If you’re unaware, the Sunny 16 rule is an old principle of photography that gives us a simple way to calculate exposure without a meter: simply set your shutter speed to the reciprocal of the ISO and f/16 should give more or less accurate exposure in full sunlight.
Polypan F 50 is a 50 ISO film. The LC-A has a fixed shutter speed of 1/60th in Aperture-Preferred mode. Sounds perfect… Continue reading “Sunny 16, ft. the LC-A and Polypan F 50”
We’re all sinners, we’re all in the wrong, we’re all in need of forgiveness, and the first step on the path to earning that forgiveness is to acknowledge errors. For that, the prophet Jonah’s prayer from inside the fish is a good place to start…
لَّا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ
There is nothing worthy of worship but You, Glorified be You! Truly, I have been of the wrongdoers.
I wish I’d kept better records about where I got this thing and what I paid for it… Alas. This one looks like it, but I think I might’ve paid a bit more than that… or maybe not. My copy has the same markings on it, that is, all it says is “M42 –> Nikon” with no indication of manufacturer.
Short answer: whatever it was, it was too much, if I was after the best possible image quality.
Long answer… well, it’s complicated. Continue reading “Unknown M42–>Nikon Infinity Focus adapter review”
This got really long, and I doubt you want to read it all, so let’s put this right at the top:
tl;dr: if you’re in the market for a set of headphones in the $100 range and you want fairly clean, balanced sound, 1More Triple-Drivers should be at the top of your list. Continue reading “1MORE Triple Driver In‑Ear Headphones review”
Last Thursday, I reminded myself of the importance of truthfulness: truthfulness is paramount, but there are situations in which one can, and should, tell slight falsehoods, little white lies, and there is also one sort of lie that is worse than all others. Continue reading “on Truthfulness (part 2)”
Has it been 15 years already? May God bless you with many years of peace and prosperity together!
Continue reading “Happy (belated) Anniversary, DJ & Theresa!”
I’m not sure what happened to the beginning of this roll, but it’s kinda pretty… It looks like it got wet, maybe, and for the first time, I guess I’m thankful for the Espio’s rather excessive 4 frame auto-winder.
