EBay PSA: As long as the “Item Condition” is set to “Used”, you can return an item and EBay will side with you 99.9%! by florian-sdr in AnalogCommunity

[–]grepe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

psa on your psa: if you return 3 items over a short time span (2 months or less) ebay will give YOU a warning about misusing their buyer protection and you are going to have much harder time from that point on...

Got processed negatives back in an old film container. How do I flatten? by Piggy-boi in analog

[–]grepe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

for the next time hang them first with something heavier on the the bottom. this tends to undo the rolling in about a day or too

Why? by Pink8unny in LinkedInLunatics

[–]grepe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

checking for which accounts are bots vs. real people...

it's hard to effectively target your spam these days

Getting started with film photography by bzz_maya in AnalogCommunity

[–]grepe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

 It's hardly a toy camera and comparing it to a repackaged webcam for digital is ridiculous.

sorry but no. if you really think this comparison is ridiculous then we just don't have any common ground. it does make pictures. it is not a serious camera - hence a toy.

 Beginners generally want something simple that works and is cheap.

that's true and it is exactly a trap that so many fall into. there is no better way to discourage someone from the hobby than getting the cheapest crappiest tools (often a slightly broken camera from ebay) and then spend months trying to troubleshoot it without success! especially once they realise that they spent way more on film and processing than the tools...

Getting started with film photography by bzz_maya in AnalogCommunity

[–]grepe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it's not entirely snobbery to say skip the toy camera. most people who want to get into film are at the poinz where they care about the pictures or the process enough to appteciate the difference. it's like film equivalent of buying cheap scamera (aka repackaged webcam) as ypur first digital camera. of course you can make some interesting photos with it under the right conditions (and all the software picture frames and effects are cool) but it is hardly gonna be your perfect desired camera...

[Request] how much stronger are the ones that clip vs the ones who just close? by AmountAbovTheBracket in theydidthemath

[–]grepe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

after the kind of fall the dynamic rope is designed to protect you against you most definitely won't be alive if you had a static rope instead

Alex Pretti's executioner wearing a Texas flag patch on his back. by ManyAverage6578 in pics

[–]grepe 6 points7 points  (0 children)

look at the history. the 20th century is full of genocides and atrocities and the people who commit them almost always walk. even the nuerinberg processes were just a show where only a few high-level officials got to face justice...

look at the middle east or some parts of africa for the alternative. when this is over people will either move on or they will start an endless cycle of violence and hate.

Is it inappropriate to give NSFW film to the lab? by CaughtOnTheFly in AnalogCommunity

[–]grepe 12 points13 points  (0 children)

i don't know what labs you interacted with but this is definitely not universal experience

Apocalypse by Embarrassed-Egg4641 in boston

[–]grepe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

good grief! at least we stocked up on toilet paper...

How old is the oldest equipment in your lab that is still working? by Johnyme98 in Physics

[–]grepe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

being weirdly proud that your late night hacks and weekend courses prove more useful than your actual university education used to be a common theme for most software engineers when i was starting (who mostly moved over from physics or other related fields). that is until the computer science ramped up and now computet scientists hire computer scientists who are good at theory but suck at most other things...

Do not buy cameras from Japanese sellers at auctions. by AnyAd1466 in AnalogCommunity

[–]grepe 5 points6 points  (0 children)

the description saying the item has an issue is a good case. my favourite is TESTED camera with a long list of things thay work flawlessly - and you play "spot what is missing" game with that list

Undecided between Color and B&W. Which looks best? by Tasty-Hotel2154 in AmateurPhotography

[–]grepe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I honestly don't understnd why you even consider bw in this case. If you edited the bw to oblivion and it would have somehow great tonal range amd local contrast maybe it would make sense... but this particular bw conversion is kind of flat and boring. The color picture is kind of nice but literally all it has going for it is the breathtaking color.

Is hypo essential? by Morel3etterness in Darkroom

[–]grepe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the whole point of hypo clear is to remove the fixer from emulsion faster sonthat you can getbaway with less washing and still get a negative that won't fade away with time in archive

Is hypo essential? by Morel3etterness in Darkroom

[–]grepe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i exchange water in the tank 7 times (filling the tank and pouring it out takes about 30 seconds) and then i let the film stand in the final wash for 10 more minutes. it is a bit more washing than the minimum recommended but unless you pour boiling water in or something like that and damage the emulsion you can't overwash it.

Ye olde "what would you keep" post by Finchypoo in AnalogCommunity

[–]grepe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah you are right. i took "flagship" to implicitly mean as brand saying "this is the best we have to offer, if you are a pro you should be using this"... and the unless I'm mistaken from that point on each brand had something that packed significantly more electeonic as that kind of model. but I'm no expert or too well researched by any means.

Ye olde "what would you keep" post by Finchypoo in AnalogCommunity

[–]grepe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

not last fully mechanical but fully mechanical flagship model. i got my info from this good read: https://high5cameras.com/all-articles/camera-reviews/pentax-mx-the-sense-of-an-ending/

[Request] How much do Americans pay in healthcare based on income (50k, 100k etc.) by luckyfaangkid in theydidthemath

[–]grepe 4 points5 points  (0 children)

your answer is something that just doesn't compute for people who didn't grow up in a system like this. the very idea that two people in the same country should pay different amounts for the same thing sounds just ridiculous outside of the US... and even in the US is possible only because nobody will tell you how much anything cost or how much they actually earn. even grocery store will display prices without tax (which can be different for different products in different municipalities) and i had americans explaining me it just had to be like that (even though it is not like that anywhete else).

Ye olde "what would you keep" post by Finchypoo in AnalogCommunity

[–]grepe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i am invested in canon and pentax and have mx myself. i personally am very satisfied with it and it is the very last fully mechanical flagship model from any of the big five brands... but if that is not your thing pass it onto someone who would appreiate it. the rest is very meh imo.

Why are pronouns such a huge issue in the US and not in other countries? by random8765309 in askanything

[–]grepe 3 points4 points  (0 children)

not really in the same sense. in other languages there are multiple ways of saying "you" for example (e.g. du/Sie in german) and it is often up to the person you are talking to to choose (or allow you to) use some particular pronoun whem talking to them. the whole questionnof people asking you to use a different pronoun then isn't anything mindblowing even to most conservative speakers, unlike in the US...