FWIW, GIMP is my go-to for most graphics applications.
-MMM-
On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 10:29 PM fmiser via Mercedes
wrote:
> > Craig wrote:
>
> > For the uninitiated, The Gimp is a freeware program which is
> > very similar in its function to Photoshop.
>
> I'm going to pick on you a bit, Craig.
> Karl wrote:
> That L1 thing is tiny. I think the same chassis is on the road
> in China. Maybe just a diesel though. Anyway no way it weighs
> 3000lb. More like an i3 eg 2000lb. I think it was fore/aft
> seating like a small plane. That is how the drag area is so low.
Well, total drag is low -
I resemble that remark. I fell down the rabbit hole and into previous geologic
layers of collections. Three days of assembling vintage Apple things and
segregating them into logical groupings, then tossing onto CL. I am getting a
few bites. The Benz items are also garnering interest, though
The last video I made: https://youtu.be/hn9oBQkFWx0was on a GoPro Hero7. I'm
really pleased with that although it was a bright day. The audio is pretty good
and I hadn't gotten the external mic for it yet.
The next to last one: https://youtu.be/qon6cKADLkswas my Nikon D5600. I made a
typo
Good point, I guess most of them don't though, I've used that trick a bunch. I
just tested it with my Moto G7 and the hotel TV remote, worked fine.
Another place they come in handy is for seeing if the laser in a fibre
transceiver is working. Point the fibre at the camera and see if the laser
Curt sez:
>, I wanted the flip out camera for making videos. Unfortunately for me the
>Nikon's autofocus sucks for video.
What do you use for video? And yes, I'm sure I've asked that before.
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I've been frustrated by GIMP but I know too much, its similar to Photoshop but
not the same.Once Pshop went subscription only it was time for me to learn
GIMP. The first thing I did was go through and convert all the keyboard
shortcuts to Photoshop. That got me part way there, then I did a lot
On Sun, 11 Aug 2019 03:16:08 + (UTC) Curt Raymond via Mercedes
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> You should be able to verify that an IR remote is putting out signal
> by shooting it at a digital camera and watching the screen of the
> camera. What is invisible to our normal eyes poses no problem for a
> digital
Wikipedia says 1753lb.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_1-litre_car
-Curt
On Saturday, August 10, 2019, 4:23:22 PM EDT, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
wrote:
That L1 thing is tiny. I think the same chassis is on the road in China.
Maybe just a diesel though. Anyway no way it
My dad took college deferments as long as he could. Then when they finally
drafted him he requested "Downtown Saigon" as a duty station. He spent the war
mapping Ethiopia...
My uncle Guy ended up a chopper pilot right in the thick of it. Musta been a
good one, he made it back with all his bits
> Craig wrote:
> For the uninitiated, The Gimp is a freeware program which is
> very similar in its function to Photoshop.
I'm going to pick on you a bit, Craig.
The GIMP is better described as "open source" or "free software" -
but that is "free as in freedom, not free as in pizza". Now, it
How come your experience is the only one that counts? I put 100,000 miles each
on 2x 616 and 2x 601 engines and I found that 5w40 was indistinguishable from
15w50 at average temps and started better in the cold. No loud lifters, no
rattly engine.
0w40 made for a loud 616 which started very
On the other hand the "best" camera is the one you have. The advantage in a
cell phone camera is that you've got it with you all the time...
-Curt
On Friday, August 9, 2019, 8:51:55 PM EDT, Peter Frederick via Mercedes
wrote:
I'm always amused by the notion that cell phone or iPad
Angie has a D3300, I've got a D5600, I wanted the flip out camera for making
videos. Unfortunately for me the Nikon's autofocus sucks for video... I really
like the short 35-55mm lens though, very good for close work.
-Curt
On Friday, August 9, 2019, 9:19:47 PM EDT, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
He kind of learned his lesson though, his return heralded the B G3 which was
the beginning of the best case design Apple ever had...
