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A bit off topic. My latest build... Miyota 8215 movement with an older Explorer type dial and hands in a 36mm case and mounted on a hairy arm. This one was a faff. Anyone interested can read all about it...

Ta-Dah! Sorry about the hairy arm :D Phone snap. That speck in the upper right between 12 and 1 is just on the glass and not in the watch. This is an old Explorer type dial and hands and a Miyota 8215 movement in a 36mm case. I do like this watch. I had a few problems with this. Firstly...

:D Such is life.

The rumor site says there's a bunch of new cameras coming in the next few months. https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/today-big-sony-rumors-coming/ Anyone waiting for anything? I think the only thing that could interest me is an A7cIII with the do everything back screen and 1/8,000 shutter or...

I'm not anti MFT, I have MFT kit but you have to accept it can't match the IQ of FF if you look for the differences. Not noticing or not caring is a different thing. The choice is there though but the OP did specify FF.

I mentioned RF style as that's what the OP is looking at and is possibly the most compact form if that's important for an EDC. I don't find MFT flat, I have many pictures which don't look flat to me. One cause could be due to the x2 crop and a lot of lenses or the aperture people choose giving...

It's a shame MFT stopped making RF style cameras but even if they still made them FF offers better IQ and more control over DoF.

It's just a small thing but getting the doorbell off the wall to charge it is much easier than with the Ring. I'm going to use the Ring for watching the inside of the house when we go on holiday although I might go for a Tapo camera for that. The next thing I have to sort out is our external...

NEVER! NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER! Asks strangers on the internet instead :D

We went for another Samsung. 50". They seem to have gone down the same dispose of after a few years route as some other makes now though. I've watched a few vids by a TV repair guy on Youtube who complains about the backlight issue and the nosedive in quality and repairability. I'm sure I...

Just an update from me. I was very unhappy with my Ring because often it either failed to spot people walking up to the front door or was very slow to raise an alert sometimes taking several minutes. The subscription is up soon so I cancelled the renewal and went for a Tapo TD21 with a hub...

7Artisan 40mm f2.5 review. https://phillipreeve.net/blog/review-7artisans-40mm-2-5-af/#Introduction I bought my Sony 40mm f2.5 before the cheaper alternatives came out but I bought the TTA 40mm f2 for the wider aperture but sadly it had issues on my camera and went back. It's "issue" with the...

As well as the 35mm f2.8 have a look at the Sony 24mm f2.8 and 40 and 50mm f2.5 G's. They're small and have an aperture ring. I have the 35mm f2.8 and the newer 24 and 40mm.

If you give building a try please post pictures and details and any tips or problems. In the meantime, how about some pictures and a write up of your modded digital watches? :D

Altering our driving style is going to depend at least in part on traffic, ie, take too long moving off and we're going to get beeped. I don't drive at the limits these days like I used to on the twisties in N. Yorkshire in my sports cars, I just pootle along now and I think I've decided not to...