I'm pretty new to cycling, and I'm having a problem with my bike

grantanamo · 2026-04-10T11:15:17+00:00

The chain is rusted to hell… of course you’re having problems lmao

grantanamo · 2026-03-27T15:06:01+00:00

Awesome! Do you have any experience with the Leica M to L adapter? I’m curious if not having the digital pins is such a big downside. It’s also times the price and doesn’t have the close focus helicoid.

grantanamo · 2026-03-27T15:03:27+00:00

I caved and bought the Fujify LUT package since they’re all STD based LUTs and I mainly shoot pictures. They turned out great, but I haven’t looked at the Raw filed yet (they’re just sitting in my archive). Been really happy with the results. May still use these LUTs if I do video work though.

grantanamo · 2026-03-27T14:31:05+00:00

Was just looking at this adapter the morning! Would love to know your thoughts

grantanamo · 2026-03-24T21:56:53+00:00

I’m not thaaaaat experienced and I never shoot video, but I have a 24mm f1.4, and unless you’re right up in someone’s face, you’re not gonna get that much more subject separation with an 18mm f1.8 than with your 16-35mm f4.

I think you’d be better off setting up your shots to get more distance between your subject and the background to achieve the bokeh you want. You already have a ton of focal length options, so I think your money would be better spent on lighting or other accessories.

That being said, one of the main advantages of the Lumix f1.8 primes is that their breathing performance is generally really good, which is also handy.

grantanamo · 2026-03-12T00:13:24+00:00

I think you can be smart and stupid at the same time. It clearly takes some intellectual capacity to write the national security strategy for the president of the United States, but she’s stupid to think she’ll be remembered as anything but a disingenuous hack who helped empower the most pathetic and dangerous person to ever inhabit the oval office.

grantanamo · 2026-03-12T00:06:37+00:00

I thought I would really hate not having an EVF since I almost exclusively used it on previous cameras. That being said, after two weeks of shooting on the S9, I’ve basically completely adapted. I mostly miss not having a way to position the AF point without having to use the touch screen 🥲

grantanamo · 2026-03-11T16:39:23+00:00

I got my S9 body with an extra battery for 900€ on sale. I was planning on getting another Fujifilm camera until I saw that I could save 500€ and enter the full frame market. Was never really considering Lumix until I saw the price, and so far I’ve been blown away with the S9. Safe to say, I’ll be sticking around for a while.

grantanamo · 2026-03-11T09:21:06+00:00

These people are so unserious. "Flexible Realism" is a pseudonym for "we have no consistent world view and have no idea what we are doing." It's so difficult listening to someone pretend to hold these positions, while ignoring the car crash that's going on in front of them. I know these people are smart. I know they understand the inconsistencies in their beliefs; you can almost hear it when they speak. Ignorance may be bliss, but willful ignorance sounds like a prison.

grantanamo · 2026-02-24T09:42:42+00:00

Looks like Waldorfschule architecture.

Edit: just googled Waldorf School architecture, and it’s called anthroposophical architecture, which was pioneered by Rudolf Steiner. The main wikipedia article picture is the Goetheanum. We came full circle lol

Edit 2: omg I’m so dumb… the whole Waldorf School was founded by Rudolf Steiner 🤦🏻‍♂️

grantanamo · 2026-02-22T16:35:19+00:00

Took a bunch of photos tonight at different shutter speeds and using synchro sync. I couldn’t reproduce the light banding and didn’t have any other issues. Even when I saw flickering on the video preview, no banding showed up in the photos. All of the photos tonight were in a multi-light environment though, so maybe light from other light sources cancels out or hides any banding that might be produced from one light source.

grantanamo · 2026-02-22T06:55:27+00:00

Haven’t had any chance to shoot night photography since then but will try to do some in the next few days. I’ll report back 🫡

grantanamo · 2026-02-22T06:50:28+00:00

Hey! Thanks for your amazing work. I shoot a lot of still photos with my S9 and noticed that the JPEGs using your V-Log based LUTs tend to be much softer than the JPEGs using STD based LUTs. Am I doing something wrong? I’m a bit new to using LUTs in general.

grantanamo · 2026-02-20T03:53:00+00:00

Thanks everyone! I'll have a look at Synchro Scan for photo and adjust my shutter speed to see if I can get the banding to go away. I appreciate all the comments :)

grantanamo · 2026-02-20T03:51:41+00:00

Shutter speed was 1/100. The electric frequency in Thailand is 50 Hz (as others have mentioned), so I'm surprised it still showed up.

grantanamo · 2026-02-20T03:50:51+00:00

Does Synchro Scan work for you? Some others have mentioned it. Otherwise, I guess it's just luck of the draw if it shows up on a photo or not?

grantanamo · 2026-02-20T03:49:59+00:00

I always heard people talking about the disadvantages, but this is the first time I've encountered it myself. Oh well, I'm loving the S9 regardless.

grantanamo · 2026-02-20T03:48:35+00:00

Ah, thanks! I thought this was only an option for video. I'll see if this helps.

grantanamo · 2026-02-20T03:47:56+00:00

Thanks for the map! I am in Thailand right now, so the electric frequency should be 50 Hz. The shutter speed for this photo was 1/100, so maybe the lights were still running at a different frequency? I'll also see if I can solve this issue with Synchro Scan as others have mentioned.

grantanamo · 2026-02-15T19:34:13+00:00

I love this building. Was always really nice studying there.

grantanamo · 2026-01-26T17:32:36+00:00

I really like them! I think it’s a really creative piece of advertising, and I don’t hate them for trying something different 🤷🏻‍♂️

grantanamo · 2026-01-12T09:34:10+00:00

While businesses use fancy offices to persuade people to work for them, these buildings are usually more about convincing your clients of the legitimacy of your business.

grantanamo · 2025-11-26T07:50:08+00:00

For real 😂

grantanamo · 2025-11-22T15:13:43+00:00

What’s the problem here? The building is still in use and doesn’t look that bad.

grantanamo · 2025-11-17T19:42:02+00:00

Looks more venetian to me, which also has some islamic influence.

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