In March 2023, I backed the SeeAir Tankless Dive System on Kickstarter. Compact, battery-powered underwater breathing gadget. Polished renders, a slick video, spec sheets that looked legit. $362 for the dive unit and a couple accessories. Seemed fair.
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 if you don't really plan on doing this. 
Beware!)
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, but also ISO noise reduction. I wonder what's keeping the open source world away on this, but I'm glad to see someone's working on it at least. At the moment I'm just adding a bit of blur to my images using GIMPShop and *shriek* iPhoto 5
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 MIR-1 37mm f/2.8 M42 mount lens. Be sure to follow the photoblog for the next couple of days and see if you find these lenses usable. I've payed £10 for the 72-162mm and $20 for the MIR-1 through eBay, so perhaps you'll find that you can have great lenses for a bargain! 
Then again, perhaps you'll conclude that it's a waste of time and money and be glad that I tested this and not you. Let me know what you think!
