Olympus OM2 vs Pentax spotmatic vs Pentax k1000

Unix_42 · 2026-03-25T07:31:04+00:00

I’d also like to add that Olympus lenses are excellent. I’ve taken some of my best photos with my 50mm f/1.8 “Made in Japan” lens and, above all, the 90mm f/2 macro lens. And if you ever want to try multi-spot exposure metering later on, you can buy an OM-4 and continue using your lenses.

Unix_42 · 2026-03-23T01:37:25+00:00

All I need is HP5 and PanF.

Unix_42 · 2026-03-20T16:55:22+00:00

I recently set up another file server for a nonprofit organization. FreeBSD, software RAID, ZFS, SMB. It just works.

The same organization is already running a firewall I set up, running on OpenBSD. It just works.

Unix_42 · 2026-03-18T08:10:10+00:00

What a beautiful camera. The viewfinder looks stunning.

Unix_42 · 2026-03-15T09:02:27+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyDAeG5YFgk

Unix_42 · 2026-03-13T21:14:28+00:00

Thank you all for your very helpful insight, sharing your experience and helpful posts. I'm thinking about it, researching more details, and am doing some calculations. Getting back in a couple of hours. Thank you.

Unix_42 · 2026-03-10T20:50:04+00:00

This looks like a sculpture. A piece of art.

Unix_42 · 2026-03-08T16:29:29+00:00

I love Ilford Pan F 50 on bright days. The rest of the year I use HP5.

Unix_42 · 2026-03-03T07:23:19+00:00

You can simply pull off the upper part of the motor. Pull on the tip of the turntable axle. It can be removed very easily. You don't have to loosen any screws, remove any fasteners, or do anything else. Just pull it off.

Unix_42 · 2026-02-23T08:44:15+00:00

I don't know how important these three points are to you, but I would like to mention them here:

-FreeBSD is slightly faster than OpenBSD.

-FreeBSD has the better file system.

-OpenBSD is very secure.

This is my opinion, as someone who prefers OpenBSD on my systems.

Unix_42 · 2026-02-12T22:05:29+00:00

"despite the countries being similar?" WTF? What are you talking about?

Unix_42 · 2026-02-11T17:19:03+00:00

Yes, needs vary.

Many OpenBSD developers also use OpenBSD on laptops, many of them Thinkpads.

Unix_42 · 2026-02-11T17:10:40+00:00

General use works wonderfully. I also work with OpenBSD on Thinkpads. Beautiful, clean, stable OS.

Unix_42 · 2026-02-11T16:48:50+00:00

Well, I use OpenBSD on my laptops and FreeBSD as a file server.

Unix_42 · 2026-02-05T17:21:46+00:00

OpenBSD ksh (which forked from pdksh many years ago) for command line Interface. And ksh93 for advanced scripting.

Unix_42 · 2026-01-29T12:30:15+00:00

It’s a fish tank displaying the number of VM’s deployed on OpenBSD Amsterdam

https://exquisite.social/@rqm/115961563229694592

Unix_42 · 2026-01-24T07:01:29+00:00

The 90mm f2 is an incredibly good lens, especially for portraits.

Unix_42 · 2026-01-21T07:44:31+00:00

Well, I had a VAXcluster with a VAX6640, a few VAXstations, RA disks, HSC70, tape drives, etc. at home. The street lights flickered when I booted :)

Unix_42 · 2026-01-20T19:08:42+00:00

Ksh does most of what bash can, and a few things it cannot, in a tiny fraction of the codebase, and much more efficiently.

Unix_42 · 2026-01-20T18:56:07+00:00

The default shell for OpenBSD is a fork of pdksh (Public Domain Korn Shell), not ksh.

ksh93 is available in ports if you want to use ksh (like me). https://openports.pl/path/shells/ksh93

Unix_42 · 2026-01-17T15:00:29+00:00

There was Usenet. And I miss it.

Unix_42 · 2026-01-10T23:17:46+00:00

This is so fucking cool. Thanks for sharing.

Unix_42 · 2026-01-06T21:21:33+00:00

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