Hi everyone,
“Flags”, Bognor Regis selective colour. Another shot with my Olympus 9mm fisheye body cap lens.
Have a great weekend,
Leigh
“Flags”
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Bognor with body caps.
Hi,
I took my PEN E-PL8 and my tiny 9mm and 15mm OIympus body cap lenses for a short stroll along the seafront in Bognor. This whole setup goes in my pocket. Two shots, one taken with the 9mm f/8 fisheye body cap lens and the second taken with the 15mm f/8 body cap lens. With minimum processing to taste. Given good light these two little lenses are capable of performing very well. It’s a miracle that I got anything as I forgot to fit my electronic viewfinder and, in bright sunlight I couldn’t see a darned thing on the LCD screen, that’s why I detest them so.
Kind regards
Leigh
D.I.Y lens protection and storage.
Hi everyone,
Oh how I love pottering about finding solutions for my photographic gear problems 🙂 . I wanted to find a way of both protecting my 20mm lens plus lens hood when fitted to the camera and also something to protect it when it’s loose in my small bag whilst I’m using my 12-32mm or 14mm lenses.
Solution using what I had to hand, some time back I bought a couple of neoprene lens “hats” and more recently several silicone lens caps. So I wondered if I could use both together and they fit perfectly inside each other and over the lens. When the lens isn’t mounted, I can separate them and reverse the silicone one and put the neoprene one back over it. It also adds an extra layer of protection, not that it’s absolutely needed, to the lens when mounted on the camera with the added bonuses that it’s quicker and less fiddly to fit and remove and less likely to be lost or damaged when compared to a traditional lens cap and it cushions and protects the whole lens from knocks. No more fumbling around with, dropping or misplacing the lens cap. 🙂
As they used to say in the A Team: “I love it when a plan comes together!”. 🙂
Kind regards
Leigh
Retro looks.
Hi,
As everyone who has visited my blog knows my love of retro things is hardly a secret. 🙂 I treated myself to a leather camera strap for my PEN-F camera. It’s made by a Germany company called Tarion and, because I’ve taken to wearing the camera cross-body, which somewhat spares the back of my neck, I wanted a suitably long enough strap. This one is adjustable between 118cm and 145cm (46-57 inches) and does the job very nicely. The neck padding is adjustable which is another nice feature. The only thing that I’m wary off is the buckle prong which just conceivably could scratch something so I found a temporary solution of a plastic cap that pushes over it until I can come up with something better. I didn’t want to use tape as that would look very ugly and tacky.
Best wishes,
Leigh
A spot of retouching
Hi,
No, not photo retouching but lens hood retouching. I noticed that the matt black paint had chipped on the inside of a couple of my lens hood to reveal the bare silver metal. Fixed with a black permanent marker pen and left to dry before refitting. 🙂
“Up to the Downs”
“Up to the Downs”, The South Downs in the distance. Walked as far down this path as I could until my legs were hurting to an extent where I knew that I’d have to turn around or get stranded in the middle of nowhere. As the saying goes, “No pain, no gain” 
Have a great day, best wishes, Leigh
“River Scene”.
Hi,
River Arun at Pulborough. I’m really loving the perspective of the 20mm lens, 17mm is a bit too wide for me and 25mm is much too narrow especially where freedom of movement is constricted as was the case here. I guess the acid test is, if I had taken the shot with a zoom lens would I have framed it differently and I don’t think that I would have done so and my lightest, albeit weather-sealed PRO grade zoom is 150% heavier. I’m in my element in this type of environment, it’s what I love the most.
All the best, Leigh
“Pulborough”
Hi everyone,
Not quite the shot that I wanted but not that far off, River Arun at Pulborough, West Sussex. Olympus PEN-F and Lumix 20mm f/1.7 lens, 5 frame handheld HDR.
Best wishes,
Leigh
Out tomorrow, a photo walk in the sunshine.
Hi,
I’m off to a place called Pulborough in West Sussex tomorrow. I’ve passed through it on the train several times and there’s one shot in particular, a really nice scenic view that I really want to try and get. It might require something a bit wider than my 20mm so I’m taking either my tiny 12-32mm lens or my even tinier 14mm lens with me as well as from the vantage point I have in mind there will be little room for manoeuvre. It’s rare for me to plan a shot but I know exactly what I would like to get tomorrow. I’m also going to give my PEN-F camera an overdue airing as I haven’t used it for a while. Not running tomorrow but runs at the weekends, there’s also the South Downs Light Railway that I intend to check out with a view to a return visit. We’re currently enjoying a nice warm sunny spell here so the weather should be really pleasant. One small, lightweight camera, two small, lightweight lenses, a sunny day photo walk with a pit stop for light refreshments, what could be better?! 🙂 , as Robin Wong calls it, “shutter therapy”. I’ve posted lots of images taken with the 20mm and 12-32mm lenses, In case you’re unfamiliar with the 14mm f/2.5 lens, here’s one that I took in a local shopping centre some years ago with this lens and a second shot taken with the 14mm lens and MCON-P02 Macro Converter attachment and diffused bounce flash.
Kind regards
Leigh
“Water Feature”
Hi,
Something a bit different. 🙂
Kind regards
Leigh
