For Science: seed versus seed. LHS: Scotts. RHS: Sylvite. Both sides: 34-0-12 fertilizer. Day 0. #Lawn

I mounted a Williams, Brown & Earle lantern lens with Petzval design on my Abracam Version 2. And made a #LargeFormat self-portrait with the antique lens.

It is time to expel Cornelis Piet Hoekstra from Canada. Undermining Canada’s sovereignty should have consequences. https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Sign/e-7124

Announcing Grain DDL: code gen by & for demanding engine developers. Define structs/data once. Write custom generators for protocols, saves, shaders, etc. No macros. Generate reviewable code on every keystroke. 300kB exe (Win/Mac/Linux). Apply for Closed beta: www.frogtoss.com/grain

Abracam version 2. Shallow Depth-of-Field test. Mounted: Ilex Paragon 12" f:4.5

Hexa Trains was a work of love, utterly enjoyable to create. And many years after last playing it, I played it again, and it is delightful as ever. Not successful, but probably my best #indiegame ever. Discounted for Steam #TrainFest (2026 07 20) 🚅 store.steampowered.com/app/1133450/...

Very interesting www.youtube.com/watch?v=fchr...

segmentation violation at address 0x00000000? Nil issue.

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I made a 34x34cm camera out of stainless-steel and thermoplastic polyester, held together with brass bolts. Then I used it to take a self-portrait. mounted: Charles Korn #Petzval, appr 3.8/300mm for some shallow D.o.F. #photography.

You're entitled to your own opinion. You're NOT entitled to your own facts. #BelieveTheScience What he said 💯 👇 👇 👇

Shout-out to RAFCAMERA and its Belarus machinists. I received my 75mm x 1mm flange, mounted this antique beauty, and... Incredibly fuzzy pictures. 🫨 I opened up the lens, re-arranged the elements for classic #Petzval, and now it is sharp. 😍 Who is G.G, who is A.R? #VintageLens #Camera Pr0n:

Perk of living in Vancouver: I don't need to leave my backyard to see some amazing birds. I've seen bald eagles soaring overhead, harassed by crows, no less. And frequent visits from hummingbirds. (I should get a longer lens.)

#Gandalf, wearing the One Ring. (Photographed with the low-fi Liesegang Novotrinast-Anastigmat 33cm 1:3,6 episkop objektiv from 1961-1970.) #VintageLens #Photography.

Self-portrait, shot with a lens that is over a 150 yo. The image circle does not cover my newly built 34x34cm camera, but I still love what it produces. I think vignetting would be gone on an 8x10" camera. I look forward to shooting more with it. And I still need to do a part 3 of the vlog on it.

The YouTube treasure that is @nerd4cities.bsky.social has dropped another masterpiece. "Bicycles are for poor people or for coastal elites who are virtue signalling. There is no in-between." 🤣 youtu.be/bdCyZSIRhww?...

A class at my kids’ school put up little statements about the good they want to do in the world and I was over the moon about this one - then I learned they meant to say “teach people in jail” which is also good!

Silicon Valley Red Dwarf Disenchantment Simpsons Futurama Sopranos Breaking Bad Southpark Detectorists Monty Python’s Flying Circus Boardwalk Empire Band of Brothers Severance The Bridge The Mary Whitehouse Experience

Charles gets it. https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/1syepum/king_charles_iii_recalls_nato_unity_after_911/

Putler’s regime needs to die A.S.A.P. High time to kidnap him for extraction to The Hague. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/04/27/russian-court-outlaws-top-lgbtq-rights-group-as-extremist-a92617

Dutch desert for King's Day, courtesy of my wife. #KoningsDag in #Vancouver. #Tompouce. 🇳🇱 🟧

I've made more progress in the assembly of my stainless steel 38x38cm ultra #LargeFormat digital #CameraObscura. You can follow along on my youtube channel. youtu.be/rdOGPubIHBw

Abracam v2 still needs a back, but the build is progressing. I mounted the 300mm Charles Korn petzval lens. Camera: 2026. Lens: circa 1865. (Self-portrait shot w Rokkor 58mm f/1.2 @ f/2 on GFX50R.)