-Curt
On Friday, August 9, 2019, 7:42:26 PM EDT, Peter Frederick via Mercedes
wrote:
This is hardly new -- Jobs insisted that the cases on the Mac be
You should be able to verify that an IR remote is putting out signal by
shooting it at a digital camera and watching the screen of the camera. What is
invisible to our normal eyes poses no problem for a digital camera.
-Curt
On Friday, August 9, 2019, 4:16:01 PM EDT, Dan Penoff via
On Fri, 09 Aug 2019 20:47:53 -0400 Max Dillon via Mercedes
wrote:
> 9, and the fuse right next to it which I think is F.
That would be 9 and C.
Thanks, Max.
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On Fri, 9 Aug 2019 21:26:58 -0500 Curley McLain via Mercedes
wrote:
> Get one of Dan's 4s fones. There usta be a free third party OS10 app
> that would pull pictures off any device you could plug into the
> computer USB.
Dan seems to not want to part with his phones.
I asked Thursday morning
And I are now friends
Need motor mounts
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On Sat, 10 Aug 2019 20:46:16 -0500 Peter Frederick via Mercedes
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> When you import a raw scan or a raw digital camera image, you will see
> what I mean when you look at the histograms -- the color channels are
> not balanced, typically the blue channel is offset quite a bit from the
>
Sad.
Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI
On Sat, Aug 10, 2019, 8:49 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Roughly two years ago, a Michigan township told retired Ford powertrain
> dyno-cell technician Ron Dauzet that his 218-car automobile collection did
> not comply with a
> Peter wrote:
> You can avoid messing around with the orange mask in two ways:
>
> Easiest is to set the white balance using the space between
> images on a strip of negatives, this should get you a TIFF of
> just the image.
A PNG is just as lossless as a TIFF, but usually compresses
better.
The presence of the orange mask makes projection printing onto color enlarging
paper much easier and compensates for some rather significant dye problems in
substantive color printing.
It is completely un-necessary in scanning, and needs to be removed one way or
another to get good color
> Craig wrote:
> To convert negative images to positive images, it's a simple
> selection of the "invert" menu option.
True.
But a photographic color negative is not color neutral. The
"clear" part of the negative is very orange, so the black parts of
the positive are very blue. But the black
With much more than 10,000 flight hours below 50 ft, I can attest to the
fact the time lapse between "Oops" and "Ohh Sh#7#@^@" is extremely short.
No doubt the pilots last moments were short.
On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 4:42 PM Craig via Mercedes
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> On Fri, 9 Aug 2019 11:20:40 -0400 Meade
https://expeditionportal.com/happy-birthday-to-the-diesel-engine-sort-of/
Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI
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Emergency call to Clay Calling Clay...
Apparently, the fellow has a large property.. Might have been cheaper to
fence the place with a 8 ft high enclosure so no one can see what in on the
property...
On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 5:49 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
Roughly two years ago, a Michigan township told retired Ford powertrain
dyno-cell technician Ron Dauzet that his 218-car automobile collection did not
comply with a local ordinance, and so the vehicles had to go. Since then, the
now-76-year-old has scrapped or sold approximately 180 cars, but
Only interested in a Bluetec SUV 2009 it later.
On Sat, Aug 10, 2019, 9:37 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes
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>
> https://www.benzworld.org/forums/sale-wanted-trade-giveaway/3034682-fs-1993-300d-2-5-arctic.html#post17862240
>
> -D
>
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My experience with LG customer support was awesome. My V10 died and they
sent me a refurbished one (wiped clean) for free. Took 3 weeks. Way our of
warranty.
On Sat, Aug 10, 2019, 5:22 PM Clay Monroe via Mercedes <
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> I just allow the program to suck the pix off my
Nope, although the Iso25 B Kodak might be fun. Tech Pan hasn't been made for
20 years now I don't think.
I may pick up some of that 25 speed stuff though, and I have at least one 100'
roll of KB25 in the freezer.
Just need time to actually take photographs, I don't seem to get much of
You can avoid messing around with the orange mask in two ways:
Easiest is to set the white balance using the space between images on a strip
of negatives, this should get you a TIFF of just the image. I still recommend
48 bit TIFF, more on that later. You will need to re-set for each film
Granted, it's been awhile (like 10 years?) but last time I tired to use
GIMP I found it totally un-intelligible - couldn't figure out how to do the
simplest things that were obvious in the many other programs I'd been
using. Time to try again I guess.
