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Fixing a Kenko KFM-2100 spotmeter
Last year, I found a Kenko KFM-2100 on eBay for incredibly cheap—if you know how ridiculously expensive spotmeters are—and immediately bought it.… Read the rest.
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Store closing!
This weekend we are staying indoors as P continues to recover from the pain in her lower back, which had her immobilised for most of the week.… Read the rest.
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Film flashback
From a ten-year-old negative newly scanned on a Nikon Coolscan V ED, a picture of a fruit vendor at the now-defunct Farnborough Sunday Car Boot.… Read the rest.
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Walk around Minley
Yesterday and today, P and I finally hiked a new trail in Minley. It’s less than a ten-minute drive away from home, yet we put off going there for more than a year.… Read the rest.
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Up Caesar’s Camp again
Hello, Spring. It looks like the good weather will persist throughout the weekend and into next week. Today, P and I climbed up Caesar’s Camp.… Read the rest.
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Sunday photoblogging
I went walking for three hours, and all I shot was this lousy picture. Yesterday, P and I hiked 15 km around Claycart Bottom and Long Valley, and today another 15 km along Basingstoke Canal and Mytchett.… Read the rest.
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Guess who’s back, back again?
Nikon’s back, tell a friend. Eminem! Got it? Never mind— I received my D850 back on Thursday via UPS, about a month after it was posted to Nikon.… Read the rest.
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Demystifying assertions
Recently, I spent a fair bit of time explaining assertions to an apprentice on my team. While he could understand how assertions work, he struggled to grasp the motives for using them.… Read the rest.
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2025 Flu #1
I’ve been ill with the flu since Friday evening, with the usual inconveniences: body ache, alternating shivering cold and fever, sleepless nights and weird dreams.… Read the rest.
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The grumpy photographer
As I walked away after taking this picture, I had a doubt, “Did I set the focus in this scene?” Clearly, I didn’t.… Read the rest.