The Pro 4 Hood was a unique design that allowed four effects filters to be loaded up and quickly flipped over the lens before taking a shot. Each of the four flaps has a clip frame to hold a Cokin A series or other 67mm square filter. Benefit as well as speed is once the …
Monthly archives: February 2014
6 reasons why you should use a lens hood
1 The main reason to use a lens hood is it reduces flare when shooting with the sun in front of the camera. Sun rays catch the lens and bounce around the inner elements causing streaks, loss of contrast and blobs on the photo. The hood provides a barrier and as a result your photos …
How to Photograph the Moon
The best camera to use to photograph the moon is a Single Lens Reflex (SLR) camera. With this type of camera you usually have the most manual control, allowing you to fine tune focus and exposure to ensure a sharp and bright photo. The moon photographed with an SLR and telephoto lens An SLR usually …
High Speed Photography
Want to take photos of balloons bursting, party poppers popping or water drops in mid drop? It’s all possible with a technique referred to as high speed flash. Balloon with small amount of flour added and triggered with Nero Trigger Your camera may have an action stopping shutter speed of 1/8000sec, but often there’s not …
Polarizing Filter and cross polarization
If you have a computer with an LCD monitor and a camera with a polarizing filter on the lens you can create some really colourful photos like this: All you do is place a piece of plastic (the above is a cd case with ice on the surface) in front of an LCD screen and …
Stepping rings save you money
Stepping rings are really useful additions to your filter collection. They are slim rings that have a male thread on one side and a female thread of a different size on the other. They are designed to allow a filter with one diameter be used on a lens with a different diameter. Stepping rings come …
Where to sell you camera equipment?
Sell to dealer Harrison Cameras in Sheffield is an example of a great place to trade in your old camera. You can take to a high street dealer who will give you a trade in valuation. The pawnbroker type shops, offer to buy all kinds of things from Golf clubs to Guitars so they do …
Tips to find out how much your camera is worth?
You may have a camera or accessory you want to sell and don’t know how much it’s worth. If you’ve inherited the equipment and don’t know what you have in front of you, use Google to search. Look for any identifying features on the item. If it’s a camera it will have a make and …
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Diffraction filters explained
The diffraction filter is a special effect filter that can be found in a number of filter brands’ ranges. The diffraction filter creates spectacular rainbow coloured streaks or star bursts from highlights. Hoya made the effect popular back in the 70s with their group of filters called Spectral Star. The Hoya Spectral Star is a …