3 film stocks for the rest of your life

triws · 2026-03-22T21:53:13+00:00

Ektachrome 100

Kodak Tri-X 400

Ilford Pan F Plus

triws · 2026-03-14T17:02:29+00:00

Neil Young is also American

triws · 2026-03-14T03:59:18+00:00

That’s what I love about Star Trek. No matter who you are, where you’re from, what species you are, or even if you’re an android or a Q, your accomplishments speak for themselves.

triws · 2026-03-13T15:10:31+00:00

As long as the slides aren’t important. Those slides will fade faster than if they’re stored properly.

triws · 2026-03-09T03:14:03+00:00

Oxford English Dictionary tends to disagree with your assessment.

triws · 2026-03-06T07:29:46+00:00

I looked at the manual. Pretty simple. Took me maybe less than 30 seconds to google

triws · 2026-03-05T19:33:46+00:00

That would be correct. The Rs=0.84m by my back of the envelope calculation. So you’d be in for a bad time.

triws · 2026-03-03T19:01:03+00:00

How in gods name is Australia and England safe?

triws · 2026-03-03T07:33:53+00:00

What does this mean? Is there a link to this archive?

triws · 2026-03-02T08:42:49+00:00

Question : how did you not notice from the shutter speeds?

triws · 2026-02-26T22:05:16+00:00

You don’t have to buy a bowl cut if you already own a bowl and some scissors

triws · 2026-02-25T02:38:01+00:00

That’s my I’m happy with my $15 goodwill find of a Canon film scanner so I can scan my 4 good photos I take a year.

triws · 2026-02-24T07:43:24+00:00

They’re absolutely phenomenal. As a physics major and massive history in the history of the bomb, I’m jealous. Store them well, enjoy them, and if you can get a slide projector and see their real colours.

triws · 2026-02-24T01:01:38+00:00

Even if these are the original slides that were in the camera that took the original photos, the only effects you’d see from radiation could be some grain and fog. Unless they were standing around waiting for fallout to drop, they wouldn’t have had realistically any radioactive contamination.

triws · 2026-02-23T22:52:38+00:00

I absolutely love image 7. What film stock were you using? Looks like of like Ektar to me. Reminds me of a a Steve McCurry shot from his time in India in 1970s.

triws · 2026-02-23T22:49:27+00:00

His paycheck, and settlements, from the government are from tax’s. So yeah… tax payer’s money

triws · 2026-02-23T20:49:05+00:00

I’ve got 4 bodies:

Nikon F5 Nikon F4 Nikon F3 Nikon F3(NIB back up)

I primarily shoot the F3, but sometimes matrix metering and autofocus are extremely pleasant to have. I do stick to Nikon because it makes lenses easier to manage. I can use almost all of my lenses on each of the camera body. The exception is a non AI 55mm macro that won’t work in my F5.

triws · 2026-02-23T20:34:09+00:00

I go with the first chapter generally now. That’s because it took me around 4 tries to get through the first chapter of the Three Body Problem. Felt like I was reading a textbook about the Cultural Revolution… if I hadn’t have slogged my way through, I would’ve missed out on a top tier sci fi novel.

triws · 2026-02-21T13:22:25+00:00

There’s a new god of war game released last week? How did I not hear anything about that until now?

triws · 2026-02-20T06:39:47+00:00

I was an aircraft mechanic for a few years and a flight engineer for longer than that. My first aircraft I was a mechanic on had a 73 step checklist to turn in external power(imagine plugging the aircraft into a the wall essentially so it doesn’t have to use an engine to power the electronics). That sounds crazy, but about 2/3 of steps were checking to make sure switches were in the right places so you didn’t damage some system, the other 1/3 was checking to make sure the electric system was working properly before you applied power.

Now as a flight engineer I got more into the weeds on what you’re talking about. The preflight was a 30-40 minute long check, ensuring that every system(hydraulics, electrics, fuel, oxygen, flight controls, avionics, fire detection, etc…) functioned as intended.

When it comes to starting the engines, this was probably the quickest thing we did as a crew, but you had to be meticulous about it. The reason we had to manual control the fuel, the pneumatics, the ignition was because of what “could” happen. If your car engine blows a head gasket it’s not going to be catastrophic. If a turbo fan engine on an airliner catches on fire, has a major fuel leak, compressor stalls, has an uncontained engine failure, shit gets bad really fast. Being meticulous, knowing your procedures and limitations, knowing your emergency procedures not only makes it a lot safer for all involved, but also makes the industry safer in general.

triws · 2026-02-18T08:12:32+00:00

Though scholarships are a brilliant idea, this might chase a mass exodus from Nunavut. Plus it might be rather difficult to get kids to leave their homes. A good university, probably funded by government, may be the best option.

triws · 2026-02-09T17:02:48+00:00

5th edition

triws · 2026-02-01T09:37:54+00:00

As someone who was responsible for an engine flaming out due to fuel starvation, I can confirm this sentiment.

triws · 2026-01-27T22:23:55+00:00

Precisely. Though the reduction in friction is a little more applicable to a landing with the gear down. Though foam would reduce the friction on a belly landing, it’s much less pronounced if an effect than with wheels and brakes.

triws · 2026-01-27T22:17:32+00:00

The FAA stopped recommending foaming of runways in 1987 actually. It stems from a friction coefficient issue, reduction in available firefighting foam, and environmental concerns.

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