There is a hood in Vancouver where homes range between $12M and $27M. It is largely unused. But once a year… https://youtu.be/ICyqwn6ihTs

Imagine saying in 2016 that both ruSSia and US would lose a war in 2026. The 2016 reaction would be: “are you batshit insane?” Yet, here we are. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/04/iran-war-trump-hegseth-estonia-weapons-delay.html

Well spotted, @johnwsheldon.bsky.social The light-leak between top and bottom. My 3D printer can't print the entire height, so it basically ended up as two half-frames. I need to re-assemble it with putty in between.

I am building a 34x34cm digital ULF camera. Here is me assembling it. And it already looks glorious! Made from stainless-steel and PLA. #Photography #Maker #DIY www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKLa...

The victory of the opposition in Hungary yesterday, like the Polish election in 2023, is a victory for democracy, not just in Europe but around the world.

Somehow my brain has been conditioned to immediately discard anything said by a republican, as it is bound to be incredibly dumb. So Chris Christie’s eloquence took me by surprise. And what a tale, he had on offer. Entertaining! https://youtu.be/U-xT3ilk51c

Yeah, Republicans knew this. That's why they passed the Hague Invasion Act in 2002 (with plenty of Dem votes as well.) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America...

Latest #Artemis image to drop is my newest favourite! "A New View of the Moon" ICONIC! 🔭🧪 📷: NASA images.nasa.gov/details/art0...

#Fabricating with aluminium is new to me. Joining alu panels by mating it to PLA with heat inserts. Yay or nay?

Today is the day that I get to try out Rollei RPX 25. #BelieveInFilm

Release the Epstein files. Stop the corruption.

A German artist was sentenced to 8 yrs for this, by a ruSSian clown court.

Planet Earth. Back-lit by a G2V type star. Fill-light from a grey reflector behind the camera.

If you see this, I implore you to post a picture from whatever device you are using with no explanation.

In 1973, oil prices quadrupled. We need that again, and have $400 oil. It will make cars smaller again, and make people buy local produce, instead of buying food flown in from across the globe. It may even save our planet.

I bought a film-back from a Japanese seller. 71 year old equipment, like new, that still had its original box? 🤯 An obscure #VintageCamera accessory. At ¥7000 a good price for both buyer and seller, I think, because I #BelieveInFilm. But then it got even better, despite me being an idiot....

Glorious things happen when a Petzval lens goes out of focus: The magic of spherical aberration. (These are just white circles on a black computer screen.) Ground glass of Rittreck 6x9 was recorded by a phone. #VintageLens #Photography

What takes 6x9 photos and still fits in your jeans? Voigtländer Bessa II. What a treat to use. My only complaint: small viewfinder. But the coupled rangefinder is dead accurate. #BelieveInFilm.

Rollei Pan 25 (exp 2015) Fujica GW690 #BelieveInFilm

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Discworld QOTD, from Monstrous Regiment “Stopping a battle is much harder than starting it. Starting it only requires you to shout ‘Attack!’ but when you want to stop it, everyone is busy.”

In the 1950s, this Уран-27 was on a Mig or a Sukhoi, taking pictures of capitalist armies. Today, it is on my camera, taking pictures of daffodil / narcissus. I love the faint blue bokeh ball in the 3rd image. #vintagelens #photography

My hot-take on #classics: Homer's identity and authorship is NOT an enigma. The #Iliad was composed in the school-yard, by preteen boys. 1st boy: "My dad is as strong as 2 oxen." 2nd boy: "My dad's spear always hits flesh." 3rd boy: "My dad's face is brighter than a 1000 suns."

Big glass for the Rittreck 6x9. Buhl Optical 200mm f:2.5. youtu.be/znT0sDDQ6kg