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Checking out my new lens tilt mechanism
I treated myself to a lens tilt mechanism and a vintage Helios 4m-44 58mm f/2 lens. So I figured I needed to go out and test them. These were taken from Portsdown Hill, facing south, over Portchester and Cosham. Being able to tilt the lens means one can shift the focus onto a particular part…
Out for the day with Chiara – only this time Chiara was behind the camera
Out for the day with Chiara, my Italian researcher and photo model. Only this time Chiara was behind the camera.
Road trip to Hungary, part 5
Salzburg > Vienna > Austro-Hungarian border Spent the day cruising through the Austrian Alps, stopping for lunch in Salzburg, a few snaps around the beautiful city of Vienna and then on to the Hungarian border. Other days Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 You are here: Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part…
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2013 Retrospective
2013 was quite an interesting year for me, not least because we finally moved way from my tiny terraced cottage overlooking Southampton common, to a much larger place, where there is enough room for a reasonably usable home studio. Only moved 35km, but it felt like moving to another planet. Of course, it takes a…
Kwasi Kwarteng’s kwazy budget
As Britain reels from the effects of Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng’s 2022-09-23 budget, and the pound plummets towards an all-time low against the US Dollar, Mr pie has a sweary but succinct analysis of the shitshow in which we now find ourselves, here in Old Blighty. A less sweary and less amusing analysis…
I’m the operator with my pocket calculator
Like in that old Kraftwerk song, I have a bit of a penchant for small pocket calculators. These are a few of my oldest examples. In fact the Sharp Elsimate dates back to 1973 and belonged to my late father.
