Purchasing a Leica camera on eBay is always a daunting task, between the sky-high price and the vintage nature you are bound to have some sleepless nights. One of the ways I have been able to afford such a camera is that I looked to purchase one that was mechanically functional but may have been… Continue reading Replacing Leather on the Leica M4
2CR5 batteries are commonly used in film cameras from the early 90s and 00s. But have not been used in much of anything else since then. So these batteries have not received any of the modern benefits of the digital era. You can still buy them but they are quite expensive at ~$10 a piece!… Continue reading Making a USB-C Rechargeable 2CR5 Battery
Taking pictures and geeking out over cameras was one of my first hobbies starting with an old Olympus point and shoot, I then moved up to a DSLR upgrading as new and exciting technology became accessible to my summer job budget. I then got the opportunity to buy a Leica M8 and was immediately hooked… Continue reading Pieca: A Raspberry Pi Camera System for Leica M Mount Lenses
Shooting film has always interested me. I started out using my mom’s Pentax ME Super as well as a Leica iiic that I had picked up off of eBay for $250 with a 50mm collapsible Elmar lens. Coincidentally still my only true Leica lens. But I always wanted a film Leica M camera but as… Continue reading Analog Experience: Shooting Film With The Leica M4
What is Aerochrome film? It is an analog film stock that is sensitive to infrared light and uses false-color reversal to express infrared light as a visible color. Infrared (IR) light is invisible to the human eye but is all around us and be felt as heat. All objects in the universe emit some level… Continue reading Emulating Kodak Aerochrome Infrared Film with Python Image Processing
Interchangeable lens cameras are amazing feats of engineering, but as photographers trying to capture that perfect image you are sometimes saddened to realize that there are big black smudges scattered throughout your digital image. These black spots or smudges are caused by small specs of dust and debris that settle on the image sensor and… Continue reading Automatic Sensor Dust Removal
I was getting pretty fed up with my Macbook Air 2011 webcam now that we are on a constant stream of Zoom video conferences and calls. And with the shortage of nicer webcams in stock I started to look into weather it was possible to use my older DSLR camera as a makeshift webcam. I… Continue reading Mac DSLR Webcam
I created a shared drive on my network on my Unraid Server that I have set up to display photos with Plex. I wanted an easy way to upload photos from my phone to the server, there is the ability from within the iOS Plex app to do so but it requires a monthly subscription… Continue reading Save Photos To Shared Drive From iPhone
I had been eyeing a Leica M for a while. It started after my grandpa gave me an old Pentax film camera. After that, I was hooked. I could not afford an M at the time so I purchased a Leica IIIc on eBay for a few hundred, but I still kept looking for an… Continue reading The Leica M8 in 2019
The Peak Design Capture clip is an innovative camera holding solution that launched the Peak Design company to Kickstarter success which has allowed them to create a wide range of Photography equipment such as straps, bags and now travel luggage. The Capture Clip is in its third iteration and much better than before with a… Continue reading Peak Design Capture Clip Review
