Category Archives: Projects

May
17
2012

Automatic Panoramic Head – Part 1: Press the button

by Skippy

According to Wikipedia: An intervalometer is a device which counts intervals of time. (Other names include interval meter and interval timer). Such devices commonly are used to signal, in accurate time intervals, the operation of some other device. For instance, an intervalometer might activate something every 30 seconds. In photography, intervalometers are used to trigger exposures. This is often done [...]

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Apr
20
2012

Solar Panels

by Skippy

A long while ago I met up with Amy, and James from nbLuckyDuck, and one of the things that was intresting is that for a large part of the year they are off-grid with using a 136W flexable solar panel so very rarely run the generator. there has been discussion about other cost breakdowns here, and a lively chat [...]

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Apr
12
2012

Book 2: Fox Talbot

by Philip McGaw

John Hannavy’s ”Fox Talbot: An Illustrated Life of Willian Henry Fox Talbot, ‘Father of Modern Photography’, 1800 -1877″ Fox Talbot is universally recognised as the father of modern photography. His ‘calotype’ or ‘Talbotype’ process was the first working photographic process to use the now familiar format of negatives and positives. He was an ambitious man but [...]

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Apr
02
2012

Book 1: The Somersetshire Coal Canal

by Skippy

Roger Halse’s “The Somersetshire Coal Canal – A Second Pictorial Journey” “This new volume provides readers with an in depth look into the Somersetshire Coal Canal. The previous volume of old photographs of this delightful short canal, which branched off the Kennet & Avon Canal just south of Bath, brought together what was then considered [...]

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Mar
26
2012

Task 82 – Build a 3D Printer

by Skippy

Sublime’s Tantillus 3D Printer looks like an interesting printer, I will have to ask Nathaniel to print me one when Sublime realises the part files. The things that draw me to this 3D printer are its compact size; its mostly printable; and easy to build (and I guess make replacement parts for ) The Specifications are as follows: Outer dimensions: 225mm [...]

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Mar
22
2012

Rules for Amazing Making

by Philip McGaw

I came accross this post on Planet.Termisoc.org: 10 rules I follow when building something new. This is a list of rules I try and follow when ever I have to build, design or program something. Some are clearly inspired by things other people have said but they have been tweaked a little to meet my own [...]

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Mar
12
2012

Task 44 – Complete a 365 day Photo Challenge

by Skippy

I have started setting up 365.skippy.org.uk as part of my Day Zero challenge list; it wont share an RSS feed with this blog so you may want to add http://365.skippy.org.uk/feed/ to follow it; or follow me on twitter as @SkippyUK. I plan to start this challenge on the first of April; so I have a while to make sure that everything works

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Feb
11
2012

New camera

by Skippy

Today I picked up a black Fujifilm finepix XP30 camera. As a replacement to the camera built into my phone (an iPhone 3G) the Fujifilm finepix XP30 has all the features that the XP20 has; water, dust, shock, and freezer proof (I would have said resistant. But then again. I don’t work in marketing) but [...]

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