My comment

It sounds to me that really any sort of studio strobe would be fine, even the cheapest ones. Assuming that you can use a very low power setting, meaning that you can really put your lamp very close to your setup (<50 cm), then power won’t matter. The closer the better. Because if you use any sort of strobe at a very low power setting with a usual parabolic reflector, and no diffusion in between, at this distance, you should have more power than you could ever need. Also any flash or strobe that you can buy can also be triggered via a cable.

But for specific recommendation:

“Paul C Buff Einstein” If you need a lamp for more than just that one project.

Otherwise, really any will be fine, given that you can place it as close as you want to your subject. A reputable cheap manufacturer is GODOX.

Rant about electrical safety

But I will say this put in the effort for safety mechanisms when it comes to electricity. You should still use the heat sensor even though it should be fine because “I thought it was fine” are always the famous last words before a fire. I am a staunch advocate for proper electrical setups because once I saw a guy working for an exhibition connect a 2 kW continuous lamp, to a cheap Chinese extension cord and put the cord on top of a radiator. Other things I frequently see are “photographers” triggering the overheating protection of their extension cords and then just resetting them as if nothing happened. The overheating safety is the last line of defence before a fire. If you save effort literally everywhere, that’s fine. But put in the effort when it comes to electrical safety. Even the nicest extension cord will be cheaper than the consequences of a fire. Rant over.

Edit: typo.

The Linux kernel is so handy, its mascot even has three arms.

Ha Ha, non-Euclidian geometry go brr. :)

Well, summer is within spitting distance, so prepare for a new record. :)

Fuck. That.

I think I start to understand. But how is it possible to move this many people with cars? I mean, for example, a family of four would then need, four different trips and essentially two different cars because if the adults do not work at the same place, how are they going to get to work on time? Or am I imagining it wrong?

What is “anti-homeless architecture”? Genuine question.

Edit: Also, thanks for the detailed answer.

Have you seen his human-growth-hormone belly? It would take years, man.

I’ve never been in the USA. Is it really that bad? I’ve heard that the USA have basically eradicated their own culture, because they destroyed their city centres in favour of suburbs, which need to be subsidised constantly. And therefore, cities sprawl. Is that true?

The numbers are calculated from the average of the EU27 killed travelers per billion person kilometers.

So in this case 2.5 perished by car, 0.07 perished by trains, (2.5/0.07~35.71).

Source: https://www.allianz-pro-schiene.de/presse/pressemitteilungen/verkehrssicherheit/

Critique of source: biased towards trains given their organisation’s purpose.

Edit: typo.

Well, we can thank Mr. Schröder for that. “Der Genosse der Bosse”

Tldr: Take the train and be safe.

Rant: In the EU, you are 35x more likely to die from a car crash, compared to a train crash. The union has created the so-called Vision Zero program, which is designed to reach zero driving deaths by some arbitrarily chosen date in the future. And of course it talks about autonomously driving cars. You know, crazy idea, but what if instead of we bet it all on some hypothetical magic Jesus technology that may or may not exist by the arbitrarily chosen date and instead focus on the real world solution that we already have? But well, the car industry investors would make less money, so I can answer that myself. :(

Edit: Also, Musk is a Nazi cunt who should die of cancer.

Thanks. :)

I have no idea if it can’t load aperture libraries or not. I have never used it. But Darktable as a photo editor is the by far best one that I’ve used and I used CaptureOne and Adobe Trashroom previously. Short version is that it uses a scene-referred workflow which guarantees consistency between pictures and is basically the same process that colour editing software in the video world uses, while all other photo editing software basically only uses a display-referred process, which is a problem, since it applies a base curve and turns the raw file into a higher quality JPEG and then you only edit said higher quality JPEG, this is horrible for consistency and predictability. If you use the “recovery” option in Lightroom, you know what I’m talking about.

If you start out with Darktable, there will be a slight learning curve because every YouTube video has taught us to use curves upon curves upon curves. Which again is a problem because you’re multiplying errors. But I digress. Give it a try. It’s free to download and if you don’t like it, you don’t have to use it. I gave it a try, and I love it. But well, horses for courses.

Since you mentioned Capture One, I used it a lot and yes, they do that. I switched to Darktable a long time ago, so I don’t know where exactly this is, but there should be a drop-down menu where you can select a base curve for the display referred process, and the next menu option should be the base lut for colour, if I remember correctly.

Edit: typo. And so in your case the colour option right under the base curve should say something with “Velvia”

What software are you using for editing? It may be that Fujifilm packs a so-called raw-LUT into the raw file itself, which the software then uses to make the raw file look like a JPEG.

Think about him personally what you will, but professionally, he is the reason why we can have digital personal property today. Also the stuff he did for computing is objectively good.

Yes, well that happens if you use very small models. It does get better with more parameters, meaning it gets more consistent. How valuable the advice is, well, you can judge for yourself.

Can Elon build a submarine and invite Vance please?

Well, yes, but then what’s the point? It would be like having Wikipedia filtered through Alex Jones.