Fun with old lenses on digital bodies: I picked up an inexpensive Pentax Super-Takumar 55mm f/2 (Late Model II, produced circa 1973–1974) lens, in part because I already had an adapter to fit my Fuji. Also, people who’ve used the…
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Back to the future: Thanks to an excellent presentation by Julieanne Kost, Adobe’s digital imaging evangelist, to the Royal Photographic Society last month I’ve picked up a long list of new things with which to experiment. Including a pinhole lens…
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This round goes to Storm Arwen, backed by amber wind warnings starting yesterday afternoon via the Meteorological Office, and a sprinkling of snow overnight. Here’s hoping the Seabraes legal graffiti art wall can be repaired/replaced in a timely manner. While…
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“Vintage” art and design: Back in May 2019 for the Dundee Design Festival no. 10, attendees could make their own posters, using a variety of different pieces of type, inks and so on. Then the conference organisers hung the posters…
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Here’s to seeing new establishments debut in Dundee’s West End. The latest newcomer: EH9 Espresso at 248 Perth Road. Cue lovely indoor space with good street views, but more importantly, an excellent barista and beans and phenomenal flat whites. I…
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