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Cameras, Crop, and Lenses — Why the Full-Frame Standard is Confusing

Scopique January 22, 2020

I have been spending a lot of time learning about the mechanics of photography now that I have my new G7 camera. As with a lot of hobbies, there’s technical knowledge — how stuff works — and practical knowledge — what you…

Counter Culture; Mining Our Own Business

Scopique January 9, 2020

Counter Culture I have been dropping images and text on Twitter about it, but don’t think that I’ve mentioned here that as a result of the sale of my father’s house, we are upgrading our kitchen. Well, it started as the kitchen,…

A New Camera

Scopique January 6, 2020

Adding yet another hobby to the pile, I am now the proud owner of this baby: So, here’s the shortest version I can compile. When studying VFX, there’s a lot of jargon thrown around that’s shared between cinematography and photography, which I…

Element 3D for After Effects

Scopique December 31, 2019

Rounding out 2019 I spent some collected money on one of my long-term wishlist items, Element 3D from VideoCopilot.net. E3D isn’t a 3D modeling program. You can import 3D models in OBJ format, can lay down some primitives like cubes and cylinders,…

The DSJI Osmo Pocket

Scopique November 13, 2019

I have this really stupid idea in my head that the only thing preventing me from getting back in the saddle with the whole visual effects thing is a lack of quality hardware. I have spent a lot of time on Amazon…

A Study of Flight Controllers

Scopique October 15, 2019

Right now I have the venerable Logitech/Saitek X52 Pro HOTAS (HOTAS stands for “hands-on throttle and stick” which is a lot less NSFW than it sounds) and I like it a lot. In Elite Dangerous, I never have to use a keyboard…

The Courier Lives! Surface Neo and Surface Duo

Scopique October 2, 2019

You had to know this was coming. Back in 2009, there was a rumor that Microsoft was working on a revolutionary yet off-the-wall hardware design under the name “Courier”. This was before Apple released the iPad, which if you remember everyone dinged…

Weekend Hardware Update for 9/28/19

Scopique September 30, 2019

I have joined the future and have installed my first M.2 drive into my home PC. Last week I saw that NewEgg had a deal on an Intel 512GB M.2 SSD. M.2 drives are kind of a newer thing but seem to…

Some Plans

Scopique August 14, 2019

Hey guys, what’s up, it’s me ya’ boy Scopique and I promise I will never ever say that again when I make an attempt to get back to live streaming this Thursday at 4:30 PM EDT. Geezus my skin is crawling having…

Hey, ‘Stranger Things’ Fans: The Eighties Were Really OK

Scopique July 19, 2019

I really like the articles that Jason “David Wong” Pargin writes for Cracked.com. While his stuff certainly has a consistent level of humor, his topics are always poignant and often striking, which is why I opted to pen this post in response…