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Keith | Article, Articles and reviews, Canon printer, Epson Printer, HP printer, photo-hacks, Printer articles, Printing | 18 Comments

Simple Inkjet printer cleaning

Cleaning old, clogged and dried up ink from inkjet printers using commonly available household cleaning products. Common solvents and additives quickly cut though ink buildup. A look at different household cleaners and how they can help shift dried up printer ink...

17 August 2018

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Lens testing for coma with a laser star

Testing lenses for coma with a laser pointer star simulator in the daytime. Simple test setup also shows starburst diffraction spikes ...

02 December 2017

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Techart EF lens to Fuji GFX lens adapter

Techart EF lens to Fuji GFX lens adapter with AF functionality. Lens aperture can be set from the camera control dial. Firmware is updateable...

20 September 2017

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Keith | Article, Articles and reviews, Lens, Macro, photo-hacks, Photography Ideas, Rumour lens article | 2 Comments

DIY Telecentric macro lenses

Joining various old lenses together with filter rings and cardboard makes a range of specialist lenses that normally cost thousands of pounds. Simple experiments with telecentric macro lenses....

08 September 2016

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Keith | Article, Articles and reviews, Camera testing, Canon 5Ds, Lens, Personal views, photo-hacks | 5 Comments

Canon 5Ds is fine with old lenses

Despite worries that many more megapixels might mean old lenses needed replacing, some tests with a 5Ds show that it benefits all lenses. A rising tide floats all boats...

15 July 2015

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Canon EW-73C lens hood from modifying an EW-73B

Lens hood for the EF-S 10-18mm F4.5-5.6 IS Modifying a cheap third party EW-73B lens hood to match a Canon EW-73C lens hood at a fraction of the price....

10 July 2014

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Keith | Article, Articles and reviews, Canon 100D, Lens, photo-hacks, Review | No comment

Zeiss MC S 135mm f3-5 on Canon 100D

Testing an M42 screw fit Zeiss MC S 135mm f3.5 manual focus telephoto lens on a Canon 100D/SL1 crop sensor camera with an M42-EF adapter....

14 February 2014

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Keith | Articles and reviews, Camera testing, Canon 100D, Lens, photo-hacks, tutorials | 6 Comments

Photosniper 300mm with Canon 100D

Using the Russian Tair 3 phs Photosniper 300mm f4.5 lens and rifle stock with a Canon EOS 100D/SL1 DSLR. Includes modification to use external trigger...

24 January 2014

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Cleaning Canon printheads – iPF8300 – PF05

Cleaning and replacing the printheads - on a Canon iPF8300 large format printer, with the PF-05 printhead. Canon large format print heads are a user replaceable part. Whilst cleaning might help, it could be that you need a new print head....

22 January 2014

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Using old lenses on a modern digital DSLR camera

Lens adapters allow you to use old lenses on a modern digital DSLR camera. Many old lenses work very well if you can live without autofocus. Performance varies, but it's possible to learn lot of use for the rest of your photography...

20 January 2014

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