Profiling unsupported lenses for ACR

June 11th, 2012

The process of creating a custom lens profile for Adobe Camera RAW, and whether the lens profile actually provides any benefits in terms of automatic Chromatic Aberration correction, Distortion correction, and Vignetting correction. [...]


Great Bowden in Infrared (Hoya 25A test)

May 30th, 2012

Photos taken around the village of Great Bowden, near Market Harborough in Leicestershire, using an Infrared sensitive camera (Fuji IS Pro) and the Hoya 25A Red filter. [...]


IR with the Fuji IS Pro and lenses that don’t accept filters pt. 3

May 11th, 2012

Results of a test to see how badly the Lee infrared polyester filter and Hitech infrared resin (Cokin P) filter handle lens flare with the Tokina 10-17mm fisheye lens on the Fuji IS Pro. [...]


IR with the Fuji IS Pro and lenses that don’t accept filters pt. 2

May 8th, 2012

Comparison of Hitech infrared resin filter, Lee infrared polyester filter, and Lee 182 Light Red flash gel for infrared photography with the Fuji IS Pro camera. [...]


Notes on the Canon 5D MkII, with Nikon G to EOS adapter and Tokina 10-17mm fisheye

May 3rd, 2012

Some more nuances of the Canon 5D Mark II DSLR I have found out about after using it a bit more, along with my experience of using a Nikon G to Canon EF mount adapter and the Tokina 10-17mm fisheye in Nikon mount on the camera. [...]


Inverness panoramas

April 23rd, 2012

Some panoramas from a walk round Inverness in October 2011. [...]


IR with the Fuji IS Pro and lenses that don’t accept filters

April 18th, 2012

How to attach a gelatin / acetate filter to the rear of a lens to allow shooting infrared images with lenses that don't have filter threads. Example photos using a Lee 182 light red filter meant for use with lighting / flash units. [...]


Canon 5D MkII First Impressions

April 14th, 2012

Lots of photos from my first afternoon using a Canon 5D Mk II camera, with the Canon 100mm/2.8 Macro and Miranda 24mm/2.8 MC Macro lenses. How the handling and operation compares to the Nikon D200 and Canon 450D I am used to using, and a brief note on what I think of the image quality. [...]


Local Spring daffodils and Oiso

March 22nd, 2012

A couple of recent panoramas of Spring daffodils in Market Harborough and some older panoramas of Hōtoku Ninomiya Jinja and Ōiso, Japan. [...]


Scotland panos – Meall Fuar-mhonaidh

March 15th, 2012

Panoramic photos taken during a walk up Meall Fuar-mhonaidh, near Loch Ness, Scotland, in Autumn 2011. [...]