Trying out my new Macro rig for 2025
Today I took a walk around an area called 'The water meadow', which is about 200 yards from my house in Stevenage, to try out my new Macro rig.
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First Street Photography session – June 2025
This post describes my experience trying out the technique of 'Shooting from the Hip' during Street Photography
Exciting new vintage home movies site
This is a very short post just to publicise a new sister site to found-film which I've recently set up.
Fuji X-T1 macro experiments
Over the last couple of weeks I've been taking some Fuji X-T1 macro pictures with a Tamron 90mm f/2.8 K mount macro lens and couple of add on extension tubes
Chatsworth house pictures
It was a few months ago that we visited Chatsworth in Derbyshire, but I've only just been through the images I took and decided that these Chatsworth house pictures are the ones I like best.
Eyam Hall favourite pictures
Some pictures taken at Eyam Hall in Derbyshire with a Pentax K-5 DLSR and a Z-1P 35mm SLR.
Taking a last drink
This picture was taken just as the sun set over the boating lake at CenterParcs Elvden Forest and shows a bird in the foreground taking a drink at the waters edge.
Fuji X-T1 macro sample pictures
Some sample pictures from the Fuji X-T1 camera with a Tamron 90mm Macro lens
Macro photography on film
I like taking macro photos but it has always been with digital photography. This post however covers macro photography on film.
Ricoh GXR VF-2, the missing piece in the puzzle
This post is going to look at the Ricoh GXR VF-2 viewfinder for the Ricoh GXR mirrorless camera.
Ricoh GXR A12 Mount first impressions
This post looks at the Ricoh GXR A12 sensor unit for the Ricoh GXR camera and tries it out with some classic lenses.
Ricoh GXR A12 50mm macro unit
A look at the Ricoh GXR A12 50mm macro lens and sensor unit for the Ricoh GXR camera.
New sensors for my Ricoh GXR camera
This post looks at some new sensor units I recently bought from China for my Ricoh GXR camera body.
Favourite pictures – my Daughter Emma
This is a picture of my daughter Emma which I took during a recent trip to York Minster.
How depth of field in photography works
An attempt to describe how depth of field (or depth of focus) in photography works.
Autumn in super wide-angle
I decided to try out my Tamron super wide angle on my Sony Nex 6 to get some autumn pictures.
Central London pictures c1980
35mm Colour slide images taken in central London in about 1980.
London Zoo – 35mm slides from 1980 (part 3)
This is the third and final post in a series of pictures I took in about 1980 at London Zoo.
London Zoo – 35mm slides from 1980 (part 2)
This is a follow up to the post of a couple of weeks ago with some more pictures taken c1980 with either a Petri MF-1 or an Olympus OM-20 camera.
Ricoh GXR S10 Lens Unit
A look at the Ricoh GXR S10 sensor / lens unit. This is a small sensor zoom lens which makes the GXR behave like the classic GX200
Ricoh GXR P10 initial shots / thoughts
A first look at the Ricoh GXR camera and P10 small sensor zoom lens unit.
