Niklas Saers
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$362 and nothing to show for it: inside the SeeAir Kickstarter scam

In March 2023, I backed the SeeAir Tankless Dive System on Kickstarter. Compact, battery-powered underwater breathing gadget. Polished renders, a slick video, spec sheets that looked legit. $362 for the dive unit and a couple accessories. Seemed fair.

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December 11, 2005 • Photography

Classic Nikon lenses on Canon EOS systems

Peter Spiro wrote an article making the argument to use Nikkor lenses on Canon EOS cameras. It fits nicely with the manual focus argument I've been making. Out of special interest, he has copied a table comparing 50mm lenses. I've decided NOT to go for a Canon 50mm lens, even though I've used my friends f/1.4 extensively.

November 26, 2005 • 50mm

Horn faces

Horn faces

November 26, 2005 • 50mm

Preben

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November 25, 2005 • 50mm

Ballad

Ballad

November 25, 2005 • 50mm

Magnus

Magnus

November 25, 2005 • Photography

Manual Focus Lenses III

In this post abuot manual focus lenses on DSLR cameras, we'll again look at a M42 mount and a FD mount lens. (be sure to check out the first and second post). The M42 mount will be my Miranda 28mm f/2.8 lens, while the FD mount lens is Mogens' 35-70mm f/2.5 FD lens. Again, notice that these are very fast lenses that have cost less than $40 a piece.

November 24, 2005 • 50mm

Barbershop choir

Barbershop choir

November 24, 2005 • 50mm

Henrik

Henrik

November 23, 2005 • 50mm

Horn

Horn