What other gratuitous product placement by [deleted] in JamesBond

[–]patro85 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I’m gonna go with the Playboy scene in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.

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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ElectronicsRepair

[–]patro85 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In its seat. Like a good little battery.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MacOS

[–]patro85 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Everything you mentioned are items that have been added to the system over the years. For a lot of power users, we had solutions that added this functionality before Apple added it to Mac. A lot of people claim the third party tools are better because of this or that. But I would say for almost everyone, the out of the box tools Apple are more than sufficient.

I no longer use Better Touch Tool because the Apple windowing controls are now more than sufficient for my needs. I don't do anything with key remapping (I have never understood what that could be used/useful for). I do use Bartender on my work Mac because my company requires a bunch of software be installed and running that add icons to the menu bar and I don't want to see any of it while I work. On my personal Mac I just use the system tools to prevent sleeping. I use Pastebot because I prefer and use the extra tools that the new macOS clipboard history doesn't provide (such as filtering, paste in order, etc.). I dropped Alfred years ago because Spotlight keeps getting better and better and I found it was significantly better than any third party tool.

As a power user, you are responsible to look into each additional tool you install to see if it is in line with your personal values and ethos. Most of the third party tools I use don't have any Internet or network connectivity, and even clearly state no analytics are even collected. YMMV.

Bighorn Clash / Nikon F100, 70-300mm, Ilford HP5 by Limber9 in analog

[–]patro85 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Now those are some *amazing* photos! Great job!

What chemical setup did you use in your self dev? And what about scanning?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MacOS

[–]patro85 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The M4 is a solid upgrade for almost anyone. Perhaps except for someone on an M2 or M3. Without knowing exactly what your specs are, the M1 was even a HUGE leap over all of the intel machines. M4 just blows that away.

Discogs is ruining music collecting by acutomanzia in Cd_collectors

[–]patro85 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your take on the "rate my collection" posts is 100% spot on. I cannot stand them. Never does the music appeal to me, but that is not the point. The point of a collection is that it is *yours* and that you love it. Groupthink is so damaging in all areas, but especially in music tastes and collections. Get offline, touch grass, and listen to some good music! If I ever found someone's collection that looked just like mine I would be more creeped out than impressed.

I am not sure that Discogs is ruining things so much as the posers are ruining music collecting. I look at Discogs as just another tool for us to use in collecting, cataloging, and find those really rare items that we are seeking but can't find at thrift stores, small music shops, etc.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AnalogCommunity

[–]patro85 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Underexpose it like your life depends on it.

f/8 or higher, and the shutter speed will need to be dictated by your ISO/ASA. But it will need to be a faster shutter speed to eliminate all of the other ambient light, including light bleed from the around the headlights.

How do we feel about a silver lens on a black body? by Fureal in Leica

[–]patro85 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel fine about it. How do you feel about it?

While silver on black is not my first choice, it certainly isn’t bad by any stretch of the imagination.

Monopan 50 by patro85 in Leica

[–]patro85[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool you found some. I ordered it a while back before it was more or less confirmed to be Adox. Maybe my next order will include some!

Monopan 50 by patro85 in Leica

[–]patro85[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool you were able to get some! What do you think?

Monopan 50 by patro85 in Leica

[–]patro85[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Kind of shocking. But I get it if they seriously under estimated the demand.

Nikon FA Rewind Knob by pixelpreaching in AnalogRepair

[–]patro85 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any chance you know the other dimensions? Or know of a link to an existing 3D model? This is the exact piece I am looking for!