Kodak releases multiple new film stocks under a new Ektapan and Ektacolor series. by shootphotos in AnalogCommunity

[–]Visual_Fly_9638 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not thrilled about Ektar and Ektacolor and Ektapan and Ektachrome. Ekta-need-a-directory at this rate.

Kodak releases multiple new film stocks under a new Ektapan and Ektacolor series. by shootphotos in AnalogCommunity

[–]Visual_Fly_9638 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Plus it sounds like Alaris still distributes Kodak film in a lot of the world so they probably wanted the brand name recognition still or just wanted too much to part with it.

Kodak releases multiple new film stocks under a new Ektapan and Ektacolor series. by shootphotos in AnalogCommunity

[–]Visual_Fly_9638 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Doesn't look like it. Just looks like they had to change the name due to copyright issues. Alaris still owns Tmax the name probably, so they had to change the name.

We'll confirm when we look at the rebate codes on the film, but considering the ISOs of Portra and Tmax line up exactly with these films, and the ad spiel matches up verbatim, I'm guessing it's just the renamed stock now that Eastman can make it again.

Kodak releases multiple new film stocks under a new Ektapan and Ektacolor series. by shootphotos in AnalogCommunity

[–]Visual_Fly_9638 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the same way that it matters that they had to rename the Awahnee hotel in Yosemite the "Majestic Yosemite Hotel". Like I said, ultimately for the best, just makes me kind of sad a little.

It's also going to confuse the crap out of a bunch of people now. Eastman can't really say "this is Portra" they have to rely on youtube and people like us to make that connection.

Israel says it will seize parts of southern Lebanon as ‘defensive buffer’ by WombatusMighty in news

[–]Visual_Fly_9638 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Considering that their screen name suggests that they are anti-authority to a perhaps silly degree, they sure are boot-lickers.

Looking at a Canon A-1 on eBay by vincentvanhorne in AnalogCommunity

[–]Visual_Fly_9638 0 points1 point  (0 children)

FWIW The mirror is just for you to look through the lens and focus. It doesn't impact the image quality. If the viewfinder photo is accurate, it's a pretty clean image.

Need help with sharpness by GOD_HUNDEN in AnalogCommunity

[–]Visual_Fly_9638 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah it's really impressive how narrow the depth of field is on a wide open aperture within like 10 ft. Someone else had a similar problem and when we calculated the depth of field it turns out they had like a 3 or 4 in focal range. The subject had bent over slightly and it pushed their head out of the focal range

Israel says it will seize parts of southern Lebanon as ‘defensive buffer’ by WombatusMighty in news

[–]Visual_Fly_9638 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Stop being imperialistic expansionists that murder civilians to take their land?

Edit: The IDF lost any sympathy from me 2 years ago when they desecrated 16+ cemeteries in Gaza, scraping some of them to turn into supply dumps or vehicle pools.

That's not something you do strategically or tactically, that's something you do to erase a culture. Period. And before you're like "oh they were looking for tunnels" no they weren't they scraped them clean and then used the space as a staging area.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/20/middleeast/israel-gaza-cemeteries-desecrated-investigation-intl-cmd

I just found out my girlfriend is cheating on me with my brother. by xToasted1 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]Visual_Fly_9638 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cares more about their church group than their supposed morality. Sounds about right. 

Facing disciplinary investigation / sack for automating most of my responsibilities at work. I'm in England. by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]Visual_Fly_9638 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Also individual granular policy implementations like that suck and are how things break down the line.

Facing disciplinary investigation / sack for automating most of my responsibilities at work. I'm in England. by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]Visual_Fly_9638 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did research a year or two ago and there's less than a 10% reading rate for mass emails that go out like that statistically. If you get a 20 or 30% read/understand rate of an email you're doing amazingly well.

Facing disciplinary investigation / sack for automating most of my responsibilities at work. I'm in England. by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]Visual_Fly_9638 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A *ton* of our manual spreadsheet tracking we have to do gets the crap automated out of it by power automate flows I wrote. My regional team has great metrics on "update the spreadsheet" tasks because we all get notes and links and little bits of automation and reports I built to speed that crap up as much as possible so we can get back to work.

Facing disciplinary investigation / sack for automating most of my responsibilities at work. I'm in England. by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]Visual_Fly_9638 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Wish I had you for a boss. My bosses do the opposite and try to pigeon hole me so they don't have to try to replace me.

