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Tag Archives: long exposure

Warehouse in the mist at night

Muddy building site at night

I took this pho­to­graph many years ago around Stafford­shire Uni­ver­sity around 4AM in the eerie night, using a Pen­tax MZ-S, film, and a steady hand on the shut­ter release for a few min­utes on bulb for long expo­sure. I remem­ber when they said dig­i­tal would never be bet­ter than film.

Star trails in the trailer park

This pho­to­graph was taken in a trailer park in Yuma, Arizona.

You can see that the stars in the sky have made trails as the earth moves rel­a­tive to them.
I kept the shut­ter of the cam­era open for a rel­a­tively long period (about 10 min­utes) using a Canon TC-80N3 remote con­trol. This unit has var­i­ous set­tings, such […]

Sigma 30mm f1.4 EX DC HSM Lens Focusing Problem / High Pitched Noise

My favourite lens, my Sigma 30mm f1.4, has devel­oped a prob­lem. Fre­quently it does not respond to auto-focusing, and it makes a high-pitched sound almost like it is strug­gling to focus