flashlight kukkurovaca • 1 year ago • 100%

 18350 tube P60 twisty setup that was basically as small as you could get a P60. I never did get a nice head for it though. Also pictured: the neat case/diffuser/bezel remover that shipped with EDC Plus P60 dropins.

Infrared Photography kukkurovaca • 1 year ago • 100%

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2603781 > Taken around the block. False color IR image. Yes, I blew the reds waaaay up because I like how they burn my retinas.

Coffee kukkurovaca • 1 year ago • 100%

 This one is interesting. It's medium funky and my first cup is a little harsh, so maybe next time I'll try a cooler water temp or something. The fruit notes are interesting and seem pretty complex, there's a lot going on there.

Infrared Photography kukkurovaca • 1 year ago • 100%

youtu.be

It's a "night vision" mode in a ruggedized mil-spec phone, so I assume it's supposed to be tactical or some garbage. But if it worked in daylight it would be a legit feature for me. (I have no idea if that's the case.) Also they could definitely sell units to the "ghost hunter" market, which is definitely a thing as I've bought a couple interesting 3D-printed IR lights targeted at them.

Trying to follow everything is, as always, tricky without the ability to really search for stuff on Mastodon. 1. Calckey, which was a fork of Misskey, rebranded as "Firefish" (for which name choice they have been widely mocked; also there's already a software company under that name in the UK with a trademark, which could be...interesting) 1. This also I think was meant to be the start of a push for more popular adoption of the platform, which has just generally led to a lot of buzz and attention 2. [Apparently for some days the code was hosted on a far-right git host](https://social.cherrykitten.dev/notes/9hlnc3xleld23pac), which the main developer says they didn't know at the time; they eventually moved it somewhere else but didn't openly address the issue until later 3. Folks also noticed that the [dev was boosting posts by someone with a reputation for being problematic/racist](https://mastodon.art/@welshpixie/110787367946264359) 4. [.art admin](https://dotart.blog/dotart-blog/suspending-firefish-social) removed the dev from a discord channel where instance admins share safety info, and says that subsequently the dev started circulating a fabricated screenshot regarding this. Also, that is all coming a couple of days after someone who had previously contributed to calckey forked firefish as iceshrimp (lol) citing being erased from the list of contributors I think and also saying that other folks were leaving that community because of toxicity/safety issues that weren't really elaborated on in what I saw. I don't have a link for this because it didn't happen today and you can't search for things on Mastodon. My sense at the time was that I had basically no way to evaluate the claims made on either side.

Coffee kukkurovaca • 1 year ago • 100%

youtu.be

From the creator: > What's the difference between a Natural and a Washed coffee? What makes coffee anaerobic? How is an Anaerobic Washed different from a regular standard Washed coffee? > > During January through March 2021 I lived on a coffee farm in Kona, Hawai'i. Most of my job involved working with the baby plants in the nursery, but I also got to witness the tail end of harvest and learn about coffee processing firsthand. > > I made this video to show the answers to the coffee questions above for anyone who hasn't had the opportunity to see it in person.

Many Baggers kukkurovaca • 1 year ago • 100%

ilequipment.com

A lot of money for a bag, but not necessarily overpriced; ILE bags are handmade in Berkeley and extremely good quality, and hand painting a whole bolt of fabric and then cutting it down and assembling it into a 3 dimensional object is a lot. I wonder what the durability is like, assuming people are going to actually carry it (more likely it will be a show piece) > Oakland-based artist Shogun Shido is an innovative creator who hails from New Orleans and uses art to explore the depths of introspection and observation. Shido’s expressive, free-flowing line work is immediately recognizable. From canvases to murals, clothing, sculptures, wine bottles and more, his ever-expanding body of work bridges all mediums. We met Shido through a mutual friend last year and quickly connected over our shared passion for creative expression. > This collaboration features Shido’s custom painted 1000D Cordura, which started out as one continuous length of fabric before being cut down into panels for our signature Default. The panels were cut and placed at random while maintaining the orientation of the original painting, with drips and splatters cascading down the bags. [More on the production](https://ilequipment.com/blogs/news/ile-x-shogun-shido)

Many Baggers kukkurovaca • 1 year ago • 100%

Interesting, don't think I'd seen this particular bag before. The organization looks like it would be pretty nice to work with.

