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Nikon to Panasonic adapter

Posted on Sunday,5,March 2017 by the moderator

Seeing M’s review on his Nikon Series E 75-150mm lense reminded me that I needed to post my review of my adapter, so here it is! This particular adapter enables you to fit Nikon F lenses onto a Panasonic G … Continue reading →

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The Photography Show 2017 – 18th-21st March

Posted on Saturday,4,March 2017 by the moderator

Once again, we, GCM, will be going this year to the Photoshow at the NEC. So just why are we going and what are we going for? The short answer is because we can and we do. It’s really after … Continue reading →

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Nikon Series E 75-150mm

Posted on Sunday,26,February 2017 by the moderator

Ok, so if you have been following the GCM blog posts you will know that I like the Nikon series E lenses. C did say to me a while ago that this lens is meant to be one of the … Continue reading →

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Day out

Posted on Sunday,12,February 2017 by the moderator

Despite the grey, damp, foggy and generally overcast day, Friday saw M and I back in Seaford armed with our trusty Protech infra red converted Panasonic cameras. Thank goodness infra red sees through some of the fog! None of the … Continue reading →

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Black, White and Square

Posted on Wednesday,21,December 2016 by the moderator

Friday last saw M and myself going back to basics, or at least where we started from. That’s right FILM! M being the proud owner of a Bronica SQAm, a 6x6cm square format camera, myself using a slightly more basic, … Continue reading →

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Friday outing

Posted on Saturday,19,November 2016 by the moderator

M and I were in Hastings on Friday, planning for next year and taking the opportunity to obtain some more images (any excuse!) Pictured below M used his trusty Nikon, whilst I used my Protech (converted to IR) Panasonic, no … Continue reading →

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Wide Angle lenses test

Posted on Friday,4,November 2016 by the moderator

Our aim in this set of tests was twofold, to test the image quality of a series of wide angle lenses, from old and battered to later generation optics and secondly to have a dabble with focus stacking to see … Continue reading →

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So good I bought one twice

Posted on Friday,26,August 2016 by the moderator

NIKKOR 35-105mm. F3.5-4.5 By M Seems a odd title for a blog post, so here my explanation. Back in the last century I had a copy of this lens with my Nikon 801 camera, which is a film camera. In … Continue reading →

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Opening launch evening

Posted on Saturday,6,August 2016 by the moderator

Wow what an evening! Thanks to all of you who made it to the Private viewing/opening evening of our latest exhibition, it was great to see so many people there and to hear so many positive comments. Special thanks go … Continue reading →

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Exhibition update

Posted on Tuesday,2,August 2016 by the moderator

Almost there! We have had a good few late nights, making final selections, last minute tweaks to images and finally framing everything ready for display. Our countdown timetable looks like this: Tuesday 2nd –  we are hanging our images. Thursday … Continue reading →

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