Category Archives: photography

Fixing Lomo UPB-1A upper spool shaft / bolt /screw – for good.

Posted on 07.Apr.2019 by Marek Lewandowski

So, the infamous Lomo UPB-1A upper spool shaft / bolt /screw… It failed, didn’t it? The M10 screw snapped off at the stem right away and there’s no glue that will hold. Known issue. There are two fixes known to … Continue reading →

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Yunnan 2008

Posted on 20.Feb.2012 by Marek Lewandowski

Photos posted here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mareklew/collections/72157629307257293/

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Some archival shots from India are online

Posted on 20.Feb.2012 by Marek Lewandowski

Posted here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mareklew/collections/72157629375853431/

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Calibrating Gossen Lunasix 3 (LunaPro)

Posted on 20.May.2010 by Marek Lewandowski

Gossen Lunasix 3, although built around the early ’70, is a very capable hand-held meter even by today standards. It beats my Canon 20D built-in meter in terms of actual low-light performance by 5 stops. Unfortunately it belongs to one of these designs, that relied on mercury battery voltage staying constant throughout their life and mercury batteries were banned few years ago. This article describes, how to deal with this problem. Continue reading →

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On CdS meters

Posted on 07.Apr.2010 by Marek Lewandowski

Here: on CdS light meters v0.3.pdf you can find the most up-to-date version of my writeup on CdS meters. This is work in progress, but I wanted to use this excerpt in a web discussion already. I will update this … Continue reading →

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Posted on 10.May.2006 by Marek Lewandowski

Two photos… One I like: And one I’m not so sure about…

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a short day-trip to Bad Urach

Posted on 23.Apr.2006 by Marek Lewandowski

A long walk in Bad Urach. Actually, not so long, because the weather was unstable to say the least… Anyway, a very promising place to go wandering, there’s a long ,,Wanderweg” — about 6 hours estimated — leading through several … Continue reading →

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Wykłady Gościnne

Posted on 23.Mar.2006 by Marek Lewandowski

This post is in polish as the linked material is only relevant for polish speaking readers. Wrzucam link do wykładów gościnnych. Będzie aktualizowany w miarę przenoszenia pliku: wyklady_goscinne.pdf (ca. 270kB)

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Bruchsal

Posted on 23.Mar.2006 by Marek Lewandowski

I’ve been working in Bruchsal for like 4 years now. I have never yet been to the city itself until Monday this week. Well… Let’s start with a few photos 🙂 There are more to come, bu I’m not sure … Continue reading →

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Night ride

Posted on 22.Mar.2006 by Marek Lewandowski

I really like trams. I love the old ones, but that’s another story. I like them all. And I like them most at night. You know, when it’s cold outside, maybe raining even, and inside it’s warm, bright and quiet…

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