The second project I managed to complete was a so-called “valve sensor” for the Camera Axe trigger I built three (!) years ago. This is connected to one of the sensor ports on the trigger, which can then open or close a solenoid-operated valve on the sensor, allowing water from a reservoir to flow through […]
Category: Technical
Projects under lockdown I
Like many others, I guess, I haven’t felt too motivated to take photographs during the Coronavirus lockdown. To stave off boredom, however, I have been looking at a pile of “to-do” projects that I’ve stacked up over the last couple of years. I’m pleased to say that I’ve now completed a couple of them. My […]
Emulating LiveND
While I don’t see anything in the E-M1 MkIII that makes me want to dash out and buy it, I was intrigued by the LiveND feature. I saw it mentioned on the E-M1x but didn’t pay much attention as I was even less interested in that model. Anyway, it turns out to be quite simple […]
Windows 10 – SSD system drive missing
Four years ago, I replaced the system drive in my ageing (April 2010!) Windows 7 system with a Crucial SSD to give it a bit of a speed boost. It was a fast system for its day (quad-core i7 CPU) and installing the SSD meant I could put off upgrading for while. It worked well […]
A different approach to IR filters
A new type of filter simplifies IR photography
Cyanotypes
I’ve been thinking of making some cyanotypes after reading an article in Amateur Photographer a few weeks ago. Then someone turned up at my local camera club with some excellent examples, really nice work. I think their creator said she’d read the same article. One thing puzzled me and that was that the process is […]
Losing printer profiles in Lightroom 6
My print templates lost their printer profiles… did an upgrade to Windows 10 cause this?
Colour management – moving beyond screen calibration
Having had some poor results when I first started printing photographs at home (colour casts being a big problem) I became a convert to using colour management on my PC. I’ve been calibrating my screens for several years now using an X-Rite i1 Display Pro. X-Rite (who also make ColorMunki calibrators) and Datacolor (with their […]