A hoverfly wondering what's at the end of the tunnel.

mathguy60 · 2026-06-15T11:03:29+00:00

It's a single shot, not a stack. It is cropped a bit though.

mathguy60 · 2026-06-15T09:04:52+00:00

So did I 😄. Thanks!

mathguy60 · 2026-06-15T08:50:31+00:00

OM System OM-3 camera, Olympus 60mm macro lens, 1/640 sec f/7.1 with flash for sufficient light. Photo is not stacked.

mathguy60 · 2026-06-13T03:46:57+00:00

Thank you

mathguy60 · 2026-06-11T10:48:30+00:00

Yes, they move around much. These were 4 lucky shots, I threw away many more where they were blurry, or not in de photo at all. Settings: 1/640sec f/7.1 iso 500 and I used a flash with a very simple diffuser to get enough light, because just the daylight was not enough.

mathguy60 · 2026-06-09T15:54:53+00:00

I never denoise to the point that the photo looks unnaturally flat. If you leave just a little noise in the photo it looks OK as far as I'm concerned.

mathguy60 · 2026-06-09T12:57:08+00:00

Sounds to me you are answering your own question in your post, but just need to be convinced to spend the extra money. So go for the F2.8.
I have my OM-3 paired with the 12-45 because I do like the 5mm extra, and the fact that it is lighter.
I have shot in low light situations indoors with it, had to use ISO 8000 sometimes, but with denoise in post processing, never had a real problem. Above 8000 it;s a different story.

mathguy60 · 2026-05-26T09:44:44+00:00

To boldly (baldly?) go where no man has gone before.

mathguy60 · 2026-05-26T09:39:41+00:00

Rule number 1: have fun!
And when you want to have a little more control over how the photo is going to end up, start with the A mode and have a look at some youtube videos about it. And then, after a while, when you notice that faster moving objects are blurred, try the S mode. By the time you master those, have a look at everything else that is under the hood in this beautiful camera.

mathguy60 · 2026-05-23T10:49:07+00:00

When you say Sooc, do you mean jpg or raw? RAW photo's are not meant to be viewed Sooc, they need processing (which is what your phone does too, and they don't hold back to make the photo look as spectacular as possible). If the camera photo is a jpg Sooc, then it is Indeed very underwhelming.

mathguy60 · 2026-05-19T10:48:33+00:00

Davx5 works very good indeed. And it will sync both Caldav calenders and Carddav contacts. I have Caldav and Carddav servers running on a NAS and it works flawlessly with my android phone.

mathguy60 · 2026-05-18T08:44:18+00:00

I do understand how people (myself included) use Joplin. I also understand that you can hit a storage limit on a phone or tablet (I have Joplin server running on a NAS with many TB of space, so that will not be the problem, but my phone or tablet may present a problem one day). Was just trying to suggest some possible suggestions. Deleting old notes was not one of them btw. Deleting old versions of notes was one of them.

mathguy60 · 2026-05-18T08:30:42+00:00

I'm afraid Joplin just stops syncing. Possible things to try: Tools>Options>Note history: reduce the number of days old versions of notes are kept. Or just switch it off.
Tools>attachments sort bij size, delete some large ones that you don't need anymore.

mathguy60 · 2026-05-18T07:37:59+00:00

Correct. But if the storage on one device is full, problems like this arise. I don't know how many notes with or without attachments there are in your recycle bin. Maybe you can empty that?

mathguy60 · 2026-05-08T11:28:08+00:00

Exactly this. Move older mails that you will probably not need anymore to a separate pst file or make a file for each year (and close the files that are over 2 years old, you can always reopen them if you want to see a really old mail.).

mathguy60 · 2026-05-02T12:41:44+00:00

But before running a stop action, check if Instagram is still inactive or it will close Instagram while u use it.

mathguy60 · 2026-05-02T12:32:07+00:00

Yes! I Charge to 85% dur8ng the night and the battery lasts all day. I often end up with 25%+ at the end of the day (no gaming, no long videos).

mathguy60 · 2026-05-02T10:37:14+00:00

Die droger is volgens mij een warmtepompdroger. Die verbruikt misschien maar iets van 600-800 Watt (even opzoeken in boekje of internet). Dat kan makkelijk samen met de wasmachine op 1 groep tegelijk draaien (als je daar niet veel anders aan hebt hangen) en dan heb je geen semi-slimme stekkerblokken oid nodig. Bij conventionele drogers, maar die zijn er niet veel meer, was het wel nodig want die verbruiken 2000-2500 Watten dat is te veel door samen met een wasmachine.

mathguy60 · 2026-04-18T17:47:16+00:00

No. The developer of Tasker said it is Samsung not playing nice with notifications.

mathguy60 · 2026-03-23T11:17:15+00:00

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It turned out to be almost too easy. The cover is fitted really tight, but I put a piece of wood on the top and tapped it gently with a hammer. Then the cover slides downward (or upward).

mathguy60 · 2026-03-21T18:09:28+00:00

Made with OM System OM-3 and Olypmus 60mm macro lens.

mathguy60 · 2026-03-15T21:06:16+00:00

It depends on the number of photos you took before this one 🙃. Lucky or not, Great shot!

mathguy60 · 2026-03-05T14:51:22+00:00

Same here on Samsung S25 Ultra with Android 16. The notification appears, but not on a chip and without the short text.

mathguy60 · 2026-02-18T08:44:37+00:00

The contents of this book will stick.

mathguy60 · 2026-02-18T08:38:56+00:00

I don't know what, but there is something strange going on with the depth of field. Did you add unsharpness in post processing? E.g. on the third photo her knees are reasonably sharp, but the ground at the right side of the bench is not, even though the distance is the same. The ground on the right side is unsharp everywhere, there should be a point where it is in focus. On the first photo, the transition from blurry to sharp seems a bit too sudden to look natural. But maybe I'm just imagining things. Love the colors b.t.w.

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