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http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/tubes-valves/160312-balance-ccs-long-tailed-pairs.html The only thing that matters to AC balance is the matching of the plate resistors, and that you have a tail-CCS. DC balance is subject to tube parameters, but who cares in a cap coupled circuit?

One time, a long time ago, Al asked why little spikes sometimes appeared on his ice cubes. While the question was answered to everyone's satisfaction at the time, I thought this video may be interesting. http://www.iflscience.com/chemistry/why-do-spikes-form-ice-cubes

Remember Rule 5. You will get it done. Just ride up and down your driveway a bunch.

Happy Birthday Brent!

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Thanks everyone! I had a great birthday.

You can probably figure out a replacement battery without tooo much work. No idea what it *needs* but are there any markings on the battery? Google that. If you can figure out what voltage the battery was, and dont mind having something kind of ugly, it should not be too hard to find a not-quite-drop-in replacement that works perfectly.

Buy the one that will give you the FOV you prefer. Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.

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I think I'm finally figuring out how to take portraits. NYC 2015 Easter Parade by Lord Nikon 12, on Flickr Fire Hydrant Portrait by Lord Nikon 12, on Flickr NYC 2015 Easter Parade by Lord Nikon 12, on Flickr The trick for people is to use the 14mm lens, and get less than 2ft away. With this technique failure is impossible. For fire hydrants, you should make some noise while at a distance of approximately 30-45ft so as not to startle the creature. Then approach slowly and in silence never breaking eye contact even for an instant. The fire hydrant can see your trepidation. If you need to look at your camera to adjust settings the Fire Hydrant knows and is laughing at you. Anyways, once you get to within shooting range of the fire hydrant, crouch down low so that you are at its eye level, and in one smooth motion bring your camera to your eye and fire. The Fire Hydrant will make a funny face if you wait too long to take its picture. I once heard a fire hydrant mutter something along the lines of "like a tourist who gets all his friends together, clears the sidewalk, and then starts to look for the camera app on his phone" to a photographer. Seriously, Easter parade photos are up on my Flikr page. Click for all the photos Guggenheim NYC by Lord Nikon 12, on Flickr

Happy Birthday Doug!

Happy Birthday Doug!

As evidenced by the lack of deleted threads, they don't delete threads around here very often.

Any requirement for Dirt/Mud/Water resistance?

Sorry for missing this. Happy birthday AL!

I kinda like the shadows a 2-light macro setup gets you. Surely there is an aftermarket ring-flash that will work with the camera in TTL mode. If you are willing to give up TTL metering there are TONS of generic ring-flashes.

You may need to tweak the values to get the right bias from your B+.

I dont think I would even want to hike that.

Saturday I took fotos at the Grants Tomb Crit in NYC. Ignoring the fact that it rained for most of the day, it was pretty awesome I'd say. There were very few spectators, so I got to stand where ever I wanted, and the overcast sky was a nice change from previous years with harsh direct sunlight coming from the wrong place. Link to Flickr album 2015 CRCA Grants Tomb Crit by Lord Nikon 12, on Flickr 2015 CRCA Grants Tomb Crit by Lord Nikon 12, on Flickr 2015 CRCA Grants Tomb Crit by Lord Nikon 12, on Flickr 2015 CRCA Grants Tomb Crit by Lord Nikon 12, on Flickr

I'm a bit surprised KG hasn't built a nitrogen/noble gas purge system to rid his bottles of oxygen. You can buy "canned air" looking cans filled with noble gas for this purpose... And people used to do this with photo-chemicals to increase their shelf life.

It has been my experience that all of the colorations is the same as no coloration.