Family, Photography and other misc news
There are a number of key specialist lens missing from Nikon’s Z lens range.
Nikon released two macro lens but we are missing some wide-angle primes and specialist lens such as tilt-shift. Despite what some will tell you this cannot be done as well in software as it can with a specialist lens. So there are areas where independents can fill these gaps.
We now have the announcement of this Tilt-Shift from TTArtisan. A welcome addition to the range.
One of my old batteries for my ThinkPad T480 ran down to zero and powered off the laptop. Since then I got the following message on boot:
“The battery installed is not supported by the system and will not charge”
The message was the same when I put in my spare battery as well.
A quick search of the internet soon resolved it.
Unplug from the mains and hold down while powered off the Fn key and the S and V keys for 1 minute. Then hold the power button for 1 minute, then plug in and power on.
This resets the BIOS and resolves the issue.
This is an old photograph taken on Ilford HP5 Plus.
This is the entrance to the Quakers friends meeting house in Lincoln. This is part of a long term project of doors, archways and alleys.
This February’s 2026 picture of the month was part of this project.
With my day job in IT, I generally work from home but I’ll pop in Lincoln usually at least once a week as I have a client there.
I’ll often have my Leica with me and will snap photos of buildings and people. You never know when you might take a killer shot.
Leica have partnered with phone companies before, but this looks to be their most ambitious collaboration. Lens and interface by Lecia with some manual controls.
I do use my iPhone camera sometimes when nothing else is around, but personally I prefer a good compact or would cary my Leica M10.
The best thing about mirrorless is the ability to mount so many classic lens. Some people are very apprehensive about using manual focus lenses so a number of companies produce adapters that not only adapt the mount but offer additional functionality such as closer focusing ability or in the case of Megadap, they offer autofocus ability.
The Nikon version of this for the Z mount has been out for a while but now they finally announce the Canon RF version.
The way some of the classic lens render is not as clinical as some modern lens are some very beautiful images can be produced.