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Infrared retrospective
ByGarfI just sent a spare µ4/3 camera body off to Protech Photographic in Crowborough to have it converted to “full spectrum” for Infrared work. Meantime, I thought it might be fun to go back over some of my earlier IR stuff, captured off somewhat lesser cameras. My earliest adventures into IR date way back to…
My new old 500mm Tamron catadioptric lens
ByGarfI always rather fancied a decent 500mm catadioptric lens. I bought a cheap Korean one off eBay a few years back and frankly it was not very good. But the old Tamron 500mm mirror lens has quite a good reputation. And as luck would have it, one turned up cheap on eBay a few weeks…
Studio lit by LED
ByGarfI rather like LED lighting. I never cease to be amazed what one can do with it – and do very cheaply. So I decided to have a bit of fun in the studio, with some of the latest budget RGB LED and a couple of Cokin starburst filters.
Problems with KDE Plasma 6 on Debian Trixie
ByGarfI’m a big Debian fan and I’m currently running Debian 13, aka, “Trixie” on my main laptop workstation. Currently Trixie is Debian’s “testing” branch. Despite being a test version, Trixie has generally proven very stable and reliable. And we users get all the new stuff very promptly. I’m also rather keen on the KDE desktop,…
Cheap but effective continuous studio lighting
ByGarfFor continuous lighting, one needs a light source that has good colour balance, uses power efficiently, is reasonably robust and does not present a health or fire risk. I am also a tightwad – interested primarily in “bangs per buck”. Whilst I love new technology, I am not prepared to pay silly money for it….
Lyndhurst by night, Christmas lights
ByGarfWent to see an old friend in Lindhurst today. Stopped on the way to take a few photographs of the Christmas lights.