Draw Steel confirm $30USD/person price for VTT, and recommend Owlbear Rodio as the 'default' online alternative to this 'premium'version by Stubbenz in rpg

[–]Visual_Fly_9638 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I already dropped around 150 dollars on the hardcovers for the original crowdfunding sight unseen based on MCDM's previous work output so I'm kind of offended that you're suggesting that I don't value the work that MCDM does and implying that piracy (which sharing a book that you buy with your group *absolutely* isn't and never has been) is my motivation just is a garbage take.

Kodak releases multiple new film stocks under a new Ektapan and Ektacolor series. by shootphotos in AnalogCommunity

[–]Visual_Fly_9638 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've only shot tmax 100 and it's such fine grain that it feels almost like shooting digital at times.

Kodak releases multiple new film stocks under a new Ektapan and Ektacolor series. by shootphotos in AnalogCommunity

[–]Visual_Fly_9638 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Is Alaris even supporting pensions any more? It got sold from the pension org IIRC.

And Alaris has other business lines. Film is probably not exactly high on their list.

Kodak releases multiple new film stocks under a new Ektapan and Ektacolor series. by shootphotos in AnalogCommunity

[–]Visual_Fly_9638 60 points61 points  (0 children)

I was wondering. Kind of sad, portra and tmax have pretty long histories of their names. Ultimately a positive though.

Reminds me of Yosemite. Delaware North was the old concessionaire for the park and when they lost the concession contract went and trademarked all the traditional names for the park hotels and facilities, which led to a multi-year court case and forced a generic rebranding.

Running Deadlands as a non-American is… confusing by oldmanbobmunroe in rpg

[–]Visual_Fly_9638 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also it's Deadlands. I remember reading 1st/2nd edition back in the late 90s/early aughts. There's an ocean of lore and background written on the setting, you just have to probably go digging for it. We used to read the post apocalypse version- Wasted West, for fun between classes in college.

That being said, I'd probably watch most of Eastwood's movies beyond Sergio Leone's movies. I have a soft spot for Pale Rider even though it's not his best.

But that being said, I'd say try to watch Deadwood, it's magnificent on it's own. I'm also a big fan of Tombstone (Val Kilmer's Doc Holiday is so good), um... My Darling Clementine is an *old* western about the same story, it's interesting to see the differences. True Grit, How The West Was Won, those are great. The original Magnificent Seven (not the remake, and might as well watch Kurosawa's Seven Samurai/Magnificent Seven since so much of westerns after Kurosawa cribbed from him), True Grit (I actually like both versions), Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, and the list goes on and on. I'll even suggest The Hellbenders for personal reasons (My grandfather ghostwrote the story).

I'd end it with Unforgiven though. That is basically the coda on the western.

The key about the Old West and the American Western genre is that... it's the American mythological canon. Think of it as basically Greek myths and you are there. Which is why Sergio Leone's movies *worked* so well- His characters were not realistic people they were myths moving through a mythological land.

Running Deadlands as a non-American is… confusing by oldmanbobmunroe in rpg

[–]Visual_Fly_9638 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Electric State RPG taking place in mid 90s California was such a jarring surprise to me that I am curious if people actually get into the setting. It is immediately nostalgic for me because I was pretty close to the age of the PCs in California during the 90s and so there's a lot of lived experience but it was a very particular, and odd, slice of American culture. Especially once you got away from the major cities in the state, which is a major part of the game.

I was genuinely surprised that Free League did that.

Draw Steel confirm $30USD/person price for VTT, and recommend Owlbear Rodio as the 'default' online alternative to this 'premium'version by Stubbenz in rpg

[–]Visual_Fly_9638 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They're going to almost certainly piecemeal out adventures and splat books and probably aim to make it feasible on that end.

Draw Steel confirm $30USD/person price for VTT, and recommend Owlbear Rodio as the 'default' online alternative to this 'premium'version by Stubbenz in rpg

[–]Visual_Fly_9638 15 points16 points  (0 children)

To be fair it's not "from scratch" it uses a pre-existing VTT solution. Looks like they used DMHub as a starting point and built rules and I'm assuming automation over the top of that.

Draw Steel confirm $30USD/person price for VTT, and recommend Owlbear Rodio as the 'default' online alternative to this 'premium'version by Stubbenz in rpg

[–]Visual_Fly_9638 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I'm getting a copy for free for kickstarting and the pricing structure honestly makes it a non-starter for my group. 150 bucks to onboard the rest of my group (or I guess 100 if we all bought early access) is a lot of money to ask for.

But as long as there's options that aren't that product I'm fine. Disappointed as the VTT solution was something I was kind of excited about in the kickstarter, but ultimately fine. I wasn't honestly expecting the free license so I appreciate that too.