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Edited 3 months ago
A hypothetical way Pentax could capitalize better on this weird current market would weirdly be to switch to M-mount for their best manual-focus lenses:
- 43mm f1.9 Limited (already existed in LTM for a short while, so that's literally perfect; just start up the manifacturing again!). This could be an interesting complement to the 40mm f1.4 nokton and 40mm f2 summicron, and the few extra milimeters could actually be marketed as "closer to the 50mm framelines, but with a little extra!".
- 77mm f1.8 Limited. Market this one as a 75mm, rangefinder portrait shooters ain't a big market but they are out there, and it would help to round up the lens lineup especially since nowadays people aren't as interested in 90mm's (i love them but i'm also realistic)
- 31mm f1.8 Limited. Again a bit in-between, but it would complement the trifactor of LTD lenses nicely; this is a tricky one though as seperate 28mm and 35mm's might be wiser. Maybe if they make their own m-mount film body it would have the framelines for it.
- 50mm f1.4 classic. Because it's a classic, fast nifty fifty; and it glows like crazy so it'd make the leica shooters go nuts.

And a little bonus one because i like that lens so much:
- 50mm f2.8 macro: with valoi film-scanning kit included :-D

I intentionally named lenses that they already have in their lineup and that are famous for their more "artistic" rendering, because i feel like that's where their strength be; and because I'm also not expecting too much in terms of their R&D.

Combining this with a film body (a bigger Pentax 17, call that a Pentax 35!) would make it real snazzy; since the Ricohnians have proven to still be one of the last companies capable of making it work. Of course, i'm not against a M-mount k1-mirrorless either.

And yes indirectly Ricoh (their parent company) has made M-mount camera's before, and Pentax itself has made LTM lenses in the not so distant past. But i feel like as a company they are way too humble for such a bold trick
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For #fursuitFriday: yeah, mood...

In suit: Chaosfox56, from last #furnalEquinox
It's a dragon fox fursuiter sta…
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Hungry like the wolf...

(Minolta CLE, Kodak UltraMax, photo by a friend; developed, scanned and edited by me)

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some cozy art today for some nice vibes~ I love to be at a diner. <3

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There is something about going out for an early morning walk with a camera and then coming back, putting the film in rodinal, preparing my breakfast, and then whilst the film is drying taking a nap
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One of my point-and-shoots (my beloved and behated Ricoh R1) has the weirdly handy propriety that it loads its film backwards; first loading out the entire roll and then respooling it as you shoot (so basically starting from frame 36 and then counting backwards).

Not entirely uncommon with point-and-shoots but always a nice feature when they have it; it's meant to protect your film if you accidentally open the back (or rather more likely, if the camera suddenly dies on you in the field).

But a nice side-effect is that it allows you to easily shoot the same roll in two different camera's. Bored of your camera? Just unspool it, make sure the tip stays out, and pop it in the Ricoh; which will start at the end of the roll. As long as you keep track at what frame to stop shooting the rest is easy peasy.
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anthropic: this model is SO DANGEROUS it should be ILLEGAL TO USE. anyways here it is for $5 a month
us government: it’s now on the export control list
anthropic: holy shit

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#fursuitFriday - (photographic) layers are like lasagna, always better when reheated.
I'll miss you weird Westin hotel bridge for your photo opportunities.

On photo: kryptochrome (second shot) and the rest unidentified as of yet.
Camera: Pentax LX (the broken one) - Film: Portra 800
From last #furnalEquinox.
It's a girl fursuiter doing a p…
It's a kryptochrome with bright…
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Some transport companies are just secretly ally. because honestly the slogan "it's transpossible" just goes hard.

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Q: We all know Lesbians drive Subarus, but what do Enbies drive?

A: They don't care, so long as it gets them/their.

(I am so... so sorry. You deserve better jokes from me.)

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My brain be like:
*promotion if you spend above X euro's*
*spends more than half an hour mixing and matching items to try to get exactly X euro's*
*in the meantime store closes*
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Lis (≙) retired account

It’s only a meating if it’s meat-based (thus in person), online meatings are “vegetarian assemblies in meating style”

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Just a reminder to everyone Android in 85 days you won't be able to install apps If they aren't on the Google Play store or have not registered with Google, signed their contract, paid up, and handed over government ID.
https://keepandroidopen.org/

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protip: when editing your photo's (or colourgrading your movies) make sure you're in a well-lit room, i had to redo the brightness on all my photo's
it's a screenshot of the KDE fi…
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WE’RE SO BACK

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In the forest you might encounter a wolf!
(Minolta CLE, Kodak T-max 100)
Fursuit: Sarah Cat Fursuits (https://www.sarahcatfursuits.com/ )

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If the ownership of #DigID (the Dutch digital ID platform) is something that should be subject to the laws of a free market, then why is the US ambassador in the Netherlands stepping in?

And why is he requesting an urgent meeting with the Dutch PM?

Would his boss allow a Dutch company to take over a critical piece of the American federal digital infrastructure?

The American digital colonialism over Europe is becoming more aggressive as Europe starts to gain its own independence.

And they didn’t think that we were that serious with our talks about digital sovereignty.

https://www.dutchnews.nl/2026/05/us-ambassador-criticises-dutch-block-on-digid-owner-sale/

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Oh right @Njord insisted I tell you, fedi, about this button. It's a big orange button (AC remote for scale) that toggles an extension cord's power on/off when pushed

So far so boring right? Well it had been acting up a bit so we opened it up to change the battery and... no battery?

It apparently uses the mechanical force of pushing the button (it requires a bit of a push!) to trigger a piezoelectric charge which is apparently enough to send a wireless signal to the receiver

Neat!

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