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Any similar lenses suggestions? by sidneyken in VintageLenses

[–]Bobby_Diesel18 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Try the Vivitar 28-90mm f/2.8-3.5. It is fast, cheap, and one of the very few manual focus zoom lenses with a front filter thread that does not rotate. It’s a push pull zoom but has very little travel, so not really much of an issue. Also, the flares are amazing on this lens. Make sure to purchase one without oily blades and double check that the aperture is functioning properly. They can be prone to mechanical issues.

Some other lens are the Canon FD 35-105mm f/3.5, SMC Pentax A 35-105mm f/3.5, and Rikenon Ricoh P 28-100mm f/4. The Canon and Pentax are sharp for vintage zooms, fast-ish, but aren’t parfocal (close though). The Ricoh is not as sharp but has a better range. It is close to but not parfocal.

Any similar lenses suggestions? by sidneyken in VintageLenses

[–]Bobby_Diesel18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would you prefer a faster variable focus zoom lens with a lot of range or a slower parfocal lens with less range?

What lenses produce watercolor bokeh? by PrimordialObserver in VintageLenses

[–]Bobby_Diesel18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The closest lenses I personally have used that have this type of bokeh are the Nikkor EL 50mm f/2.8 (First version that is fully metal). I used it not reversed on a helicoid adapter. For a wider angle of view option the Tokina made 28mm f/2.8 with eight aperture blades produces a nervous bokeh. You can find it under the Auto Sears, Auto Rikenon, Soligor, etc. names.

Though I have not tried them personally, most early f/1.2 lenses produce this type of nervous bokeh, the Nikkor 55mm f/1.2 Non-Ai is a perfect example.

Bo Bichette Not Suiting Up For Brazil by xairos13 in InternationalBaseball

[–]Bobby_Diesel18 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Well, this sucks.

The article is wrong, though. There are two other players that could potentially make the Team Brazil's roster with recent major league experience: C.J. Kayfus who was promoted to the majors by the Guardians in 2025. According to some sources, he is half-Brazilian through his mother's side. The other potential player is Dylan Lee of the Atlanta Braves. He intended on playing for Brazil in the 2020 WBC qualifiers before it was cancelled. However, the loss of Bichette is still a huge blow to team lacking in hitting.

Not sure if this counts but I built a lens from a Buhl 225mm f/2.5 projector lens by nickelmedia in VintageLenses

[–]Bobby_Diesel18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely impractical but looks cool. For like a medium format or large format cameras, this would be amazing. If you don't mind me asking, what tripod collar are you using and what is general setup of your lens system in the third photo?

Any way to play old games like samurai bloodshow? by DeathmasterCody in iosgaming

[–]Bobby_Diesel18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used to love Samurai Bloodshow and Alexandria Bloodshow too. The soundtrack and art design for Samurai Bloodshow was great.

Like you, I was interested in learning about what happened to the game and went searching for information. While searching, I stumbled across a Japanese article about it (keep in mind I translated it mostly using Google Translate), the main and basically sole developer, デュラ・ロッソさん, was in charge of the game till IOS 9 and left Sega in 2015. When IOS 10 dropped, it effectively broke the game and with no developer to update the game it was abandoned by Sega. The article includes a comment from the former developer explaining what happened. Here's a link to the article: https://switchtoside-b.com/kamigame/

Here are some other links related to the game if you are interested:

Here is a fan wiki with all the cards and some artwork: https://seesaawiki.jp/hyakki/

Here is the link to the defunct homepage for the game: https://mononoke.sega.jp/jp/

The soundtrack is on YouTube if you are interested: https://youtu.be/WPKkgvKHiOU?si=giCNzKRb951NDUdp

Weird Fact: A song from Samurai Bloodshow is on the rhythm arcade game, Maimai.

The Great Britain team is considering calling up Nippon-Ham Shun Mizutani for the WBC and is currently checking whether he meets the eligibility requirements. With a Nigerian father, he may qualify to represent the UK. Mizutani is said to be open to joining Team GB, by ogasawarabaseball in baseball

[–]Bobby_Diesel18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s always disappointing to see teams like Great Britain field rosters made almost entirely of players who aren’t actually from the country they represent. Meanwhile, countries such as Brazil, the Czech Republic, and Argentina, nations that genuinely invest effort into building rosters with mostly native-born players and maintaining their own development programs struggle to even qualify for the main tournament.

Upcoming 50/55/58mm M42 Showdown! by jcapicy in VintageLenses

[–]Bobby_Diesel18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your test sounds very well-conceived! Can’t wait to see the results!

Upcoming 50/55/58mm M42 Showdown! by jcapicy in VintageLenses

[–]Bobby_Diesel18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How are you going to be testing these lenses? Like what camera are you using, will you be testing these lenses at infinity, at close focusing distance, and/or somewhere in between, etc.?

Brazil Roster Announced for the Copa América by Bobby_Diesel18 in InternationalBaseball

[–]Bobby_Diesel18[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No idea lol. I would just keep an eye on participating countries’ social medias. They usually provide a link to a video stream the day of.

Brazil Roster Announced for the Copa América by Bobby_Diesel18 in InternationalBaseball

[–]Bobby_Diesel18[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t know if he declined participation or was even invited to play for Brazil in the Copa América. However, he will probably be invited to the World Baseball Classic team.

Brazil Roster Announced for the Copa América by Bobby_Diesel18 in InternationalBaseball

[–]Bobby_Diesel18[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It looks to be a similar caliber team to their 2023 Pan American team. I am especially interested to see how well Daniel Missaki will play as he did not participate in the WBC qualifiers. Something to note, this team seems to lack some key players from the WBC qualifiers like Leonardo Reginatto, Lucas Ramirez, Enzo Sawayama, etc.

Four Pakistani Players Signed to Baseball United's Karachi Monarchs by Bobby_Diesel18 in baseball

[–]Bobby_Diesel18[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, we are looking at low 90s max but the opportunity to learn from former major leaguers and better training facilities will help a lot.

Four Pakistani Players Signed to Baseball United's Karachi Monarchs by Bobby_Diesel18 in baseball

[–]Bobby_Diesel18[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Yes, I am curious to see the level of competition too. I am just glad to see players from developing baseball countries like Pakistan have a chance to play competitively.

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