A little experiment with focus stacking. I used my 16mm macro extension tube and set focus bracketing on my camera to take 8 photos with different focus. Then I merged them together in HeliconFocus to get the entire battery in focus.
I tried using Photoshop to merge them first, but I think it needs more images with smaller differences in focus. HeliconFocus had much better results with this set of images.
π· Olympus E-M10 Mark II (49mm, Ζ/5.6, 0.6s, ISO 800)
This weekend I upgraded the Raspberry Pi that hosts my Mastodon instance and Home Assistant (among other services) with an NVMe drive.Β Β Previously it was using an old mechanical USB hard drive, so the performance increase with the NVMe is huge!Β Β
It runs a bit hotter than with the microSD card + external HDD, but it’s nice to have everything in one case without worrying about SD card wear anymore.
I also finally got around to upgrading from Ubuntu 20.04 to Ubuntu 22.04, just in time for the next LTS release later this year.
π Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve (New Hope, Pennsylvania)
π· Olympus E-M10 Mark II (92mm, Ζ/8, 1/15s, ISO 400)
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October 22nd, 2023
π Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve (New Hope, Pennsylvania)
π· Olympus E-M10 Mark II (20mm, Ζ/6.3, 1/125s, ISO 400)
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October 22nd, 2023
π Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve (New Hope, Pennsylvania)
π· Olympus E-M10 Mark II (78mm, Ζ/10, 1/10s, ISO 400)
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October 22nd, 2023
π Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve (New Hope, Pennsylvania)
π· Olympus E-M10 Mark II (42mm, Ζ/5.6, 1/40s, ISO 400)
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October 22nd, 2023
π Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve (New Hope, Pennsylvania)
π· Olympus E-M10 Mark II (40mm, Ζ/16, 1/20s, ISO 400)
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October 22nd, 2023
π Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve (New Hope, Pennsylvania)
π· Olympus E-M10 Mark II (37mm, Ζ/8, 1/60s, ISO 400)
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October 22nd, 2023
Finally got around to installing a replaceable CMOS battery in my Dreamcast. Hopefully my VM2 will arrive soon, and then I won’t have to worry about the VMU batteries anymore either!
I also ordered some little 3D printed retro computer models to put on my desk. I wasn’t expecting them to arrive until later in the month as they’re from a seller in Italy, but they showed up last night!