Blahaj Lemmy Meta kukkurovaca • 1 year ago • 100%

Someone just announced their new instance (unilem.org) with the intent to federate with absolutely everyone, which is a pretty classic reason to defederate. I don't know of a Lemmy equivalent to Mastodon's #fediblock tag yet, what's the best way to surface this? https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/923411

Coffee kukkurovaca • 1 year ago • 85%

youtu.be

Truly ridiculous name. Anyway, this may be of interest for those who are looking for a single-dosing "all-purpose" grinder in the sub-$500 segment. Most grinders in this space are regarded as either being good for either filter _or_ espresso but not both, or else have a history of mechanical difficulties like the Varia VS3 and to a lesser extent the Lagom Mini.

Bay Area kukkurovaca • 1 year ago • 88%

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/707137 >  > > >  > > >  > > Part of an ongoing project around flags in infrared. > > Gear: Converted Canon RP, 15-30 RF lens, Kolari KV-FL1 flash.

Infrared Photography kukkurovaca • 1 year ago • 100%

   Part of an ongoing project around flags in infrared. Gear: Converted Canon RP, 15-30 RF lens, Kolari KV-FL1 flash.

Coffee kukkurovaca • 1 year ago • 40%

For anyone who needs a spoon to slurp coffee out of, or just for eating ice cream or cereal or whatever. Chopsticks too. Extremely cool maker, with sliding scale pricing.

Many Baggers kukkurovaca • 1 year ago • 100%

master-piece.co.jp

Via Carryology. It's fun to see more experimental bag designs sometimes, and these are certainly unexpected. 

Infrared Photography kukkurovaca • 1 year ago • 100%

My RF native kit to date has consisted of the 16mm f/2.8 and the 50mm f/1.8, plus sundry adapted lenses. While I'm extremely pleased with the performance of both those lenses, I did recently find that for landscape-y type scenes I was doing a bit more lens swapping than ideal. So, after seeing that someone on flickr [had some good IR results](https://www.flickr.com/photos/195505948@N04/52968119421/) with the 15-30, I decided to give it a shot. (First time using a zoom lens in like a decade, I think.) Initial impressions are that it's usable, but not ideal. There's a hotspot that kicks in at f/11-ish. It's somewhat dependent on the scene, so I suspect a lens hood might help (I have one on order.) Overall contrast is a little low, which is no big deal, and at the wide end, the edges can get a bit funky, which is not uncommon for IR. (BTW, from what I could tell by trolling google, it looks like the 14-35 f/4 L has somewhat worse hotspot performance.)   Here's a hotspot comparison at f/8, 11, 16   

Coffee kukkurovaca • 1 year ago • 100%

www.youtube.com

[Link to the actual routine](https://youtu.be/Ed8w-RKhR5U) Not sure why Rowsell makes a big deal about the winner winning on "home brewing" gear. It's not like there are fancy ultra expensive drippers, and while the ZP6 is cheaper than the Comandante C40 (which, as I understand it, is a competition staple), it's not categorically different. (And through most of its short production lifespan, it's been harder to get than a C40, because it's usually out of stock.) I imagine this may re-fan some of the hype around the ZP6. (By the way, if you're in North America, looks like [Rogue Wave(https://www.roguewavecoffee.ca/products/1zpresso-zp6-special) still has it.)

Lemmy411 - Don't know where to find what you're looking for? kukkurovaca • 1 year ago • 95%

Search turns up a ton of groups where the string "tea" appears anywhere in the name (e.g., "team")

Infrared Photography kukkurovaca • 1 year ago • 100%

Kolari IR Chrome filter on full-spectrum Canon RP, Canon RF16mm f/2.8 Stock/straight out of camera, the IR Chrome filter gives a pretty orange rendition to IR. Getting to a more traditional pink-magenta look requires a bit of color correction. Example correction in DXO:  The shift is easy, but it can get troublesome to apply in cases where there are visible orange or light brown objects in the scene. Untreated wood is particularly tricky and requires local edits.

Coffee kukkurovaca • 1 year ago • 100%

onyxcoffeelab.com

May be of interest to the decaf enjoyers. Hard to find really interesting decaf. (My fav is Hydrangea's El Paraiso Decaf.) It's interesting that they gave it the same name as their lightest roast blend, but it's a medium roast ("moderate"). However, I don't know if that's just because decaf tends to roast a little visually darker.

