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Delkin PopUp Shade – InTheWild

September 16, 2011 // 0 Comments

We got the Delkin Shade for our Nikon D40 back in 2008. The Pop-Up shade is a helpful accessory for anyone who likes to check their work via the camera’s LCD, [...]

Passiflora Update

September 2, 2011 // 0 Comments

Hurricane Irene went inland, pummeled Vermont, but spared most of Boston. All of the plants in the RainyDayGarden came through unscathed. As we had mentioned in July, the [...]

Nixie Tubes

August 25, 2011 // 0 Comments

The  photo of the Digital Readout unit from our Craigslist purchase got the emails flowing. Many of you were eager to share your stories of  nixie tube projects. [...]

Scherr Tumico Toolmaker’s Microscope

August 24, 2011 // 0 Comments

The  RainyDayInterns are tasked with scouring Craigslist and flagging anything which may be interesting to use for DIY projects. We never know what they will find, but [...]

Shooting Fireworks

July 5, 2011 // 0 Comments

We  wanted to see the Fourth of July fireworks on the Esplanade, but the thought of fighting 800,000 people for a spot along the Charles River was not at all appealing. [...]

Urban Safari: Backyard Adventures

July 1, 2011 // 0 Comments

A  bright red cardinal has been visiting the bird feeder in the RainyDayGarden these past few weeks. For days, we have been stalking this elusive visitor, but despite our [...]

Sigma Zoom: Manchester By The Sea

June 22, 2011 // 0 Comments

Last year (almost to the day) we went with our bird watching /photographers friends Candy and Andy to a spit of rock to get a look at the heron [...]

Leathinity Camera Strap

June 16, 2011 // 0 Comments

Yesterday, we posted a write-up on a case for our new Nikon P7000 point-n-shoot camera. In the discussion we mentioned that we were not big fans of camera straps because [...]

Nikon P7000 Camera Case

June 15, 2011 // 0 Comments

The  Balda camera below was passed from father-to-son to one of the editors here at RainyDayMagazine. While the camera is over fifty years old, its bellows is light-tight [...]

iPhone4 Camera Skins

June 14, 2011 // 0 Comments

The interns got the idea for this iPhone4 DIY project from an item they saw on Etsy: a skin for the iPhone4 that gives it the appearance of Leica camera. They thought it [...]
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