Recent content by Petrochemist

Unless the film is significantly out of date, I'd just use the built in meter exactly as I would now for normal digital shots. Sunny sixteen would probably have worked OK as well for colour prints as the lab could correct quite a bit in printing. Slides are somewhat more critical but the...

Film for my 5x4 camera often costs £50 for just 25 sheets, add to the developing & printing materials it's pretty expensive (particularly when I mess up) and I guess that's on top of the lenses/cameras & darkroom (I don't want to thin of the cost there) The satisfaction when it turns out OK is...

I was thinking Yorkshire is quite big so probably has guide books for different parts (such as Whitby, the Moors, York,...) Then I followed your link & saw it only covers the Yorkshire Dales, leaving all the above out Scrolling through the other photographers guides on the page you linked I...

We were told at the badger watching session I went to that we must not use any sort of lighting. Strangely this even included infra red illumination that badgers are even less sensitive to than we are! Most of the shooting I did as light levels dipped was manual focus, but we stopped while...

I think you meant 10ft behind, that ties in with the rest of your math :)

'Perspective control' is the term Nikon uses for its tilt/shift lenses. Such lenses are typically expensive because of the need for a much larger image circle, complicated linkages & relatively low demand. Shifting the the lens upwards from the centre of the sensor allows the camera to be kept...

Yes around 50 years ago my photo was quite wisely published in several advertisements. These included magazine ads showing me in the bath ( for TCP), TV appearances (for Sunblest) & a 16 sheet poster of me sitting in a Tonka toy, I think these particular examples cover pre school, primary...

I was thinking it probably is related to hoarding, keeping things one no longer really needs - something I am guilty off. Despite the official definition many such things are really a sliding scale, in this case the tendance to keep things, Some people can't stand keeping things they haven't...

I nearly always keep my cameras. I have given two to my daughter for her studies, and passed on a film camera I had 2 copies off. Other than that I still have them all. It's not often I use the models I've had more than 15 years however. So I guess it may be a mild form of kleptomania that...

Even with the screw clamps I have some combinations of plates/bases that don't quite fit. I certainly wouldn't want to risk a clamp style base, with a 'compatible' plate from a different manufacturer. Several of my clamps/plates have a safety catch, but those never seem to work with...

For commercial flights as well as the jacket of many pockets, I've worn cargo pant's that have knee pockets big enough for most lenses. Though I did have to remove them from my pockets to get into the seat (even then it was a squeeze). A friend who takes photos while scuba diving has a...

The small planes I've been on are 2 or 4 seaters, where there has been no set limit on carry on. :)

Thanks, that makes sence, the website I previously saw discussing double eclipses suggested it was always the solar one first, but I did suspect that was just sloppy writing.

Does that mean lunar eclipses are also common two weeks before a solar eclipse?

Yes indeed, I still have my collection from the early 2000's covering nearly all the grades from shade 8 to shade 14 (roughly 10 stop to ~18.5 stops) Most of my bits fit in cokin P holders though the darkest (gold type) are a fraction too big for that.