tech people are like “Well, we had a bamboo problem, so we introduced rats. Then we had a rat problem so we introduced snakes. Then we had a snake problem so we dropped poison-bearing mice from planes …”
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Nooope. The local guys don’t do digital cameras. So more sourcing or $600-$800. Considered the used route but apparently the X-Pro3 is a cult item owing to its “no chimping” rear display. Love a hipster camera, pay hipster prices.
As an old leftist I have plenty of time for “young leftists have figured out that getting & holding power requires more than language policing & demands to be kind.” With that has come an unapologetic smashmouth swagger.
But also this is like living in the timeline where Twitter acquired Congress.
Had fun taking my X-Pro3 out over the weekend. Bummed to discover the clock/memory battery is dead. Fujifilm solders those to the mainboard and just replaces the whole thing for $600-$800.
I’ve always loved Fujifilm cameras as objects, partly because they have a sense of solidity and durability that reminds me of pre-90s cameras. I kept the X-Pro and two of my Fujicrons when I sold off my Fujifilm gear because I knew I’d want to take it out now and then just for the pleasure of shooting with a Fujifilm body and lens.
Probably not the most rational response in the world, but it bums me out that an eight-year-old camera that is othewise so durably built and so capable of making enduring images has that cheapening shortcut inside.
I found a local shop that does microsoldering, and I’m hoping they can provide a less expensive out. I’m surprised to have this feeling about that option that’s akin to how I’d feel if I had to replace a busted window crank in a vintage Mercedes with a drop-shipped 3D-printed part. Like, yeah it’ll work … I’ll just know it’s in there.
I’ve always loved Fujifilm cameras as objects, partly because they have a sense of solidity and durability that reminds me of pre-90s cameras. I kept the X-Pro and two of my Fujicrons when I sold off my Fujifilm gear because I knew I’d want to take it out now and then just for the pleasure of shooting with a Fujifilm body and lens.
Probably not the most rational response in the world, but it bums me out that an eight-year-old camera that is othewise so durably built and so capable of making enduring images has that cheapening shortcut inside.
I found a local shop that does microsoldering, and I’m hoping they can provide a less expensive out. I’m surprised to have this feeling about that option that’s akin to how I’d feel if I had to replace a busted window crank in a vintage Mercedes with a drop-shipped 3D-printed part. Like, yeah it’ll work … I’ll just know it’s in there.
It's a real source of strength for me to remember what it felt like to wake up in an Army barracks on the first day of Basic knowing I had a four-year desert to cross. I hadn't yet seen _Lawrence of Arabia_, so I eventually discovered "not minding that it hurts" all on my own.
Read the essay →I was playing a lot of No Man’s Sky until I suddenly realized I was actually playing a lot of Animal Crossing, except more tedious, so I’m downloading the Animal Crossing Switch 2 update and putting down my mining laser.
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“Had to lay ’er down” machismo is endemic to motorcycle culture, so there’s a fundamental fatalism built into the scene, but I thought I’d noticed more deaths this year.
Oregon lane splitters are idiots tho.
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