Infrared Photography kukkurovaca • 1 year ago • 100%

Since there should be at least one IR photo post, right? This is a US flag that some folks in Santa Clara, CA hoisted up a very tall palm tree. This photo shows off three of the fun things that infrared light does: - Living foliage turns white because chlorophyll reflects infrared light very efficiently - Clear skies turn dark, a feature infrared filters share with regular visible red filters - Dyes and pigments behave unpredictably. US flags are a great way to demonstrate this because, unlike a piece of clothing, everyone _knows_ what a US flag is _supposed_ to look like. (This also impacts night vision stuff, as a result of which military folks have special patches that are intended to be legible in IR.) This was shot with an original Canon 5D with a black and white IR conversion (720nm I think) and an old Nikon 105mm f/2.5 K-type. I spotted this flag from Caltrain while riding to visit a friend in Santa Cruz, then spent a few hours using google street view to figure out where specifically it was located and how to get there. 

Wow this Lemmy Exists! kukkurovaca • 1 year ago • 84%

lemmy.blahaj.zone

Infrared photography uses modified cameras, filters, and/or specialized film to capture near infrared light that is outside the visible range. Originally used for scientific, agriculture, and notably for military surveillance, but later was deployed for artistic effect due to its distinctive rendering of foliage and skies. [!infrared_photography@lemmy.blahaj.zone](https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/c/infrared_photography)

Photography kukkurovaca • 1 year ago • 100%

lemmy.blahaj.zone

(Mods please remove if this is out of place) I set up a community for infrared photo stuff -- I know it's early days and I doubt there's a big pool of folks on here who are looking for a group with that narrow a focus, but I wanted a place to park some resources to reference, and I figured it would be better not to info-dump here. [!infrared_photography@lemmy.blahaj.zone](https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/c/infrared_photography)

Infrared Photography kukkurovaca • 1 year ago • 100%

Pinned post for links to lens IR performance/hotspot info - [Naturfotograf](http://www.naturfotograf.com/lens_surv.html), an incredible older resource on mostly Nikon lenses, with great info on IR and UV performance - [Kolari Hotspot List](https://kolarivision.com/lens-hotspot-list/), Not a ton of detail here, and some of it is contradictory since it's based on pretty casual user reporting of performance, but it's one of the bigger lists. - [More modern Nikon lens info for Z-mount users](http://luminescentphoto.com/blog/nikon-z-infrared-lens-performance-chart/) - [Samsung NX lenses](https://thelightslide.com/infrared-samsung-nx/)

Infrared Photography kukkurovaca • 1 year ago • 100%

I don't know a thing about cine stuff, but a friend pointed out to me that this film was partially shot on infrared stock. Fun quotation here: > “We wanted the cane white because sugar is white — it was sugar,” according to Calzatti. “Urusevsky had used infrared before. Russia didn’t produce infrared film, so I came to a manufacturer in Kazan who made film strictly for the military – for shooting the other side of the moon, for spying on American objects. They hand-made infrared for us in what looked like a kitchen. It was of very high contrast and very low sensitivity — around 30 ASA — and it was on celluloid instead of tri-acetate. We had no infrared meter, and no infrared marks on the lens, so many times the results were unpredictable. After a while we just used our instincts, and we became friends with infrared. What you see in the film is okay, but we shot much footage to select from. Each scene was done for 15 or 20 times, so it never was filmed spontaneously.

Infrared Photography kukkurovaca • 1 year ago • 100%

Hi, folks. I'm sure this group is premature at this point because even the main photography communities on lemmy/kbin are not that active yet, but I thought it would be nice to have a place to park some resources and info about IR. I'm a pretty casual photographer and I've been shooting infrared off and on for a while. (Here's my IR stuff on [flickr](https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=46035918%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&text=infrared&view_all=1)) I've used unconverted and converted digital cameras and modern IR films like Rollei IR400. Current setup is digital with mainly a converted Canon RP and Ricoh GRIII.

