Photography
[ Jan 24 2024 ]

Quickie: Fixing Memory Card Corrupted by Balena Etcher

Recently my camera’s memory card was corrupted by Balena Etcher – an oft-recommended Windows app to write images to USB drives. Here’s how I fixed it with diskpart.





Photography
[ Sep 5 2017 ]

A quick look at the Godox AD-200 ‘Pocket Flash’

After two and a half years all my Cactus lights started breaking down, so I tried the shiny new Godox AD200 lights, and they’re really great.





Hardware
[ Aug 29 2016 ]

Cactus Radio Trigger for Ricoh Theta S

The Ricoh Theta is a great camera, but what if you could trigger a flash with it? Spoiler: you can’t.





Hardware
[ Oct 3 2015 ]

Getting to know the Cactus V6 (again)

I don’t know what happened, but the original of this article has evaporated into the internet ether. Let’s all thank the internet archive and maybe give them some money. Anyway, the Cactus V6! — The Cactus V6 transceiver is a transmitter or receiver (it does both) that allows full remote power control of your speedlights […]





Photography
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[ Jan 23 2013 ]

RAW Converter Showdown

Over on DPReview there’s a 3-way comparison between DxO Optics, Lightroom and my favourite, Capture One. Check it out and if you already use one of these apps, be sure to have your confirmation bias locked and loaded.





Photography
[ Jan 23 2013 ]

Giant Beetles Ahoy

When I lived in Japan I was introduced to the local beetles, giant rhinoceros and stag beetles like we never, ever saw in Canada. They’re awesome, and I was delighted to find they existed in Australia. Every christmas they emerge from the ground and fly towards the brightest lights in search of mates. They’re a […]





Photography
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[ Jun 11 2006 ]

Published again!

Acclaim magazine has run a short article on parkour, and have used a couple of my pictures.





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