2 pieces Lithium 18650 cells, about $1 each, and 2 AA cells, 20 cents for 2...
HDMI cable, $1.
HDMI cable, $1.
No kidding about the weather. grabbing a piece of steel in cold temperatures makes hands miserable in short time.
Clock stopped working, movement changed in 2019, put a new AA cell, slapped it a couple of times. working now.
This is called the hammer or Sikh style of repair, they inspect the job by banging it...
No offense intended, they will laugh the most.
This is called the hammer or Sikh style of repair, they inspect the job by banging it...
No offense intended, they will laugh the most.
Bought speakers wharfedale diamond 8.1 ..... 🙂 I look at them and want to understand what year they were made.
I've recently gotten back into film again, and I've been doing my C41 with CineStill CS-41 two bath chemistry. It's inexpensive and easier than black and white, I think.
I have a good place for a darkroom, but I'm appalled at the cost of enlargers, so I just got a scanner instead.
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A new LG monitor, 22" FHD, the old 2009 Samsung 18.5" screen had started to delaminate.
Chrome says Win 7 is obsolete, so looking for a i5 board, been offered one for $75 with 8GB RAM, have to see what is going on.
There are print shops here who will do 'pigment' (durable ink) prints, even ink sublimation prints from scans, and I think the result is better than the color laser prints offered by labs.
The labs scan and print using ink jet printers at low resolution, due to cost reasons they do not do it the old fashioned way from film to paper.
I used to get the film scanned to CD, then ask for prints from the CD, the lab used to print those at higher resolution than the 'all good ones' at the time of film development.
I last bought film in 2009.
No ties to any companies named above.
Chrome says Win 7 is obsolete, so looking for a i5 board, been offered one for $75 with 8GB RAM, have to see what is going on.
There are print shops here who will do 'pigment' (durable ink) prints, even ink sublimation prints from scans, and I think the result is better than the color laser prints offered by labs.
The labs scan and print using ink jet printers at low resolution, due to cost reasons they do not do it the old fashioned way from film to paper.
I used to get the film scanned to CD, then ask for prints from the CD, the lab used to print those at higher resolution than the 'all good ones' at the time of film development.
I last bought film in 2009.
No ties to any companies named above.
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Interesting, I’ll have to read up on that. I‘ve never considered developing my own colour chemistry before. Thx for the info.
Those color developing chemicals were offered as kits, you need to use it up all at once, cannot store after mixing.
Some people refrigerate the chemicals, I found it a bit complicated.
So please read the instructions before purchase.
And see if alternate styles of chemistry are available.
Some people refrigerate the chemicals, I found it a bit complicated.
So please read the instructions before purchase.
And see if alternate styles of chemistry are available.
Film cameras in my house still used occasionally; I have quite a number of Pentax Spotmatics, and a range of SMC Takumar lenses and various Pentax OE accessories from the 1970's. My 20-something son also has a Spotmatic, a Nikon FM2 and an Olympus Trip 35, and my daughter, a Pentax ME Super.
I also have a Fed 2 (Leica knock off) from Kiev, a Nikon F601 I got for nothing, and my Dad's old Agiflex Agimatic that our childhood photos were taken on, still working. I had more but sold them.
My favourite is a basic early Spotmatic in black, all brassed up on the edges, that I bought from Japan a few years back. It's seen a bit of action!
On topic, today I bought a Wiim Mini wifi DAC/streamer online that I should get in a week or so.
I also have a Fed 2 (Leica knock off) from Kiev, a Nikon F601 I got for nothing, and my Dad's old Agiflex Agimatic that our childhood photos were taken on, still working. I had more but sold them.
My favourite is a basic early Spotmatic in black, all brassed up on the edges, that I bought from Japan a few years back. It's seen a bit of action!
On topic, today I bought a Wiim Mini wifi DAC/streamer online that I should get in a week or so.
Some users have found keeping kits in the fridge increases the shelf life, and also you cannot store the mixed chemicals.
But I did say different styles are available, check up before purchase.
You use a dark room or film tanks?
But I did say different styles are available, check up before purchase.
You use a dark room or film tanks?
C41 processes at 102F, so room temp is "cool".
I use a darkroom changing bag to roll my film, and an ordinary film tank. I think it's a Jobo brand. It practically loads itself. It's orders of magnitude easier than those old steel reels.
My only experience in the last few decades is with CineStill chemistry - both color and black and white.
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I use a darkroom changing bag to roll my film, and an ordinary film tank. I think it's a Jobo brand. It practically loads itself. It's orders of magnitude easier than those old steel reels.
My only experience in the last few decades is with CineStill chemistry - both color and black and white.
Win W5JAG
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