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Camera you have with you

Posted on Friday,19,January 2018 by the moderator

There is a saying in photography that the best camera is the one that you have with you!  I had never really thought about this before.  I have often personally felt that I had wished I had one of my … Continue reading →

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DIY Light Stands

Posted on Sunday,7,January 2018 by the moderator

Towards the end of 2017 I had a period of not being too well.  I decided to look around and create something that I needed for my photography from things that I already had at home, and could maybe adapt … Continue reading →

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White balance and what it does

Posted on Monday,18,December 2017 by the moderator

The question that gets asked time and time again, is: Which white balance setting should I use and why? The short answer is: It depends upon the lighting. To illustrate the difference between individual camera settings, we ventured forth to one … Continue reading →

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A Day of Contrasts

Posted on Saturday,9,December 2017 by the moderator

What does this mean? A day in November I took the opportunity for a train trip to London with a friend. We began the day at Waterloo Station to view the Landscape Photographer of the Year Exhibition which is running … Continue reading →

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STC Clip IR-Cut ND1000 Filter

Posted on Friday,13,October 2017 by the moderator

We have been put in the enviable position of being loaned another STC clip filter to test. This time, an IR Cut-ND1000 (10 stop) clip filter.           The STC clip filter fits inside the camera in … Continue reading →

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STC 590nm Infrared clip filter

Posted on Monday,25,September 2017 by the moderator

At the outset let us make it clear, this is not a run of the mill filter, this is quite different! As it says in the title, this is a clip filter. It fits inside your camera, just in front … Continue reading →

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Scanners and scanning

Posted on Sunday,10,September 2017 by the moderator

A scanner review by C It was raining the other afternoon and being at a bit of a loose end, I started looking through some of my old negatives and in doing so I found some interesting images I had … Continue reading →

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Making it my own

Posted on Saturday,19,August 2017 by the moderator

How have I made my Sony RX10 personal to me? In all the time that I have owned this camera I have only seen one other being used! The press boys loved this camera and gave it great reviews when … Continue reading →

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Facebook

Posted on Tuesday,15,August 2017 by the moderator

At last! GCM Photographic can now be found on Facebook   Don’t forget to like us.

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Rye

Posted on Saturday,15,July 2017 by the moderator

Thursday afternoon we ventured out to Rye, the plan being to capture some images between Rye and Bexhill. We used a mixture of full colour and infra red cameras. Below are some of our images. Infra red image – channel … Continue reading →

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