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Bump> Price is now £220

Bump> Price is now £230

Also, very curious about your experiences with the Monochrom - do you have a Flickr account or anything?

Thanks for your interest and bump. The first generation Leica Monochrom camera is a true, but quirky, classic. It is a unique digital camera with the wonderful rendering of tones produced by its monochrome CCD sensor and processing, but it loses detail in the highlights when overexposed that cannot be recovered from RAW images (in contrast to a colour sensor). As all pixels recorded appear in the final image, rather than being interpolated from a colour filter array, the files viewed close up are incredibly detailed and as a result the 18MP resolution is enough for pretty much any use. The buffer is tiny and I take photographs at the pace of a film camera. The shutter-recocking motor is loud, but in discrete single-shot mode I'm never really aware of the noise. Sadly, the sensors are no longer available for repairs, and though this camera has the replacement sensor that eliminated the original manufacturing fault which used to lead to sensor corrosion, I have to treat it with care knowing it cannot be replaced in the future.

Bump> Price is now £240

I have just posted for sale my Fogg Soprano hand-made camera bag in the Classified section, which may be of interest to owners of Leica rangefinders, as well as mirrorless or smaller film SLR cameras:
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/371842/

I am putting up for sale my little used Fogg Soprano camera bag. These are hand made in France by Nigel and Bee Fogg and were developed for photojournalism with Leica rangefinders cameras. They offer extremely good protection in a compact, durable and well-padded bag that weighs only 560g.

This model fits a camera body with lens attached vertically and two additional lenses stacked on their sides with a cushioned separator between them. The internal compartments are configurable. It will also fit many mirrorless cameras and smaller traditional film SLRs. I had mine made by Nigel Fogg with the omission of the little handle on the lid which I think gives it cleaner lines. It was made with waxed cotton, canvas and leather trim. The additional velcro lid closure has a removable cover sheet for silent opening of the bag.

The new price for a Soprano bag is €382 from Fogg and £377 from Robert White Cameras. I would like £250, £240, £230, £220, SOLD, with free collection from Sheffield or I will post by Royal Mail special delivery in the UK with the addition of the postage charge.

First Dibs followed by PM secures the bag.

[Note: The Leica Monochrom camera, 35, 50 and 90mm lenses and B&W orange filter are NOT included, they are shown in the photographs to provide scale and illustrate a typical use of the bag.]

Perhaps, the Brooks Cambium Organic Light Saddles are close enough to white? It seems several types were available and the C17 is still on sale.

Image source: http://www.condorcycles.com

Sadly, their Team Pro white CMWC Tokyo limited edition is long gone.

The Terra Nova Voyager is bang on what I'm after, but the £500+ price tag is a bit rich

Lightwave make the G20 which is similar to the Voyager, but it seems to be out of stock everywhere. If you are looking for an inner-first pitching 4-season tent then their T20 tunnel wedge tent looks good (inner-only, outer-only or integral pitching are possible), and it has ventilation at both ends unlike the Voyager. TISO seem to have them in stock for £399.

That's it! 👍

I have VLC player installed under Manjaro Linux and it seem to have an issue with the speed of replay on some ripped files, I guess I could give it a try for the Windows installation.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pioneer-BDR-XD0­7TB-Slim-Portable-Burner/dp/B081GJ3NX8/

That looks good, though I don't need the Blue-ray facility, which seems to add about a £60 additional cost; just DVD compatibility is fine. There seem to be a couple of Hitachi ones for £25-30 which look like they might be be okay.

I am looking for an external DVD/CD read/write drive of good quality which has wide compatibility with versions of Windows (e.g., 7, 10, 11), and able to work with Linux. Is it worth looking for a USB 3 interface or is USB 2 sufficient, given the speed of optical drives? I would like it to only take up only one USB port, as some drives require a second USB port for the power supply.

Also, what is a good free Windows software (no adverts and not time-limited) to play videos from the optical drive or those stored on hard drives?

Any recommendations would be much appreciated.

This, I keep meaning to buy one!

https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/kallax-shel­ving-unit-white-20301554

I miss the Expedit.

For anyone interested in using R for coding the projects, an on-line event for discussion of the Advent of Code in R was announced on the Allstat mailing list.

