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General Category / Photography / Re: Home developing
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on: July 31, 2011, 09:05:16 pm
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A bit more on this http://niphotography.co.uk/backtobasics/I used the X-500 and a few lenses, only one of which was a zoom of sorts - actually a varifocal Vivitar Series 1 28-105 - difference being that you need to refocus after zooming as it doesn't maintain its focus across different focal lengths. Looking at the web renditions I may adjust the image gammas downwards a bit! Enjoy!
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General Category / Photography / Home developing
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on: July 30, 2011, 11:54:37 pm
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Not the greatest of photos, but photographed by me yesterday with a totally manual film camera and developed by me in the kitchen this afternoon  A very fulfilling experience! 
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General Category / Photography / Sensor size comparison
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on: July 01, 2011, 07:41:09 pm
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Thought this might be of interest here. A friend was asking what the point of having a DSLR is when his compact camera takes such good 12 MP pictures. It's a good question, though I'm sure all here know that big pixels are better than small pixels. So I pitched my A700 against my Lumix FZ38 bridge camera that is the jack of all trades that I carry when travelling light. Also, note how good the latest ACR 6.4 is at handling high ISO noise with the A700! http://niphotography.co.uk/sensnoise/Enjoy! Paul.
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General Category / Astronomy & Space / Re: Wolf Moon Setting
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on: January 20, 2011, 09:23:54 pm
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Lovely shots Richard. Just to add a bit of technical info - you'll remember that the partial eclipse of 4th January was a case where the Moon's shadow missed the Earth by being too far North. Look at the focus of your anti-crepuscular rays and you'll see they point to the North of where the Wolf Moon is. This is because 14 days later, the Moon is now South of the ecliptic as it was North at the time of the eclipse.
Orbital mechanics in action!
Paul.
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General Category / Astronomy & Space / Re: Star Gazing Live 3-5th Jan BBC2 Heads Up
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on: January 06, 2011, 09:57:23 am
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Well done Martin, that was a fitting end to the series.
I understand the criticism of the series and indeed I was discussing it with one of the producers who rang me about it, and I explained that I liked it a great deal on the basis that it was not pitched at my level. I'm a Sky at Night man on the basis that I want to hear from the Professors about their latest work, but that's not a starting point for Beginners, unless you want to frighten them away!
So for what the series set out to do, it id it well. Now we need it on once a month to maintain the interest that leads people to join societies and find their way up to "Sky at Night" level!
Paul.
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