Category Archives: equipment

Recovering a Crashed Card

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Rob

I was downloading shots from two cards into Lightroom when one of the downloads seemed to hang. I have seen this before and on those occasions, removing the card and starting again did the trick. This time it didn’t and, … Continue reading →

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Negative Lab Pro

Posted on March 28, 2019 by Rob

In previous posts I have described my efforts at scanning old negatives using a digital camera, macro lens and a light table. I have had mixed success with the process for converting the negatives into positives with some films responding … Continue reading →

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Lightroom 8.2 Detail Enhancer

Posted on February 28, 2019 by Rob

Updates to Lightroom come along relatively regularly and they tend to include new features along with fixes and performance tweaks. The latest update, Lightroom 8.2, includes a new addition called Detail Enhancer. This is a feature that is designed to … Continue reading →

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WordPress Editor Has Been Broken

Posted on January 7, 2019 by Rob

You’ll often hear the phrase “If it isn’t broken, why fix it?”. In the case of WordPress, this definitely seems to be relevant. I have been using WordPress since the blog started and with good reason. It is a simple … Continue reading →

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Lightroom Issues Update

Posted on October 25, 2018 by Rob

In quite a few previous posts, I have mentioned the troubles I have had with Lightroom recently. This was all triggered by an update a while back and subsequent updates have not solved any issues. The problems just continued and … Continue reading →

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A Further Trial in Focus Stacking

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Rob

In a previous post I wrote about a focus stacking effort I made with images of a model aircraft at a show. I had been meaning to have another go at this and do so in a more controlled environment. … Continue reading →

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Going Mirrorless

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Rob

Being late to the party is something that I make a habit of. You could also be more optimistic and say that I am not an early adopter. A number of friends and colleagues have added a mirrorless body to … Continue reading →

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LR Instagram

Posted on April 3, 2018 by Rob

I am a latecomer to Instagram. I have had an account for quite a while but I did not use it much and certainly did not spend much time checking it out. One of the reasons was that it was … Continue reading →

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My Copy of Lightroom Got Sick

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Rob

After a previous update to Lightroom (6.12), it became almost unusable. Importing would take forever and, once the images were in, it would grind to a halt. Keywording and editing became a nightmare. I was struggling to work out what … Continue reading →

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Making Use of the Camera’s Features

Posted on October 27, 2017 by Rob

One of the things that I was glad to get when I last changed camera bodies was the ability to have exposure compensation while shooting in manual mode. You might wonder why this is a useful thing to have but … Continue reading →

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