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My New Favourite Digicam: The Pentax X70 Bridge Camera, 15 May 2023

I picked up another of those dodgy digital cameras, the type that back in the day cost upwards of 400€ but nowadays you can pick up for chump change. This time it’s the Pentax X70. It’s what they used to call a ‘bridge’ camera – it looks like an SLR but the lens is fixedContinue reading “My New Favourite Digicam: The Pentax X70 Bridge Camera, 15 May 2023”

A little bit of digital pinhole with the Thingyfy Pinhole Pro S, 01 May 2023

It was World Pinhole Day last weekend but I realised far too late to take part. I had one idea, though, to take a body cap for my micro four thirds Olympus Pen E-PL1 mirrorless camera and fix a Reality So Subtle pinhole that I have knocking around.  Unfortunately, I couldn’t find the body cap,Continue reading “A little bit of digital pinhole with the Thingyfy Pinhole Pro S, 01 May 2023”

Textures and more with the Konica Minolta Z6, 27 April 2023

I was out looking for Textures for the #CameraChallenge with the Gameboy but took the Konica Minolta Z6 with me too. Although I got some nice Textures, I thought I would check out the IR sensitivity of the Konica. The 16:9 framing is mine and it’s a little blurry because I was holding the cameraContinue reading “Textures and more with the Konica Minolta Z6, 27 April 2023”

A few snaps with the Canon Powershot G5, 27 April 2023

Picked up a brick the other day, the Canon Powershot G5 from 2003. This heavy beastie was 15€ from Kamerastore and is supposed to be a little glitchy but it’s been fine so far (probably explains the price as these earlier G-series can be quite pricey). Anyhow, I took it out yesterday and really enjoyedContinue reading “A few snaps with the Canon Powershot G5, 27 April 2023”

Picked up a mystery 6MP digital camera for 3€, 22 April 2023

The CEX website is an excellent resource for cheap digicams from the dawn of the 21st century and occasionally they have some real bargains so I always keep an eye out.  Last week they were advertising a ‘generic 6MP camera’ for 3€. I like these particularly as you are never sure what you are goingContinue reading “Picked up a mystery 6MP digital camera for 3€, 22 April 2023”

Testing an old 6MP digital camera I picked up for 3€, 14 March 2023

The CEX website is an excellent resource for cheap digicams from the dawn of the 21st century and occasionally they have some real bargains so I always keep an eye out.  Last week they were advertising a ‘generic 6MP camera’ for 3€. I like these particularly as you are never sure what you are goingContinue reading “Testing an old 6MP digital camera I picked up for 3€, 14 March 2023”

Fun with false colour, 03 March 2023

I came across a fascinating article about making your own Kolari-type Chrome filter for false colour infrared.  https://hiddenrealms.ch/how-to-build-your-own-ir-chrome-filter/ This got me thinking about how my self-converted full-spectrum Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ8 would behave with different filters, and as it started out such a lovely day I spent a half hour or so playing with different filters.

Some not so #ShittyDigital infrared trichromes, 18 December 2022

I’ve been making trichromes for the #1990sCameraChallenge using early digital cameras like the 1998 Sony Mavica MVC-FD81 and the 2000 Sony DSC-F505V. These have been fascinating to do, of course, but the quality has been a little … lacking.  So this time I wanted to use a better quality camera to see if the qualityContinue reading “Some not so #ShittyDigital infrared trichromes, 18 December 2022”

Infrared trichromes with the Sony DSC-F505V, 10 December 2022

Some trichromes for the #MillenniumCameraChallenge using the Sony DSC-F505V. I created a normal trichrome with red, green and blue filters  then made a digital aerochrome with an infrared filter, a red filter and a green filter for the red, green and blue layers, respectively.  I also made an infrared trichrome using a infrared, green andContinue reading “Infrared trichromes with the Sony DSC-F505V, 10 December 2022”

Infrared trichromes with the Sony Mavica MVC-FD81, 10 December 2022

A little while ago I was trying to make some trichromes with the Sony Mavica MVC-FD81. At the time I also took an infrared image using the 720nm Infrared filter, but I thought that the image was so poor that it could never be used for a trichrome.  However, some sage advice from a masterContinue reading “Infrared trichromes with the Sony Mavica MVC-FD81, 10 December 2022”

More dull trichromes of the roundabout outside our house, 09 December 2022

After the fun yesterday with the Sony Cybershot DSC-P73, I thought it might be nice to try some #ShittyDigital trichromes of the roundabout with the Sony Mavica MVC-FD81. It was another very dull day, but one day, I know, I’ll get a lovely trichrome blue sky.

A rather dull trichrome of the roundabout outside our house, 08 December 2022

I sourced some Sony Memory Sticks to go with the Sony DSC-F505V. The seller was actually selling a Sony Cybershot DSC-P73, a 4MP camera from 2004, but was including the Sticks as a part of the package. Personally, I consider that I paid 10€ for the memory sticks and received a free camera. It arrivedContinue reading “A rather dull trichrome of the roundabout outside our house, 08 December 2022”

Today I’ve been making some (really) #shittytrichrome, 03 December 2022

Today I thought I would try some digital trichromes with the Sony Mavica MVC-FD81. To make trichromes I set the camera to black and white and took three photographs, using the red, green and blue Lomography filters. The images were processed with GIMP photo editor using each image as a layer for red, green andContinue reading “Today I’ve been making some (really) #shittytrichrome, 03 December 2022”