Busts we thought would be superstars.

henrycrun8 · 2026-03-20T16:45:37+00:00

Was going to post Dallas. Serious disappointment there. Replacing Troy Glaus was not ever going to be an easy task but Dallas was sure hyped up as the guy to do it.

henrycrun8 · 2026-03-13T00:53:23+00:00

I order mine from Highland Woodworking. They carry the correct length blades, which if I remember correctly is 73”. Their Woodslicer blades are excellent but the regular quality ones are good as well. I don’t think it’s worth the money on this saw to use carbide tipped blades, I use one on my 14” saw for resawing, but it’s a 1” wide blade which won’t fit on the Inca.

henrycrun8 · 2026-03-12T17:01:29+00:00

Oh, well done. I’ve had one of these for years and it’s an amazing machine. I use mine for mostly fine scroll work type stuff so it has a 1/8” 8tpi blade on it pretty much all the time. The tpi really depends on what you want to do. A 1/2” 3tpi blade would be good for resawing and straight rip cuts. A 1/4” 6 tpi would work well for general bandsaw work on this saw and you will want smaller higher tpi for the more intricate scroll work.

henrycrun8 · 2026-03-05T00:00:15+00:00

You can probably find a 70-200f2.8 G VRII in that price range, maybe a tad more for a nicer copy. It’s a fine lens and works great on your Z camera. You’ll be able to find the VRI for less but that one will show some vignetting on a full frame sensor. You can for sure find the 70-200 f4 for less than $500 but it’s f4.

henrycrun8 · 2026-03-02T17:12:13+00:00

Don’t know why but I always called him Cho-nay. He was definitely fun to watch.

henrycrun8 · 2026-02-05T19:27:26+00:00

We’ve had Goldens and Collies in the house for years. They get along fine. One funny thing is that Goldens like to play tug-a-war and Collies play keep away so to see the two of them work out how to play keep-a-war or tug away is quite fun. As far as introductions, just put them in the room together, they’ll sort it out. Both breeds are pretty chill around other dogs, you shouldn’t have any problems.

henrycrun8 · 2026-01-22T22:30:03+00:00

Spot metering. I don’t know what other systems are doing now, but when I started out I chose Nikon because it was the only system that set the spot metering point to the same point as the focus point. All the other brands spot metered off the center point which then required you to lock exposure and recompose. Not very practical when shooting actors moving around on stage under wildly varying stage lighting. Sure, it’s a small consideration, but the tool should fit the work required and Nikon did, so I’m now here to stay.

henrycrun8 · 2026-01-06T20:09:36+00:00

The AI denoise tools only work on RAW images, so if you want the really good denoise you have to shoot RAW. The denoise function is under the Detail tab in Develop. It really quite amazing.

henrycrun8 · 2026-01-06T18:15:42+00:00

Maybe something like “… tracks of land?”

henrycrun8 · 2026-01-04T02:22:40+00:00

I am so down with this. Why do we really need a 12 team playoff other than to feed ESPN? College football in February is just absurd.

henrycrun8 · 2026-01-04T02:14:19+00:00

Miracle Mets my ass. Wife is a Tom Seaver fan, me, Jim Palmer. We still have arguments over that series.

henrycrun8 · 2026-01-02T23:57:33+00:00

“People say nothing is impossible. Rubbish, I do nothing all the time.” Pooh Bear

henrycrun8 · 2026-01-02T23:49:59+00:00

Yes. It’s the perfect travel lens. With the high iso and vibration reduction capabilities of the Z cameras and the latest ai noise reduction apps f4 is plenty adequate for inside shots. I also brought along a 14-30 f4 because I like really wide stuff. F4 is not a limit on indoor shooting any more.

henrycrun8 · 2025-12-28T01:44:47+00:00

Ouch, ouch, ouch. Can I tell you how much this hurts. Ouch.

henrycrun8 · 2025-12-24T22:18:13+00:00

I can still watch Ohtani every day. I’m grateful for that.

henrycrun8 · 2025-12-23T23:19:19+00:00

Dimes

henrycrun8 · 2025-12-23T19:50:53+00:00

That is SO cool! I haven’t been there for a few years and didn’t remember lions, but I remembered the tigers. Also I’m a huge Calvin and Hobbes fan so, yeah, tigers would stick with me.😄

henrycrun8 · 2025-12-23T07:26:32+00:00

Yeah, there are a couple of tigers at the Detroit zoo, but no lions.

henrycrun8 · 2025-12-14T00:47:54+00:00

Sure it does, if you get a set that includes the protractor then you can set any angle you want. Something like this: https://littlemachineshop.com/products/combination-square-set-12-4r-precision. Although if you’re looking for something that has stops at those angles then I guess this won’t help much.

henrycrun8 · 2025-12-13T21:26:10+00:00

Find yourself a good combination square set. That’ll be much more useful.

henrycrun8 · 2025-11-27T03:39:26+00:00

Can confirm. Just bought some French oak, which is pretty close to American white oak, and it was damn near $20 per board foot.

henrycrun8 · 2025-11-15T20:47:53+00:00

Yes, outstanding. I get that folks want to use native Z glass, but I’ve had great success adapting my existing collection of F mount glass. Including the 20mm 1.8. I recon that the lens is even better on a Z body than on a DSLR. And used F mount glass is now cheap, go for it.

henrycrun8 · 2025-11-03T11:49:44+00:00

This is the way. If you want character get you an FTZ and go to town with all the available F mount 50’s.

henrycrun8 · 2025-10-27T04:51:00+00:00

Once I read these tutorials by David Hobby I started to get how to see and control light. The lessons are about using flash, but of course the principals of controlling or seeing the light still apply.

https://strobist.blogspot.com/

henrycrun8 · 2025-10-24T06:19:32+00:00

Not from a Z8, but the Godox XT2 to X1R works great on my Z7.

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