Coffee kukkurovaca • 1 year ago • 100%

www.youtube.com

May be of interest to some folks. Partially about competition brewing, but more about the differences between the kinds of coffees that are brewed for competition and those folks are generally drinking at home, and how a recipe optimized for one doesn't necessarily carry over to the other. One aspect that I think is only partially surfaced in the video is a partially ideological difference that some folks in coffee are into re: alt process coffees and whether some of the more out there fermentations are "artificially" flavoring the coffee. Hedrick bemoans the ascendency of alt process coffees in competition and has done so in the past, and I assume part of the reason he put out this video is that in this case the routine he consulted on is specifically about re-asserting the value of washed coffees. There are much stronger versions of this take out there, for example I watched a video from Patrik Rolf of April talking about how alt processing detracts from the "purity" of third wave coffee, and that was so obnoxious it immediately prompted me to order some more coffees with more out there fermentations. Bonus: [Another video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dagxgOdRRLA) from a competitive brewer talking about non-transferability of competition recipes and also just generally about not being beholden to a recipe.

flashlight kukkurovaca • 1 year ago • 100%

frelux.com

Just saw this. I don't know much about these lights, having been somewhat out of the flashlight game for a while, but I saw folks talking about them on the subreddit. Side-by-side configuration of cells does seem like a good use of space in a pocket light.

Lemmy411 - Don't know where to find what you're looking for? kukkurovaca • 1 year ago • 87%

Any communities or instances focused on non-white folks or information/news/organizing against racism and colonialism specifically? There's a wealth of general lefty communities it seems like but at a glance many of them seem to be preettttyyy white

Bay Area kukkurovaca • 1 year ago • 100%

[PDF link](https://grandjury.acgov.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2022-23-GJ-Full-Report-Consolodated.pdf) to referenced grand jury report. [Via](https://twitter.com/hyphy_republic/status/1672390114763501570) > The analysis by the Grand Jury of the email cache of messages to and from staff in the District Attorney’s Office reveals that more than 25 staff members used County owned computers and the County owned and operated email system to solicit funds for a District Attorney candidate, sometimes in coordination with police officer unions in other cities and counties, to request attendance at campaign events, and to discuss campaign strategy during the 2018 campaign for District Attorney. tl;dr basically O'Malley had staff campaigning on the taxpayers' dime. Also apparently folks were specifically worried that they would lose their jobs if a progressive DA was elected: > The 2018 District Attorney election was the first, in recent memory, in which a sitting District Attorney was challenged. The Grand Jury learned that many staff of the Office of the District Attorney had very strong concerns about the outcome of the election. > > The fear that the election of a new District Attorney, who had hinted at staff layoffs or terminations, was so overwhelming that staff failed to recognize their disregard of policies regarding campaign-related behavior as potentially illegal Interesting since DA elections have become such a flashpoint in local politics in/around the Bay Area as center-right folks throw money at recalls etc.

Coffee kukkurovaca • 1 year ago • 83%

Orea, Thailand Doi Seket, Panama Gesha Abu

Coffee kukkurovaca • 1 year ago • 100%

I find it very easy to lock myself into one or two different ratios simply because I don't want to do math first thing in the morning. But sometimes, especially if there's coffee that's just finicky, a big swing in ratio can be just the thing. My most commonly used ratio is 1:18, but I have a coffee (medium-light, washed) currently that I've mostly enjoyed iced and not hot. So I was going to try doing it hot with bypass this morning, but after tasting it at 1:10, it was really good, so problem solved I guess.

Bay Area kukkurovaca • 1 year ago • 100%

calmatters.org

> Another myth the study attempts to dispel is that most homeless people flock to California cities because of warm weather, liberal policies and generous services. In reality, 90% of the people surveyed said they were last housed in California, and 75% live in the same county as where they lost their housing. > > That’s important to remember, Wolch said, because it’s easy to disregard unhoused people who we think “aren’t from here” and haven’t paid taxes here. > > “People who are homeless are your neighbors,” she said. “People who are homeless live in the same city that you do and they possibly have lived there longer than you have.” > To solve the homelessness crisis, the main problem California needs to address is the lack of housing that’s affordable for extremely low-income residents, according to the researchers. The state has just 24 affordable and available homes for every 100 extremely low-income households, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition.

Photography kukkurovaca • 1 year ago • 100%

Infrared-converted Ricoh GRIII