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I have a la pavoni europiccola in need of a clean up and service. I am also moving to Canada so wondered if it could be converted to use a North American power supply. Does anyone know a place that might do this?

I use darktable. I think it is well regarded but I'm no expert.

Some recent scans. All Fomapan 200.

Some recent ones on Fomapan 400/200

Thanks. I’ve got my eye out for a 40mm. I’ve already got the 35mm 2.8 so it’s a bit difficult to justify unless it’s a bit of a bargain.

I made what is effectively a slide copier from a cardboard box and jammed it onto a lens hood so I can screw it on a lens. I use this with an aging pentax k-m and a 50mm macro lens exposing at f8 and .7s with a 2 second shutter delay to hopefully prevent any camera shake. I use a tablet showing a white image for a light source at some distance so the pixels don't show. My main concern is that I only have 10MP to play with, and the lens doesn't focus close enough to fill the frame (you can see the raw file here) so my resulting crop is around 2750x1850 pixels. I've tried using a 2x teleconverter and stitching the image, but that introduced some distortion and didn't noticably improve the detail (at least on a 1080p screen). So I'm guessing that as long as I don't want to make big prints or show them on a 4k screen it is probably sufficient.

Long time lurker, finally took some pics I was moderately proud of. I'm still getting my scanning setup worked out, so feedback on scan quality would be greatly appreciated.

Pentax MX
50mm 1.7
Fomapan 400
DSLR Scan

And when you upgrade to a proper barbell, you don't need to buy new plates.

You could be right - no cycling is the future.

How do you leave yours when you sleep? I vaguely remember seeing a picture that shows the angle you leave it on your bedside table impacts the time somehow...

I believe that leaving it face up may let it gain a little time, on its side crown uppermost will lose a little time, crown down will lose a little more time.

This seems to hold true for my seiko 5 which runs a little fast during the day so leaving it crown down overnight seems to even it out. I have no idea if any of these positions impact on the watch's health.

This one started poorly though

I just picked up a rather natty striped nato from there. Right pleased with it I am.

I have been ogling stowa watches for a while. This is really nice.

Full review here:

http://wornandwound.com/2013/11/27/stowa-antea-ks-review/

I was looking at Seiko Bell-Matics for a while, largely for the novelty value of the alarm.

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I had no idea that Wittgenstein's later writings in the philosophy of language were so memeworthy.

Orient Bambino might fit the bill.

(that was supposed to be a reply to Jet)

I am trying a metal bracelet on my seiko 5. Does it matter that the ends of the bracelet are straight rather than matching the curve of the case? I worry that it might be a horological faux-pas.

This might be a bit low rent for the aficionados on this thread but I would like a smart watch to wear with a suit for around £100 - looking at the Swatch Irony Chronos but are there any other recommendations?

Feel free to heap with scorn if I'm far too cheap ;)

thanks

do you want a mechanical? Myabe an Orient Bambino? I've not found a uk seller, but this site is in Holland:

http://www.seriouswatches.com/orient-er24005w.html

I really like elementary. If I was not so wedded to tiling window managers it would be my next choice.

poacher?

You can boulder on your own. And then make friends who can belay. Some places have small bouldering areas though. Arch climbing is bouldering only and is pretty huge. And they sell snacks.

102645, which I believe dates it to Oct 1981. I was contemplating a service, but I suspect it would cost more than the watch is worth. Provided I can regulate it overnight I may just leave it be.

My first mechanical watch, a slightly battered Seiko 5 with 6309 movement acquired for pittance on ebay. Timekeeping so far has been hilarious, it seems to gain around 10s over the course of the day, but loses around the same overnight (left with the crown up). At the moment it is on the bracelet from an old casio digital, but I have a brown leather nato on the way, which I hope will dress it down a bit for a more casual look.

Needs a 'Thanks Obama'

pics or it didn't happen. :)