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thereisnocat

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Just some guy.

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thereisnocat, to BelieveInFilm
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Gone to Seed

Shot with a Nikomat FTN on Shanghai GP3 New Color 400 and developed in dodgy ECN-2 chemistry.

thereisnocat, to random
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Playing around with an LLM (Llama) on my MacBook Pro. It won’t have me adding glue to cheese or eating rocks, but it did hallucinate several acting roles for Clara Peller, the octogenarian who memorably asked “Where’s the beef?” for Wendy’s.

I used the directions here to download

https://simonwillison.net/2024/Apr/22/llama-3/#local-llama-3-70b-instruct-with-llamafile

thereisnocat, to BelieveInFilm
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Three

Nikon F3HP, Imperiale Type S (expired 1977), ECN-2 development.

thereisnocat,
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Not ECN-2, damnit. I just finished developing a roll in ECN-2 and had it on the brain. HC-110 1:90, 18 minutes, agitated every three.

thereisnocat, to BelieveInFilm
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Raindrop

Good news is that it’s going to rain most of the week, and I have a ton of film. :-) Nikon F3HP, Ansco Supreme (expired 1958), HC-110 1:90 for 18 minutes, agitated every three.

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React, Electron, and LLMs have a common purpose: the labour arbitrage theory of dev tool popularity: https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2024/react-electron-llms-labour-arbitrage/

thereisnocat,
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@baldur Thank you for writing this. I lost my most recent job to exactly this kind of commoditization of labor. “New York developers are too expensive; send this to XXX or we’ll terminate the contract”. And because it's all in React, they’ll get away with it.

Fuck it. I'm done. I've made enough money in 31 years as a developer to walk away. I got high enough in the food chain that I wouldn’t be in the union (managers never are), but I totally agree that it's the solution.

thereisnocat, to random
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Interesting article in the Guardian today about the student reporters of WKCR, the radio station of Columbia University. If you’re in the New York area, they’re on 89.9 FM.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/26/columbia-protests-student-reporters-radio-station-wkcr

elkarrde, to BelieveInFilm
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I've read somewhere on the 'net that infrared film dies quickly and dies an ugly death. So I shot a roll of Kodak HIE expired in 2006 and can confirm the saying! 😐

Kodak HIE developed in FX39II 1+14 at 19°C.
Nikon FE with Tamron Adaptall-2 24mm F2.5 lens, IR720nm filter.
Plustek OpticFilm 8100 + VueScan, and a lot of dodging and burning to get somewhat presentable results.

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@elkarrde Ouch. I have some Kodak HIE in 4x5 that expired in 1996, and it works almost as well as when it was new. This looks like it was stored at the bottom of a well.

Here's an example of mine:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/thereisnocat/52275123337/

skinnylatte, to BelieveInFilm
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Going to sell my Nikon film gear to fund my dog’s recent vet adventures :/

I have a Nikon FE, F3HP (or will soon, it’s at the shop for a CLA), 50mm f1.8, 28mm lens and 55mm micro

Lmk if any of that sounds interesting

#believeinfilm #photography #FilmIsNotDead #DogsOfMastodon

thereisnocat,
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@skinnylatte I might be interested in the F3HP; mine has a shutter issue that I took in to get fixed and it only half worked; the shutter drags less, but it still drags.

thereisnocat, to random
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The Washington Post has an article about Brazilian photographer Walter Firmo, complete with many of his photographs down the decades (and links to even more of them). Some really impressive work here.

https://wapo.st/4aP1RPQ

thereisnocat, to BelieveInFilm
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Private Not Open To Public

My favorite piece of local outsider art, now in 3D! Mercury Stereo 12, Cinestill 400D, ECN-2 development.

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Radio nerditry:

Easily the best AM (medium wave) radio I have ever used, in terms of sensitivity, selectivity, and raw funness of use, is the Potomac Instruments FIM-41. Made from the 1970’s to around 2010, it’s actually a “field strength meter” designed for making compliance measurements of broadcast antenna patterns. Shockingly expensive new, they were sold mostly to broadcast stations and FCC enforcement offices.

It’s a box of pure analog/mechanical joy, with all the dials and switches.

…

thereisnocat,
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@mattblaze Would love to take one of these on a DXpedition. Where did you find yours?

thereisnocat, to BelieveInFilm
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Fork in the Branch

More raindrops. Nikon F3HP, Imperiale Type S film (expired 1977) shot at EI 64, HC-110 1:90 for 18 minutes, agitated every three.

thereisnocat, to random
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There’s a movie out about my favorite restaurant in the world, Veselka, the Ukrainian diner on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. We’re going to see it tonight. Forbes has an article about it:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinwolfe/2024/02/24/beloved-ukrainian-restaurant-shows-its-colors-on-screen-in-veselka/

thereisnocat, to BelieveInFilm
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Let There Be Light

Outdoor lightbulb with protection. Konica Autoreflex T with the Hexanon AR 57mm f/1.2 lens on Kodak 5222 Double XX and developed in Rodinal 1:50.

thereisnocat, to random
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Around, around, around, around,
Over, under, through

thereisnocat, to BelieveInFilm
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Wide Shot of the French Revolution

Took this with the Konica Autoreflex T3 using the 21mm f/4 lens. The poor guy on the right must have been a royal. Kodak Plus-X, Rodinal 1:50.

skinnylatte, to random
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I just saw a post about an American who is so disgusted by the political shift to the right that he moved to.. wait for it.. Italy

thereisnocat,
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@skinnylatte It feels like the whole world is falling into this trap. The generation that fought fascism dies off, and now all of a sudden people are thinking “hey, fascism sounds like a good idea. Let’s try that!”

We never learn.

thereisnocat, to BelieveInFilm
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The Shadow Knows

I was struck by how the shadow of this tree fell on the building. Contax III, Ilford FP4+, Rodinal 1:50.

thereisnocat, to BelieveInFilm
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Sandy Hook Lighthouse

Shot with the Konica Auto-Reflex in half-frame mode on Kodak Plus-X and developed in Rodinal 1:50.

thereisnocat, to BelieveInFilm
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Sidewalk

I liked the way the sun was hitting the brick sidewalk at the edge of the parade ground. Konica Auto-Reflex in half-frame mode, Kodak Plus-X, Rodinal 1:50.

thereisnocat, to BelieveInFilm
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Bare Branches

There's something spartan about trees at this time of year. Konica Auto-Reflex (in half-frame mode), Kodak Plus-X, Rodinal 1:50.

thereisnocat, to BelieveInFilm
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Hanging On

This time, instead of hanging off the side of a branch, this raindrop hangs off the end. Nikon N65, Kodak TMAX 400 (no idea how expired it was), Rodinal 1:50.

thereisnocat, to BelieveInFilm
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It's a Magic Number

Three houses on Officers' Row at Fort Hancock on Sandy Hook. Contax III, Ilford FP4+, Rodinal 1:50.

thereisnocat, to BelieveInFilm
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Basketball Court

By the beach in Sea Bright. Shot with my Polaroid 195 on OneInstant Chocolate film back in October.

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