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

Ours.

Yours:

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

we are weeks away from 'Trump attempts to make horse a Senator' and the only thing stopping him is that he is too much of a sociopath to form an attachment to animals

A writer hired by many big science youtubers went indie. Emily Zhang's first video on her "Rabbit Hole" channel is a really fun watch. And yeah, I can see why she branched out: her presenting is as good as her writing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKt4...

Please do not come to GDC. It is dangerous here.

Though not helping his subjects, he amazingly dismantled American democracy. He broke the alliance between US and the rest of the world. Years ago, everyone deemed this impossible. His recruitment of Krasnov has flipped the fate of nations. Impressive, yes, but his own country down the🚽.

Ok, #Analog #Photography aficionados... Favourite focus method? Twin-Lens, Range-Finder or Mirror-Reflex? Hard to choose. I like two lenses, but somehow the Koni TL is less accurate than the Voigtländer RF and the Rittreck SLR. (Rittreck took all three Ektachrome images, with a Magic Lantern lens.)

A package from Ukraine arrived today, with two copies of the ЛОМО РО500-1 f2/90mm. I was planning on using it for my twin lens Konica, but the back focus distance is far too short. So here's a shot taken with this #VintangeLens on the GFX50R: "Sunset in the Sunset 'hood of #Vancouver."

youtu.be/S6rh43LfzFE #RittReck SLR from 1955, with adapted Hermagis Anastigmat 210mm. #VintageLens. #MediumFormat.

I cannot stress enough to people outside the US how dangerous coming to this country is right now. There is still time to cancel your GDC trip. Stay safe, and do not come.

Oof... if it shoots as good as it looks... Currently shooting my first roll with it, using #EktaChrome E100. But that is some sizzling-hot 🔥sexiness🔥. (Unbranded Petzval on Musashino Kōki Rittreck 6x9.) #VintageLens #MediumFormat #Photography

Meanwhile, in Germany, the public weighs in on what they think of the Epstein Administration. #BrutalButAccurate

So, yeah... My finger must have slipped, so I ended up clicking the buy-button on eBay. 🤷‍♂️ I shot a first roll of #ektachrome #film with this "Texas Leica." It is labelled 6x9, but I measured the gate to be 80mm wide, instead. Can't wait to see the results. #Fujica #GW690 #MediumFormat #RangeFinder

The AI bros (who clearly don't understand AI) in the comments are hilarious. "ask stupid questions, get stupid answers". LLMs have no concept of how intelligent a question is, and they certainly were not designed to deliberately give stupid responses if they deem your question too stupid. 1/?

My Valentine is an artisanal baker.

Post a tree you photographed.

Yeah I don't really think religious exemptions make sense in this case. And even if there were (rare) religious exemption carve-outs, they absolutely should NEVER apply to minors, who should get all the recommended vaccines no matter how unlucky they are in their parentage.

On the fringes of graphics engines.

Irish man with valid US work permit held in ICE detention for five months

Avoiding Modern C++ | Anton Mikhailov https://lobste.rs/s/q8dxd4 ##video ##programming ##games ##c++

I have never shot a mirror reflex camera before. This one is from the 1950s: Musashino Kōki Rittreck #6x9 Model 1. I do not have a lens yet. The shutter works, but its curtain is full of holes that need patching, first. #analog #filmphotography

Flying Machines. How about yours? (not sure if it qualifies as flying if there is no air.)

Ooh... it worked! I built my own #MediumFormat 6x7 film scanner. It reuses the Valoi 67-62 adapter that came with their 35mm scanner, which I feed into a 3D-printed light funnel, placed onto a 3D-printed 6x7 holder, placed onto a CS-LITE. (Imaged with SMC Takumar/6x7 90mm on GFX50R.)

Two of these will snugly hold flat a frame of 6x7 120 film. #MediumFormat #Photography

Me, back in the day, shod with these hand-made beauties.

Pedal cars in the 1970s. I have no idea what “The Adventures of Skateboard Man” is, and google is no help. Lost in time.

Raytracing was invented by a bored helpdesk employee? If I had to guess, the day job was to instruct users to use the correct baudrate, parity and stop-bits on their terminal. https://www.realtimerendering.com/blog/atomic-age-photon-mapping/

Mark Carney uninvited to join Trump’s ‘Board Of Peace’ alongside Putin, Netanyahu, Lex Luthor, Megatron https://www.thebeaverton.com/2026/01/carney-uninvited-to-join-trumps-board-of-peace-alongside-putin-netanyahu-lex-luthor-megatron/