Shoreham-by-Sea by night.

Hi everyone,

I finally got the opportunity to get out yesterday and get a few night shots. I took my Olympus OM-D E-M1 camera and M.Zuiko 12mm f/1.8 lens. This shot from the opposite bank of the River Adur looking across the river to the town.

Kind regards

Leigh

“The stream by the church”

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Another of my works of Bosham.

All the best,

Leigh

“The one that almost got away” Arundel

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I forgot I did this one.

Best wishes,

Leigh

River Arun at Arundel

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Another landscape work.

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Leigh

A return to Midhurst

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Midhurst, W.Sussex, November 2025

Flickr full-size: https://flic.kr/p/2rHqhjP

Kind regards

Leigh

JJC battery and memory card case.

Hi everyone,

I purchased a new battery and memory card case. Whilst I’m more than happy with my existing case which holds 2 spare camera batteries and several SD memory cards as I very rarely have the need to take more than this out with me except when travelling. This case will hold 6 memory cards as well as three camera batteries and the end compartments can be used instead to hold a total of eight AA batteries. I don’t really have anything that takes AA batteries as all my gear is USB-charged and, although I own a couple of battery-powered flash guns and LED lights they don’t get much use but it’s a nice touch, good to have the option, and one never knows, it might occasionally come in handy.

The memory cards are a snug fit,, the battery compartments are, as expected, a bit too big for my Olympus type BLN-1 camera batteries but not so much as to overly concern me as the case is nicely padded. One of the card slots has a cut out to take a small screwdriver, as supplied to fit/remove quick release plates etc. and the case also comes with a micro SD card removal tool. I don’t really have a use for either and I carry a small screwdriver like the one supplied on my keyring so I discarded them. I was also a bit concerned that they might work loose and, being metal, just possibly short out battery contacts which one certainly doesn’t want happening!.

When not in everyday use the case makes for a nice battery and card storage box. Overall it’s nicely designed and constructed and a bargain as Amazon have them on a Black Friday deal at the moment at a very good 40% off the usual sale price. It’s about a third longer than my other case but still just fits vertically inside my Billingham Hadley Digital camera bag and should be very useful when I’m travelling and need the extra battery capacity neatly transported in one case . One more nice feature are the sliders below each battery compartment marked low and full which can be set to indicate fully charged or discharged batteries, assuming of course one remembers to set them. πŸ™‚ Over the years I’ve purchased quite a few JJC accessories like my USB camera battery chargers with inbuilt USB cable, their illuminated camera sensor loupe and numerous lens hoods and found them to be fit for purpose, well designed and fairly priced often with some useful innovative design features. As always, I have no affiliation with nor have I been in any way sponsored by the manufacturer.

Kind regards

Leigh

“The house in the park”

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Hotham House and Park, Bognor Regis.

Best wishes,

Leigh

“Downtown” – Tiffen Black Pro Mist 1/4 + CPL Filter Test.

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A photo walk on a cold but very sunny morning in Bognor to try out my new Tiffen “FusionPOL” Black Pro Mist 1/4 + CPL filter which finally arrived yesterday. Olympus PEN-F camera and M.Zuiko 17mm f/1.8 lens. Let it not be said that I’m not doing my small bit to bolster the U.S economy. πŸ™‚

A small point maybe but I tested before I went out with my computer monitors and again in the field and I like that Tiffen have put the “Tiffen” lettering at the point where one gets no polarising effect so one can easily see it and align it unlike some CPL filters where they either don’t have any marking or a very small mark that’s often hard to see. Assuming that one is at right-angles to the light source rotating the filter 90 degrees either way from a position where the lettering is at the top (or at the bottom) gives the maximum polarising effect and one can easily see it by the relative positioning of the “Tiffen” lettering. I thought I’d do a couple of full-on contre-jour shots to see how well the mist effect performed.

Overall I’m quite pleased with the filter, I’ll leave it on for while to test it out more. I’ve always been a firm believer in lens hoods and a screw-in hood does make rotation of a CPL filter a lot quicker and less fiddly especially with gloves on apart from protecting a not inexpensive lens and filter from knocks and finger marks. Just try and remember to rotate it anti-clockwise so as not to risk gradually unscrewing it. πŸ™‚

Best wishes,

Leigh

“Another Canal Shot”

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Another work from my recent return visit to Chichester Canal.

Kind regards

Leigh

“Simply Pretty” (How does your garden grow?)

A painterly autumnal work of Bishop’s Garden Chichester. PEN-F camera and TTArtisan 23mm f/1.4 lens @ f/8.

Full-size image here : https://flic.kr/p/2rEfcgs

Kind regards

Leigh