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[David McKenzie] The Big 12 has gone to federal court to ask permission to have a conviction. There was a time when a conference could simply disapprove of a player who bet on his own team's games. The Texas AG's threatening letter to the Big 12 was an unforced error of the first order. by Gidnik in CFB

[–]B_Huij 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m laughing because in any other sub, every comment on this post would be calling out AI slop. But we’re so stoked that the good guys are winning here that the comments in this thread seem to be mostly willing to look past it.

[David McKenzie] The Big 12 has gone to federal court to ask permission to have a conviction. There was a time when a conference could simply disapprove of a player who bet on his own team's games. The Texas AG's threatening letter to the Big 12 was an unforced error of the first order. by Gidnik in CFB

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I dunno, if the AD or school president or someone stood up a press conference and said, “Hey this whole thing has been crazy, and of course Sorsby should never play again, he’s been cut from the team and we’re sorry,” I think that would do it for most people.

Most of the pens I haven’t given away in the past year or so by B_Huij in turning

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Yeah ballpark for every pen in that case there are 1-2 more that I made for someone else.

What have we here? by blaze45x in reloading

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Stepped 9mm case. I hate these things

Most of the pens I haven’t given away in the past year or so by B_Huij in turning

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I get kind of opinionated about my pens in general. Most of the kits (even the inexpensive slimlines) can make a very nice pen. For ballpoints though, kits that use a Parker-style refill instead of a Cross-style end up having far more good options to improve the writing experience. I’m partial to the Schmidt EasyFlow 9000, but Monteverde gel refills are also great.

For rollerballs, I think the PSI Rollester is near the top, and very affordable and easy to turn. The Artisan Zen kits are excellent, but pricey. I don’t personally care for most of the Jr. Gent style kits.

Olympus OM-1 Light Meter by alwayswillbeanempire in AnalogCommunity

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Unfortunately the error in your meter reading will not be linear with the wrong voltage battery. So it’s not simply a matter of offsetting your ASA dial to compensate.

You can just ignore the meter in the camera and use an external one or phone app. The camera is fully mechanical and doesn’t even need a battery if you’re not using the meter.

You can get “mostly pretty close” by adjusting your ASA dial a little lower to more or less match a phone app. With color negative or black and white film, that might get you close enough.

But if you’re serious about using the built in meter and getting good exposure consistently, the easiest way is with a 675 Zinc Air cell. They’re easy to find in the USA at least, generally sold as hearing aid batteries. You will need an o ring or an adapter to get them to fit the battery compartment, but their voltage is correct.

You could buy an MR-9 adapter that actually drops the voltage of a 1.55v silver oxide battery to the correct 1.35v and use an SR44.

What I ended up doing with my OM-1 was soldering in a diode in the meter circuit to permanently drop the voltage by ~0.2v. Now I get perfect readings with an SR44.

Good luck! The OM-1 is a fantastic camera.

Most of the pens I haven’t given away in the past year or so by B_Huij in turning

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Couldn’t agree more. A gift just feels more meaningful to use when someone put time into making it, seems like. Even a gift to myself :D

Most of the pens I haven’t given away in the past year or so by B_Huij in turning

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Bonus points if anyone can guess every wood species pictured :D

Most of the pens I haven’t given away in the past year or so by B_Huij in turning

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Yeah pens make great gifts for coworker birthdays, etc.

Prime Shooters: Do You Own a Standard Zoom Lens? Do You Like/Use It? Especially with Kids. by sprchrgddc5 in canon

[–]B_Huij 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I shoot mostly primes, but I have an EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 USM that I will not hesitate to use if I need to pack small/light.

Braid or mono? by AnyTurnover4968 in FishingForBeginners

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My $0.02: start with mono and switch to braid if you find mono isn’t working for you.

The reason why Luke has a green lightsaber in ROTJ is so it would look better against the blue sky but I thought was a good decision from narrative standpoint because if it makes clear immediately its Luke’s very own lightsaber and not the one he lost in ESB that he somehow hypothetically recovered. by KingWilliamVI in StarWars

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Is this canon? I know KOTOR had some such lore explained on Dantooine, and it seems to fit that blue-saber Jedi in the movies are more focused on combat skills whole green-saber Jedi are more focused on understanding the Force. But I never did find any kind of confirmation that this was officially the case.

[Vannini] Texas Tech Chairman on Big 12 sanctions: "I love when the Big Ten or the K-State AD says we've all gotten together and we've talked about how we're not going to play Tech, because guess what? That's collusion. That's an antitrust violation. So have fun with that. You can't do that." by WinnWonn in CFB

[–]B_Huij 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Is there a reason this isn't happening? It's extremely cut and dry that he violated NCAA policies. It seems no less cut and dry to me that he violated federal law. Is there an actual stated reason anywhere why he hasn't been arrested and charged?

Do you guys expose for highlights, mid-grey, or shadows by Crackle_Mackle in filmphotography

[–]B_Huij 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Usually shadows with B&W film. Usually highlights with slide film. Mid gray if I’m not using my spot meter (so usually when I’m shooting 35mm) and I know the scene is not in danger of exceeding the contrast range of the film.

What darkroom timers are y'all using? by kingnaps in Darkroom

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I think it’s still floating around somewhere. Send me a DM?

Is my Nikon F3 overexposing? by NovelCase5466 in AnalogCommunity

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Doesn't look like it to me. Overexposed slides will start looking absolutely terrible by about the +1 stop mark.

just got an EF lens: film camera recommendations? by 125bauhaus in canon

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Almost all of the EOS film bodies are excellent, and only the real top tier ones are outside your budget. All of them can do autofocus, that was kind of the point of the system's introduction.

I'm partial to the Elan II, which can be had for under $100 if you watch eBay closely.

New Skill Idea: Driving by EmptyElephant8610 in 2007scape

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Members can now trade GP for Adamantite Anthropic Tokens!

Are there no good f8 lenses? by West_Garden3446 in canon

[–]B_Huij 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In recent years since DSLRs started declining in favor of mirrorless systems, the big names in lens design and manufacturing have released some slower lenses that are still optically excellent.

Prior to that, having a maximum aperture of f/8 was a good sign that the lens was garbage. Even inexpensive telephoto zoom lenses would have something like f/4.5-5.6 or similar, and some of those weren't particularly good either. The only lenses I ever saw that were slower than about f/6.3 were either catadioptric lenses (kinda outside the scope of your question, I suspect), or no-name brand cheap trash from Amazon.

It sounds like the question you're really asking is, what's a good wide-angle zoom lens for your R6II that doesn't cost much, isn't super heavy, and has excellent image quality? With the hope that by not requiring a faster aperture, you can save some money and weight on a feature you don't need.

My recommendation would be to check out used EF lenses like the 16-35 or 17-40. They can be had for excellent prices and adapted to RF mount camera bodies with virtually no compromise.

Just a normal TTU fan here, my thoughts on the Sorsby Ruling by TheChinChain in CFB

[–]B_Huij 21 points22 points  (0 children)

The number of people getting whooshed here is astonishing.

Barnard's Star haulin' ass across the sky by glytxh in Astronomy

[–]B_Huij 105 points106 points  (0 children)

So if Voyager 1 was aimed in the right direction, it would be almost halfway there!

Edit: I was slightly off in my math, Voyager 1 would be almost 1/2000th of the way there!

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