Category Archives: Photography

Macro Photos – Trinkets, Heads, Chips and Disc BCAs

Posted on January 18, 2013 by lui_gough

[Due to the Pi choking on resizing large ass photos – everything will now be pre-resized to 1024×768 or thereabouts.] Now that I have a D3200 with its mega resolution, one thing worth trying is macro photography just to see … Continue reading →

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D3200 Performance Test

Posted on January 17, 2013 by lui_gough

Okay, so my home ADSL2+ connection is pretty crap for hosting large images, but these should give you some idea of just how amazing 24.2MP is, and how amazing the D3200 can be when given some “Lightroom” love. All the … Continue reading →

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Canon, you’re fired! I’m a Nikon shooter now. D3200 Review

Posted on January 17, 2013 by lui_gough

It’s old news by now, but I’ve swapped over to the dark side. Formerly a Canon shooter, I have now turned 180 degrees, and I now shoot Nikon (and have shot Nikon for the past month). In this post, I’ll … Continue reading →

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Aftermarket GPS units for Geotagging on Nikon Cameras

Posted on January 16, 2013 by lui_gough

Geotagging is quite a nifty feature which has reached prominence as of late. The idea that your photos can have their location (and even heading) tagged into their EXIF data means that you’ll never “forget” where you took a particular … Continue reading →

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Sydney Harbour Bridge Pylon Lookout

Posted on January 12, 2013 by lui_gough

On Thursday, with my family, we went to the Sydney Harbour Bridge Pylon Lookout. To get there, you have to get to the road deck of the bridge by walking up a set of stairs. Then you walk along the … Continue reading →

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Counterfeit Nikon Battery Charger – Part 2

Posted on December 27, 2012 by lui_gough

[For those who have not read the first part, here it is.] Thanks to a few words and pictures, and a reasonable seller, the issue of the counterfeit charger in terms of faulty goods and financial compensation was sorted. Thank … Continue reading →

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Counterfeit Nikon Battery Charger – Part 1

Posted on December 27, 2012 by lui_gough

In the world of eBay, you really do have to be careful. I try my best, but when shopping on price – often you will snag a counterfeit here and there. This morning, I was delivered a counterfiet Nikon MH-24 … Continue reading →

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Setting off a Flashgun with an Arduino

Posted on December 18, 2012 by lui_gough

So it might not be obvious why one might want to do such a thing – but it could come in useful. I have a Yongnuo YN560 “manual” flash (no TTL metering, so one had to set the flash power … Continue reading →

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Point and Shoot Photosite Areas

Posted on December 18, 2012 by lui_gough

Since my last post about DSLR photosite areas – I wondered just how it would compare if we threw point-and-shoots into the mix, and say cameraphones. Using the same methodology, I catalogued Canon’s Point-and-Shoot range. I didn’t bother with Nikon … Continue reading →

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Digital Photo Frames – why they never really took off …

Posted on December 16, 2012 by lui_gough

About five years back, digital photo frames were new on the market and there was much hope that it would be a decent way to show off one’s photo collection. Sadly, they haven’t taken off as predicted, and I would … Continue reading →

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Photosite sizes on DSLR Sensors

Posted on December 16, 2012 by lui_gough

So, as people who have been reading my Facebook posts would know – I recently became a Nikon convert – with a D3200 providing lots of megapixels for cheap. Of course, some of that is marketing gimmick, but when you … Continue reading →

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