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I bought a Micro 4/3rd to T2 adaptor to use on my Olympus E-P2 the other day. I was messing around with different lenses and added a El Nikkor 50mm f/4 enlarging lens on the front. I just held it in place and it provided a very close focus.

This is actual an old photo (transparency) but rephotographed today using a new adaptor I bought for the Olympus E-P2. The adaptor converts the micro four thirds mount into a t2 mount...and onto that I attached an old Ohnar Zoom slide duplicator. The dand

Day two of the stream of errors (see yesterday's blog - Photo365 -Pen-y-ghent for scene setting) The bed in the B&B was a four poster, which sounded great but it was quite small (I couldn't lay straight as my feet pressed against the foot)

Just got back from a weekend out and about. I went over to the Lake District and had a lovely time, despite a catalogue of errors that has continued now I'm home. The start Saturday...I forgot various things and had to go back home to get them

Thought I'd play around with the wide angle lens and HDR. So here's a close up self portrait from above using the Pentax 12-24mm at 12mm and a five exposure bracket blended in Photomatix 4.

Rather than replace the kitchen units I thought I'd have a few years with some colour. So here's the second layer of primer going on before they get an aubergine facelift. iPhone and hipstmatic

Today the installation team from an energy company came round to fit solar panels to my roof. Six hours is all it took two guys to mount 16 panels. I took advantage of the fact the scaffolding is still erected and went up to roof level to get this shot.

Today scaffolding was erected ready for the men who come to install solar panels. In a few days I will begin being slightly more self-sufficient. This is the ladder and scaffolding rising to the platform the installers will work from.

Title borrowed from an album by one of my early musical influencers - German artists Hans-Joachim Roedelius. The shot was taken this morning as I played around with the SLR Magic Toy lens in preparation for a review I'm writing. It's a 26mm f/1.4

An old 60s? 70s? coal bunker photographed using the iPhone.