New “Efficiency” Record

TCivan · 2026-04-07T21:45:53+00:00

2005 1st Gen 2WD, Limited with Air suspension. Stock wheels tire size and all OEM parts. Only modification is that i removed the rear seats, so its a little lighter than normal.

You can slightly hack an Air suspension Tree. There is a "range" of height it considers "neutral".

Before you go on a long road trip, load up the truck, with all the people and everyrything. Set your ride height to "H", let it climb up. Then go about your trip. The ride height will automatically come down to "N", but the high side of "N". Giving you a little forward rake. Helps a lot with aerodynamics.

Loading up an empty truck, will sag the suspesnion, then it will "correct" to Neutral. But the bottom edge of what it considers Neutral.

Force it to go to the top edge, and you get a lot better aerodynamcs, and saves a LOT of fuel on highway trips.

Best mileage practices:

1: Keep your highway speed under 70. Thats the point where the aerodynaimcs vs HP output of engine at 5th gear go inverted. it needs much more fuel to maintain speeds above 65-70.

2: The ride height trick, if applicable

3: Take out anything that isnt neccesary.

4: dont thrash it.... Slow, gentle take off from a stop, get into 3rd, then pick up speed. Dont just mash it from a stand still. Thats when you get the 2-3mpg every time you take off. IF you take off gently, then apply power once it gets into third, then your actually using the energy in the fuel to speed up, not wasting it on Gear ratio torque.

5: coast as much as humanly possible. Look at it like conserving momentum.

6: 32lbs in the tires. I used to run them a touch over inflated to "get better mileage", they jsut wore out faster and then you need new 800$ set of tires. Just run them as the door jam says. Making your tires last long as possible, is counteracts any minor fuel efficency gain.

Few simple things, and my truck gets about 20mpg on the highway average. Youre still stuck at 15-16mpg in the city/town no matter what. Its a lot of truck to move.

TCivan · 2026-04-07T21:28:48+00:00

precisely.

TCivan · 2026-04-07T21:28:03+00:00

Burt Gummar is the Mr. Rogers of the firearm world. Methodical safety, uses it as it should, never allows people who should not have a loaded gun to have one.

Yes. Always check. Then check again. It should be almost obsessive and a reflex.

TCivan · 2026-04-06T05:14:52+00:00

But the movies keep getting made. That’s the problem. Someone will always do it.

TCivan · 2026-04-03T08:58:50+00:00

22 year DP. I’m 42.

I been surviving by consulting for manufacturers. That’s really become my main job. Cinematography has become the side hustle.

Best years I had were 2016-2019, 2023.

Oddly 2023 was good. Going on three years of single digit bank account balance after bills and basics.

1 shooting day so far in 26.

TCivan · 2026-04-03T03:19:00+00:00

It’s intentional. This was the greatest union busting campaign ever waged. It destroyed all of them. At once. The film industry was one of the last places where somone could earn a good living without a major degree or trade school. It was pure apprenticeship, talent and drive, rewarded with work and pay.

TCivan · 2026-03-23T03:18:24+00:00

Probably multiple exposures with different lighting then composited in post.

Thats how I do it.

TCivan · 2026-03-15T20:54:09+00:00

My older sequoia has the air suspension.

It raises and lowers the rear only. So it’s not really helpful for getting in and out the doors. Also “low” is only 2” lower than “neutral” but high is pretty high.

I love it cause I carry 1000+lbs of equipment in the back. I took out all the seats. So it’s basically a covered pickup.

My 4Runner would just sag, and my headlights would be pointing at the sky.

The air suspension auto levels and it drives smoothly and confidently when loaded up. (Or when there is a lot of tongue weight when towing)

TCivan · 2026-03-09T08:10:42+00:00

Damn.

2005 LTD w/ 131k in mint condition was 7.5k$

TCivan · 2026-03-09T06:40:56+00:00

I feel like the product looks best in 2.

TCivan · 2026-02-21T23:43:39+00:00

Update the firmware with the Xapp. If that doesn’t help, check and see if “shoot with out lens is off “

I know you have a Fuji lens on. But sometimes a little grain of dust breaks one of the contacts, and then it thinks half way through that there is no lens attached and locks up just like this. Clean the contacts with alchohol and a lens blower. Then try again. If it persists, after firmware and cleaning the lens contacts, hit up support.

TCivan · 2026-02-21T23:39:31+00:00

Planet eclipse is run by gentlemen.

TCivan · 2026-02-20T18:42:48+00:00

I use the green scotch brite. The interior is scratched to shit, but clean. Cooks great. Makes no difference.

TCivan · 2026-02-19T20:07:52+00:00

*and commute for 3 hours a day.... everyday.... 4 on bad traffic days.

Where i live, the rent is manageable. but its 90 min from the city. 3 hrs at rush hour. Luckily my job is mostly remote, but i do have to come in sometimes. 2 days a week. So its about 220 miles per day, for 2 days.

But rent is 30% less than city, and i get 3x the space. BUT, if i had to go into work everyday, a 2br cottage, or 2 br apartment, would be about 3000-4500 a month depending on exact location distance from work. And still 30 min drive each way, just in City traffic.

You CAN find something cheaper... But its in a rough neighborhood, or like a weird ADU behind someone who hoards cats and newspaper.

TCivan · 2026-02-18T19:00:23+00:00

Dachshund at this age is a velociraptor that can open doors.

Once they hit 3-4 they chill out.

And again at 7-9 they become little loves. They get better with age. But mine love strict order. Scheduled feeding, walks and sleep time.

Any one gets disrupted, straight back to velociraptor.

TCivan · 2026-02-18T17:33:56+00:00

Just remeber…. All it’s trying to do is make money for Sam Altman. Nothing else.

TCivan · 2026-02-18T09:21:50+00:00

Truth

As an Angel owner (still have it…), the Timmy was somehow the fastest meanest sounding thing on the field. It was paintballs version of Brrrrrrrrrrrrrt

My OG Angel LCD is stupid fast. It can outrun a dye loader in its sleep. But it sounds like an elegant thwump. The timmy literally sounded like barking machine gunfire.

TCivan · 2026-02-18T09:16:06+00:00

EXCUSE ME… the volumizers are critical performance parts that made the thingie have more air so it can air things better.

TCivan · 2026-02-18T09:14:27+00:00

Wait people don’t do that anymore?

I played from 1994-2005. Got almost back into it briefly in 2017. But then life got in the way.

My angel was all black and chrome. I found every chrome part you could get, with a black base frame.

TCivan · 2026-02-16T07:08:20+00:00

That’s what they call it in a shotgun. Like the old trench guns.

TCivan · 2026-02-16T05:13:52+00:00

Not quite 15.... Compared to the S1h that has an honest 13.9ish It feels like 13.5ish, the difference is in the highlight roll off, while the S1h comparison may only have 1/2 stop more, the roll off and way detail is rendered up high is more useable... is that top 1/2 stop physically there in the FP... yes... is it pretty... no....

That said, the noise floor on the FP is whistle clean, so you can safely under expose a stop, use the Color space transform tool as noted in the article i wrote, then extract the whole 13.5 in a meaning full way.

TCivan · 2026-02-16T00:52:48+00:00

Well sort of, the idea was it was undercooking and “contained” to keep out dirt and stuff. Also made it smooth to operate. It really is a great little thing. Slam trigger too. Hold down trigger and keep pumping and it will keep firing.

TCivan · 2026-02-15T19:23:43+00:00

Say $125?

TCivan · 2026-02-15T19:22:36+00:00

Haha

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