner of the lens did not have any idea that there was someone living inside the lens. I found this quote when searching on how to clean lens fungus. Not that I have found any on my lenses, but a very interesting lense just turned up but with some fungus. Read more on […]
How to make a lightbox
In his blog Joseph Holst has a great tutorial on how to build a light box. I expect to be building one of these when I get back to Esbjerg after the christmas holidays
Classic Nikon lenses on Canon EOS systems
Peter Spiro wrote an article making the argument to use Nikkor lenses on Canon EOS cameras. It fits nicely with the manual focus argument I’ve been making. Out of special interest, he has copied a table comparing 50mm lenses. I’ve decided NOT to go for a Canon 50mm lens, even though I’ve used my friends […]
Pringles Macro photography
Haje Jan Kamps has written a great article on macro photography. Not quite pinhole, but that direction
Manual Focus Lenses III
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 […]
Water drop 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
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
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 […]
MF - What is available?
In this blog entry I’ll introduce you to the use of dirt-cheap lenses for your Canon EOS 20D, 350D, 10D or whatever EOS camera you prefer. It may be a bit lengthy, but then again it can save you lots of money if you plan to buy new lenses. (or it can cost you lots […]
Open source noise reduction
A while ago I was pointed at Noise Ninja which is a great program for reducing picture noise. While investigating, I found a few other options, but no open source options. Looking at it again today I found that there are a few plugins for The GIMP in the works: most notably Dcam Noise 2, […]
Manual lenses
In my photoblog I’ve started a series on manual lenses. The first lens out is a Hanimex 72-162mm f/3.5 lens with a FD mount that I’m using with my Canon EOS 20D and a FD-EOS adapter. It’s my defacto concert-lens and I’ll be starting off with a series of concert pictures. Next up is a […]
