The Stourbridge Canal is a canal in the West Midlands of England. It links the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal at Stourton Junction, affording access to traffic from the River Severn with the Dudley Canal at the heart of the Black Country. On bright sunny days, when normal photography would be out of the question (due to contrast problem) I usually take out my Nikon D100. This is a [...]
Having had time to get more acquainted with Nikon FC-E8 Fisheye lens I purchased for my infrared converted Coolpix 995 I’ve made a couple of interesting discoveries. All Images Copyright John Powell, 2011 My main concern was the fact that I wasn’t getting pin sharp images when I engaged the camera in the recommend Fish#1 [...]
It may be of very little interest to some, but for me and anyone else who happens to enjoy ultra wide-angle photography, owning a Fisheye lens must come pretty high up on their wish list. I have to confess my, Fisheye lens isn’t a true lens as such, but Fisheye attachment, designed for the classic [...]
The Nikon D100 is a discontinued 6-megapixel DSLR designed for professionals and advanced hobbyists. It was introduced on February 21, 2002 at the PMA Annual Convention and Trade Show as a direct competitor to Canons EOS D60. As it is with a lot of older cameras they simply get passed over by newer models, [...]
Having decided not to go to the expense of having one of my DSLR’s converted to shoot infrared, instead, I decided to have a go at doing a conversion myself. The camera I had chosen to convert was the Nikon Coolpix 995. Although these cameras were quite expensive in their day you can pick them [...]
My interest in infrared photography goes back a fair few years, having shot my first roll of Kodak High Speed IR film some 20 odd years ago. My results back then were pretty much unpredictable, but today things are quite different. You can, with practice, get a very good indication of how your images are [...]
For several months now, I’ve been some what puzzled by the interest show on one of my infrared images on Flickr. The image in question was taken back in May ‘08, purely as a test shot, due to me having purchased a stronger (750nm) IR filter for my Canon G9. This image has now (June [...]