"------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2021 14:05:20 +0000
From: David Selby
Subject: EVENT: Advent of Code R discussion - Fri 3 December

The Advent of Code (https://adventofcode.com), a series of daily programming puzzles running up to Christmas, starts soon. On 3 December, the R-thritis Statistical Computing Group at the University of Manchester Centre for Epidemiology, jointly with Warwick R User Group, is hosting an informal online meetup where we will discuss different approaches to tackling (and hopefully solving) the challenges using R and related languages/tools. This is a good opportunity for R newbies to familiarise themselves with basics of programming syntax, as well as for advanced users to learn tips and tricks.

Join us on Friday 3 December at 10:00 via MS Teams. We'll discuss how we solved (or got stuck) on the first 2 days' problems.

https://www.meetup.com/Warwick-useRs/events/282303150/

Best regards,

David Selby
Research Associate in Data Science
Centre for Musculoskeletal Research
University of Manchester
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Bulgari Aluminium is a strangely nice looking watch....

Yes, but the straps seem to be designed for people with strangely angular wrists:

Image source: https://www.watchaffinity.co.uk/blog/spotlight-bulgari-aluminium-collection

I thought the transparent dome of this cat rucksack might be an idea for this project, making it kind of space age and streamlined like a Zzipper fairing, though I'm not sure about the cat dress :-)

Image source: http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2021/nov/26/cat-in-a-dress-fireworks-landslides-friday-best-photos

This is an appealing bike for a taller rider. The Paul dropouts and tensioners are a nice touch. GLWS

"Done."

Excellent job. The frame bag is a really nice touch.

No. London Chroming on the OKR opposite Asylum Road turnoff. Arm & a leg.

I have things done by a chromers in Liverpool i believe, though I'd gone to Argos in Bristol to commission work on a 60s track iron.

Okay, it looks it may only be worth it for a special item. I'm based in Sheffield, so I'll see what is available in Yorkshire.

I imagine that in the automotive business, they are chroming a lot of pretty small parts for car restorations.

Thinking along similar lines, I had been checking online classic motorcycle forums about re-chroming parts, so I'll try popping into a couple of local restorers and see whether they have anything to suggest.

I was expecting to, but did not. Perhaps they changed to hardware with a more resilient finish?

Good to hear, after the mileage you have put on them. I noticed what looked like surface rust in some photographs of used Klampers and I was surprised.

That's a really nice collection of shiny silver parts you have put together for this project.

how does the gear range on this compare to other models?

The P Line seems to cover almost the range of a 3-speed SA set up with 50t freewheel and 14t sprocket options:
44.6", 53.6", 61.8", 73.0" (i.e., 3.6, 4.3, 4.9, 5.8 metres development)
vs
43.0", 57.4", 76.5" (i.e., 3.4, 4.6, 6.1 metres development),
according to Sheldon Brown's online gear ratio calculator.

The revised rear suspension block is closer to the Moulton AM rubber cone which alters the rising rate and damping with length.

Most high-quality traditional chrome downtube double cable stops for barcon shifters available for sale are pitted (even if they have had the rust cleaned off), or very expensive for (really) new-old-stock. So I was wondering about buying a new black "no-name" version available for £10, modifying the cable entrances to allow for ferrules, and getting it chromed. I could do some initial preparation such as removing the black paint and filing any rough edges.

Any idea much it would be to get a small item like this chrome-plated to a high standard of finish, and where from?

An alternative is to get a tatty Campagnolo one re-plated, though again, I have no idea if this is economically viable and whether it would preserve the original name and finishing details.

I've finished overhauling my Klampers for the first time since installing them last August.

These look great. Did you have any issues with corrosion on the two steel Allen screws which hold each brake together (whose heads are on the inner face)?

I have this https://www.topeak.com/global/en/product­s/41-Floor-Pumps/1322-JOEBLOW-BOOSTER

Much as I love using my SKS Rennkompressor pump for tubed tyres, something like that JoeBlow Booster pump has to be the future of track pumps with the rise of tubeless tyres. Their video makes the whole fitting and pumping sequence look particularly straightforward:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-295E_vZ4SM

I don’t know what it is, but I like it.

Google image search finally worked. Here is another, though the Decal on the frame has a different name.

Image source: https://www.eta.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cargo1.jpg

and as a gif with other views:
https://www.eta.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cargo_gif.gif

Okay, (thanks to Bing image search) it seems to be a Stroke Cargo Trike made by a Japanese company called Envision. There is an article in English with a link to a YouTube video, here:
https://theawesomer.com/stroke-cargo-trike/553466/

I like the fact that it is actually a tilting trike.