Kasper Bergholt

Nov 28

Pentax *ist DS vs Pentax K10 in 2024

For the last couple of months I’ve been two CCD sensor-based cameras, at first the Pentax K10D and, then, the other way round, chronologically, the predecessor, the *istD family of digital cameras.Differences between the Pentax K10D & the Pentax The Pentax K10D and *Pentax ist DS were cameras that catered to slightly different audiences and needs. Today, in 2024, when writing this, they reflect advancements in technology over short time when digital cameras first hit the consumer markets in 2...

Kasper Bergholt

Apr 26

6П3С, 6N3С, 63PS Tubes

6П3С-, 6N3С-, and 63PS are three terms for the same type of vacuum tube (valve in Bristih English). The reason for the different names is that it's a Russian-made tube, where some are labeled with Cyrillic letters, by some producers and writers converting the Cyrillic ø П ‘ to a ‘P’ (which is the closest letter from Russian to English) or an ‘N’, which looks the most similar to the Russian ’П’ letter. Many tubes in the same family - often under both Russian and American/English family na...

Kasper Bergholt

Jul 31

Miniature Flowers on Top of Seaweed

Colony of miniature flowers floating on top of various type of seaweed in Saint George's Lake in the middle of Copenhagen. Part of my ‘Flora Excursoria Hafniensis’ series that takes its part of departure in a 1838 work with the same title by Danish Botanist Salomon Thomas Nicolai, who was also the editor on the more widely known work 'Flora Danica'. ‘Flora Excursoria Hafniensis’ is then nested in a meta collection, in the form of a Foundation gallery, titled Copenhagen Chronoto...