CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@Lizette603_23 I can only imagine what that switch is like - I’m pretty fast on a good mechanical computer keyboard, so I’m experiencing it in reverse when I’m on the typewriter

@lawyersgunsnmoney Same...but with all the cameras, the records, the stamps, the computers...I can only assume I'm a few typewriters away from my wife leaving me

@lawyersgunsnmoney I'm guessing it will cost a little bit more but you'll also know that it's in great condition...I definitely took a risk on mine, but it worked out!

Edit: I say that to say I imagine even if it costs a bit more the peace of mind might be worth it.

@lawyersgunsnmoney

Here's a very similar model that I found by the way (I believe mine is an SM9 Deluxe and this is an SM8, the entire SM series was recommended by several sources I read about as good machines):

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@lawyersgunsnmoney I got mine on eBay if that helps. There are a decent number of different typewriters available - I chose this model after searching “good typewriters for beginners” online. Now I kind of want an Olivetti

@lawyersgunsnmoney Time to start writing angry, curse-filled rants like Hunter S Thompson…god knows there’s plenty of people to send them to at the present time…

@lawyersgunsnmoney I’m only about 3 pages in (all drivel as I test/learn the features) and I’m enjoying it so far.

@maya_b I knew this would either be my first typewriter, or my only typewriter…so I went fairly cheaply.

However, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t looking at Olivettis on eBay…

What’s one more fun analog thing on the list?

I don’t normally take the time to do #ThursdayFiveList but given this week it’s #FourLeggedLandCritters I mean…I couldn’t not enter my favorite #PinkFloyd album which covers the entire list

I guess you could say “on the wing” disqualifies pigs from the “land” part of the hashtag, but they still have 4 legs and need to land at some point, right? Haha, charade you are!

Animals by Pink Floyd

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Here’s one of the singles, for your listening pleasure (or torture, I guess, if you have different preferences than myself).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo73AyUfVz0&feature=youtu.be

One of my favorite things about #PhysicalMedia is that when you order straight from a label, especially a smaller one, you frequently get it before the official release date! Streamers will need to wait another ten days to listen to this, I will start as soon as I finish this post

I’ve only listened to one of the singles released on this, so I can’t vouch for the whole thing, but everything else done by Elder I’ve absolutely loved, so I have high expectations. If you like kind of proggy/heavy psych music, then you can’t miss them. Their very early stuff leans a little more into Doom territory, but still very unique…they’ve refined their sound since. But it’s all great stuff.

#Elder #CD

@tapasinthesun Thank you! I can now confidently add myself to the list of people who recommend this method. Need to find time to file the rest of my film holders!

Pleased overall with both the new notching system and 3 of 4 of the pictures themselves. Scanned at 1200 DPI and lightly edited in #Darktable (I removed a few dust spots, croppeGraflexupped the contrast very slightly).

You can tell from one of these pictures especially that we are still in a pretty heavy drought.

#CrownGraphic
️ #KodakTriX
🧪 #HC110B 3:15 @ 24.8 C

#FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #BelieveInFilm #DevelopYourOwn #LargeFormat #4x5 #Graflex

@shom Exactly! I use a little field notes notebook to track frames. Then when I put the negatives in the sleeve I can notate the exposure info.

It worked!!! The rounded notches don’t look quite as round as I’d like, but I should be able to easily work on that. Might make the “5s place” notches square instead of rounded, to easily distinguish from the triangular notches…but as long as I know rounded is on the top and triangular is on the bottom, might be a moot point.

I can also tell I need to take a wire brush or something to get a few remaining burrs off that the rocket blower didn’t take care of. Easy fix. I’ll be going through and doing this for the rest of my film holders…it will make matching shots to my notes much easier without the futility of trying to keep track of the order I load on the reel in the dark bag. Especially when I bracket 2 or 3 exposures of the same composition.

These frames, from front to back, are numbers 10-7 descending. I hope to be able to scan these tomorrow, albeit at the mercy of my “real job.” I was a little nervous because it was hot today and the tap water was pretty warm, I calculated a developer time of only 3:15 but my effort to load and unload chems from the tank rapidly along with the rotational development seems to have been okay. These negs are uniformly dense, at least they look to be so when wet.

#LargeFormat #FilmPhotography #BelieveInFilm #4x5 #DevelopYourOwn #AnalogPhotography #CrownGraphic

@revivalrecords Just watched it last night…I too was unprepared! One episode left, I think…

@NorcalGma2 Pie? For breakfast?! Scandalous!

Better go ahead and start calling it a strudel or a danish to be safe…

@carusb Oh yes - I have had that EXACT sequence of events. We live relatively near a lake (not “we have money” near, just in the same town) and I’ve taken so many pictures of trees that have fallen into the water etc. that I think look so interesting…only for the picture to turn out very “blah.”

@revivalrecords if you want to go down the doom/stoner/heavy psych rabbit hole…here’s a Music Map link for ideas:

https://www.music-map.com/1000mods

About 2 years ago I was very burrowed down this hole. I still love it, but I’ve been more into Jazz and Classic Rock as of late.