Thursday, 28 May 2020

BirdBox2020: it didn't end well

It was shaping up nicely for an interesting bird box season.


Several birds tried our camera nest box for size and some even laid a few eggs.


But with only a week to go before the chicks were due to fledge, it all went tits up!

Wednesday, 27 May 2020

The Olympus 9mm Body Cap Lens

A lens the size of a camera body cap!


Is it any good?


I guess there is only one way to find out.

Sunday, 24 May 2020

Experimenting with Focus Stacking

Focus Stacking is supposed to be a good way to increase the depth of field, especially for macro photography.


In an idle moment I noticed that my camera had a built in mode to help with this.


So here are my notes on focus bracketing and stacking.

Saturday, 9 May 2020

Re-discover the Night Sky #3: hot, stuck & dead pixels

Camera image sensors may have faults.


This may result in an incorrect pixel value.


Welcome to the world of hot pixels, stuck pixels & dead pixels!