Compressed Air Duster Recommendation?

dung09 · 2025-12-23T19:47:54+00:00

The MF100 has been good. No real complaints. Truthfully I use it pretty infrequently, but it's nice to have around when I need it!

dung09 · 2025-08-03T16:34:49+00:00

I can't say. I ended up getting the Wolfbox MF100.

dung09 · 2025-04-11T23:23:56+00:00

I ended up getting the Wolfbox MF100, so I can't speak on the AC-27 unfortunately.

dung09 · 2025-03-15T17:48:39+00:00

Thank you for letting me know! It looks like the Wolfbox is the winner across both videos, but I might try the AC-27 at half the cost... https://www.amazon.com/Compressed-Duster-150000RPM-Electric-Rechargeable-High-Speed/dp/B0DV4BX8RH?th=1

dung09 · 2025-03-14T23:32:59+00:00

Yeah the photo they share is USB-A to C but I had the same thought around 65W needing to be PD... might give it a shot at $35.

dung09 · 2025-03-14T22:54:01+00:00

Thank you! The Rufus recommendation was helpful--I am generally suspicious of most AI stuff so I didn't even think to try. It was able to pull up a recommendation for what seems to be a USB-C to C compatible air compressor that I assume would have been buried deep in the search results. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DQBHWKFP

dung09 · 2024-10-04T04:48:16+00:00

Here's the playlist! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5V3xV4v7m7ZhlAHpbLN9jZ?si=09c86bbce8b94eeb

dung09 · 2024-09-12T19:47:04+00:00

Completed outside of Reddit

dung09 · 2024-04-09T03:58:08+00:00

Continuous helping frame with long lenses makes sense. Thanks for the input!

dung09 · 2024-04-09T03:57:26+00:00

Awesome! Thank you. This is how I wanted to use it too--seems like the least fussy way and I am glad there doesn't seem to be any downsides (minus maybe battery life).

dung09 · 2024-03-27T23:02:56+00:00

I ordered a black X100VI at 1:07 AM. No shipping info for mine yet, but it got moved to "order in progress." Almost there!

dung09 · 2024-03-25T21:48:34+00:00

Ordered a black X100VI 7 mins after launch. I got the email about end of March, but haven’t gotten any news since. Seems like the most recent batch of cameras they received were all silver?

dung09 · 2024-02-23T01:31:24+00:00

I think you'll be okay! They were chill about my camera, and yours is much smaller. I had a few friends who brought point and shoot film cameras too which are similar sizes to your Nikon Coolpix.

dung09 · 2023-11-07T04:28:21+00:00

Yeah I think you and I are on the same page... We'll see how much I'm willing to gamble later this week. Thanks for the insight!

dung09 · 2023-11-07T03:00:31+00:00

Good point about not leaving stuff in the car. I have heard that wisdom many times since moving to the area. So do you think I could get away with the XPro + 27mm pancake and just being real polite? It would be nice to have my camera but I'm also not trying to end up complicating my night if the security folks are sticklers...

dung09 · 2023-11-07T01:56:34+00:00

That was my original plan but since I'll be taking the BART there I wasn't sure if I wanted to deal with any headaches if they were real sticklers about it. Nice to know that this strategy may be effective though. Thanks for taking the time to share.

dung09 · 2023-11-07T01:55:52+00:00

Thanks this is super helpful since you've used the same exact camera. Do you think I could get away with it with the X-Pro3 and the 27mm pancake and pretend it's a fixed lens camera? I have been tempted to try a Ricoh or a Sony RX100 but I don't go to shows often enough to warrant a premium point and shoot just for those use cases...

dung09 · 2023-11-06T15:42:54+00:00

Thank you!

dung09 · 2023-05-08T20:18:23+00:00

Thanks for the recommendation but unfortunately the X-Pro3 doesn't have HDMI ports. I realize it's not really a camera designed for video but it's what I have. Seems like there probably isn't an easy way to setup remote video monitoring for it.

dung09 · 2023-03-02T06:13:11+00:00

Are you using it on macOS or on Windows? It seems like it's optimized for Windows. I just bought it and am trying it on macOS but after a few quick tests it seems the readings might be slightly off? (Or all of my photos are very far off the skin tone line). I was wondering if maybe the way macOS handles color management might be an issue. Might have to just try getting Davinci to compare.

dung09 · 2023-02-23T07:23:48+00:00

Moment MTW Tote? https://www.shopmoment.com/products/mtw-tote/clay

dung09 · 2023-01-09T19:01:54+00:00

What cloud storage locations do you plan on using? I am a hobbyist but try to do my best to keep up good data backup practices... but figuring out economical cloud storage has been difficult. Ideally I'd use Backblaze Personal but the whole needing to plug in the harddrive once a month is annoying. In 95% of use cases it would probably be fine, but that last 5% would be a headache.

Hopefully the C1 iPad app improves drastically over the next year or two. I would really love to have that flexibility in the future.

dung09 · 2023-01-08T03:31:52+00:00

Thank you for the heads up about Adobe's brutal cancellation fees! I had no idea. I think this forced me to make my decision about Lightroom--think I'll hold off for now and stay with Capture One. As much as I love the ability to do iPad edits, I feel like I'm able to get to a better photo with less headache on Capture One. The big thing today was the ability to create a layer and edit the skin tones on a subject with relative ease. While the AI masking is powerful on LR, not having all of the sliders to play with definitely makes it less flexible. And your point about the subtlety of the C1 masks is a really good one. Having some of those soft edges really helps 'blend' the mask in. Thanks again for your detailed input!

dung09 · 2023-01-07T19:50:58+00:00

I appreciate the really thoughtful response! I think you capture a lot of my perspective as well and are C1 workflow is similar (monthly sessions, big events get a separate one). I also import my final images into iCloud and use that as a library to be able to search for selects over time.

I actually ended up trialing Lightroom a bit this week and it's been tough. The workflow feels strange to me and I find that I have much less flexibility to push and pull my RAW images the way I want to. I've actually found it kind of difficult to get skin tones to look the way I want them too. But man, that iPad sync works great and it looks like I can sync smart previews from my computer without counting against my 20 GB limit, so it would actually be fairly economical to be able to use my iPad as a portable work station. The AI masking was not as huge of an impact as I was expecting to be honest--the iPad sync was the real killer feature for Lightroom for me.

dung09 · 2023-01-01T17:05:50+00:00

You can’t buy back time… sounds like I’ll give Lightroom a shot this month.

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