Novoflex have announced, but aren’t yet shipping, an interesting new adapter which allows Nikon G lenses to be used with EOS cameras. The reason this is interesting is because Nikon G lenses haven’t got aperture control rings. In the past this meant that you didn’t have any way of changing the aperture of such a lens when used with a non-Nikon camera body.
This new adapter (”EOS/NIK NT”) has a lever which allows the aperture to be set externally. It’s made in Germany, and so isn’t cheap, but does open up a larger number of Nikon lenses to EOS users.
Unfortunately Novoflex’s brilliant website doesn’t seem to allow for linking to a direct page for any of their products, so here’s a generic link.
After a very very long gestation period, Leap Devices have managed to secure European certification for the RadioPopper PX wireless flash device for Canon and Nikon flash units. Note that for legal reasons the CE versions transmit on a different frequency from the US versions, and are therefore not intercompatible. The JrX variants are not available yet.
More information on the RadioPopper blog.
I tested the PX units for my book, and they’re a good option for a lot of users who want simple, easy to use, wireless automatic metering that’s not hampered by line of sight communications. The devices basically bridge the optical systems used by native Canon (wireless E-TTL) and Nikon (CLS) units, transmitting the coded signals via radio waves. They’re immune to the interference problem suffered by Canon-compatible PocketWizard TTL devices, and are compact and reliable.
However, they don’t have the toughest enclosures in the universe, and since they’re simply signal bridges they can’t extend or modify the default behaviour of the two flash systems they support.
Well, we’ve all done it. But somehow there’s a big difference between succumbing to the irresistible urge to tinker in Photoshop for fun or artistic reasons, especially when there’s no implicit assumption that the image presented is a faithful recording of reality. Versus cases laced with complex political or economic ends…
A veteran photographer, talking about darkness, the truth embodied in film, and disaster tourism.
An American volunteer in Ghana, photographing his subjects by flashlight. A common enough technique, but given a certain sense of expediency here. And also forming an interesting commentary on the availability of power and technology; something we take for granted in the West.
Pictures from a small gig (and video shoot) that I shot last weekend.
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So I’ve had to move Internet hosting providers, and various problems ensued. As a result, all database-backed systems on my sites have been offline for a few days. Articles and other material were available, but this blog, the Dictionary, the forums and lookup databases were not available.
My apologies for any inconvenience.
Sad, but true. The fabulously evocative labyrinth of tunnels under London Bridge station, home to the Shunt Theatre Company’s lounge, is shutting down this weekend unexpectedly soon. The company is now going to be refocusing its efforts on its Bermondsey Street location
Goodbye, Shunt! You’ve been a fabulous place for artistic and theatrical events. Really going to miss you.
But stunningly elegant, and beautifully photographed!
