I have been so preoccupied that I nearly failed to recognize that summer is nearly at an end. This made…
Rebirth of a 12″ f/13 Classical Cassegrain Telescope
Afternote: (added Jan 15, 2023). This appeared in the newsletter of Starfest 2022 where I gave a talk about this…
Exploring the Heuer Autavia “Villeneuve”
A few years earlier I had learned a little history of the Heuer watch company while writing about it’s most…
Shooting Astro Narrowband with Medium Format Sensor (Phase One IQ260 Achromatic)
It took me sometime to gather all the small components necessary to adapt the IQ260 for some narrowband, in-city astro…
Shooting a tire photo contest with m43
I like photo contests that start and end in a one month period because I don’t want to wait a…
Phase One IQ260 Achromatic Digital Back – a medium format heavy weight.
I first heard of this Danish company called Phase One nearly a decade ago. Back then, they made very high…
m43 Focus Speeds on EOS Adapted Lenses
The significant jump to 1053 cross type AF points on the new OM-1 body led me to wonder if this…
The “Holy Grail” of Watches
It all began with a contentious post on a FB watch group. “What is the Holy Grail of watches?” Not…
1970 Omega Constellation Reference (166.063) Calibre 1001
(images taken with E-M1.2 and Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro) I bought another watch … that I don’t really need. I’m…
Jim’s 10 inch f/8 catadioptric Herschelian Schiefspiegler telescope
Even amateur planetary observers and photographers need big aperture telescopes because when it comes to resolution, size does matter. …