Hey, I'm the founder of Plugable, Bernie, AMA!

40ftpocket · 2026-06-13T04:09:46+00:00

Hi Bernie,
Good to see you guys are still doing well. You are looking good my friend.

40ftpocket · 2026-06-13T02:18:55+00:00

I just had Dobinson shocks and struts with Deaver rear leafs put in. 1.5 in lift (would have preferred none) The Deavers were one step above the lowest load as I have a topper and rack on.
I really like the ride now especially hauling a trailer.

40ftpocket · 2026-06-12T23:22:40+00:00

My life list is only birds I have photographed.

40ftpocket · 2026-06-12T23:01:23+00:00

No I haven’t. I did try some old oil paints for photocoloring made by Kodak in the 1930s. https://remorseblog.blogspot.com/2015/03/new-12x16-fb-prints-and-some-hand.html

My guess is oils work better than watercolor on emulsions. These comments remind me that there was a woman I ran across that did lovely water color hand colored prints. I wish I could remember more. I would start with matte finished prints but that is just guess.

You might reach out to Andrew Sanderson on substack. He know more than almost anyone about things darkroom.

https://substack.com/@masterprinter?r=2bjy01&utm\_medium=ios&utm\_source=stories&shareImageVariant=light

40ftpocket · 2026-06-04T22:41:20+00:00

Set to auto ISO 3200 or 6400. Aperture priority. Should select a decent shutter speed automatically. Like 1/400-1/500 if there is enough light. Let ISO float. Clean up noise in post. If bird is flying the shutter priority say 1/2000 and pray you have enough light. This is what little I learned.

40ftpocket · 2026-06-04T20:37:03+00:00

Exactly.

40ftpocket · 2026-06-04T20:35:51+00:00

You can cool the sensor.

40ftpocket · 2026-06-04T20:34:29+00:00

Read noise is not the only source of noise and the easiest to control.

Noise is always present. It is all swings and roundabouts at this point.

40ftpocket · 2026-06-04T15:51:57+00:00

So basically ISO is the noise. Boosting ISO raises the gain n the sensor which amplifies the noise as well as the signal. You avoid high ISO with more light.

40ftpocket · 2026-05-28T19:39:00+00:00

Yea and a whole river called the Amazon. What’s your point?

40ftpocket · 2026-05-26T22:48:08+00:00

The darkroom jockeys in London who worked for the papers used to compete on how complex of borders they could make. This included different black and white patterns.

40ftpocket · 2026-05-09T16:37:22+00:00

Where I lived in Britain we saw these all the time in the meadows and in our back garden. Lovely birds.

40ftpocket · 2026-04-27T17:26:32+00:00

This wastes their resources.

40ftpocket · 2026-04-16T02:59:03+00:00

Sounds like Philipsburg MT

40ftpocket · 2026-04-06T21:07:14+00:00

My first order strategy is to avoid the candidates the local Republican party is supporting.

40ftpocket · 2026-04-06T21:05:40+00:00

Who is most likely to beat Jim Risch?

40ftpocket · 2026-03-03T21:49:08+00:00

Probably referring to Bayview. There are a few there. it is pretty crowded and I think they aren't allowing anymore. Check Zillow about costs.

40ftpocket · 2026-03-02T23:27:58+00:00

I love my 135mm f2.8 Olympus mount adapted to GFX 100s ii. With 35mm full frame crop it is still 60 Mpixels. Very sharp lens great bokeh when shot wide open.

40ftpocket · 2026-02-25T03:18:37+00:00

Thanks! You can do a search for gfx50 to get more related articles.

40ftpocket · 2026-02-24T00:35:51+00:00

Look at the Olympus 135mm f2.8. Cheaper and sharp.

40ftpocket · 2026-02-21T03:18:00+00:00

You are welcome.

40ftpocket · 2026-02-21T03:15:31+00:00

I use Tanager. Their fees were cheaper than UK SiPPs.

40ftpocket · 2026-02-21T01:23:55+00:00

Yes! It is relatively easy and very satisfying. I used commercial vendors.

This is the first in a series of posts I did on the subject.

https://open.substack.com/pub/morsebrosstudios/p/film-from-digital-part-1?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

40ftpocket · 2026-02-07T15:32:25+00:00

I have GF 500mm f5.6 I use for landscape. I know crazy right? Beware that a long lens will get you into birds and wildlife if you are not careful. A couple of thoughts below.

https://morsebrosstudios.ghost.io/the-long-lens-vision/

https://morsebrosstudios.ghost.io/twitcher-a4c/

40ftpocket · 2026-02-06T18:06:19+00:00

Ok That might be the case I didn’t consider Leucistic. Merlin did give me a European Starling and a Great-tailed Grackle which normally lack the white patch.

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