On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 5:21 PM Craig via
On Fri, 9 Aug 2019 11:20:40 -0400 Meade Dillon via Mercedes
wrote:
> Fun read!
The flying videos on
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/29229/a-navy-f-a-18e-super-hornet-has-crashed-near-naval-air-weapons-station-china-lake
are interesting watching, too.
> On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 7:09 PM
LAs Totally Awesome. Yellow stuff that you get to dilate as desired. I used
it full strength to remove engine cruft build up, as it will soften it and
allow for scraping, as well as flushing. Soak the oily gunk for a few minutes
and it washes right off with hose water.
Wheels you do not
Thank you all for a great oil thread. I started it on Craig's suggestion &
as an alternative to whatever OT OT we were on then. I got 58 posts,&
learned a LOT. Still haven't bought oil for 300 CD but leaning
toward,15w50.
Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI
On Sat, Aug 10, 2019, 9:16 AM Mitch Haley
What does everyone use for cleaning aluminum rims?
Clay mentioned some product sold at the Dollar General, but I can't find the
email.
Rick
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On Sat, 10 Aug 2019 09:45:45 -0500 OK Don via Mercedes
wrote:
> How are you converting the negatives to positive digital images? All of
> my attempts have been disappointing ...
Use The Gimp, available at https://www.gimp.org/
The Free & Open Source Image Editor
This is the
I just allow the program to suck the pix off my stuff, then copy the photos to
folders based on subject matter. That makes deleting obsolete (sold items on
CL or Bay of Fleas) simple enough. Folders for each car and subs for each
project on said car.
clay monroe
> On Aug 9, 2019, at 5:34
Look on fleabay and the river of large women for the rebuild kit for the Myers.
Probably just need a new impeller, plus a seal. Bearings from a bearing house
if you take the electric motor apart.
--
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
On August 10, 2019 4:20:51 PM EDT, Curley McLain via Mercedes
That L1 thing is tiny. I think the same chassis is on the road in China.
Maybe just a diesel though. Anyway no way it weighs 3000lb. More like an i3
eg 2000lb. I think it was fore/aft seating like a small plane. That is how
the drag area is so low.
On Thu, Aug 8, 2019, 9:54 PM fmiser via Mercedes
I know Myers pumps are revered in MI by the fruit growers, but has
anyone rebuilt a Myers jet shallow well pump? Mine runs fine and does
not leak, but no longer pumps. (1/3 HP) I am thinking the jet may be
worn out. (Sandy acid, high iron water.)
I am going to look for a kit, but since
Good one. that is how finely tuned MB engineering is.
Dwight E. Giles Jr.
Wickford RI
On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 3:45 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Not enough to worry about. One will say bosch and the other will say
> Hella if you look close enough. there may
Not enough to worry about. One will say bosch and the other will say
Hella if you look close enough. there may be a noticeable difference in
the patterns of the prismatic glass. If anyone says anything just tell
them one is for the left eye and the other is calibrated for the right eye.
On Fri, 9 Aug 2019 22:33:52 -0500
fmiser via Mercedes wrote:
> > Peter wrote:
>
> > Wonderful stuff, I'm still kicking myself for not buying a dozen
> > 100' rolls of it when it was still made.
>
> My cartridge loader sits unused. Hasn't loaded a roll of film in
> at least 10 years. I'm
The problems up north are not much different than the rest of the west. The
people have yet to find a balance of living the American Dream vs. being
realistic about living within the confines of the culture and environment.
Going to school to do the white man gig is not fruitful. Whereas,
Thanks - I'll have to give that a try.
On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 12:09 PM fmiser via Mercedes
wrote:
> > OK wrote:
>
> > How are you converting the negatives to positive digital images?
> > All of my attempts have been disappointing ...
>
> For batch processing, I use imagemagick - command line
> OK wrote:
> I've also been thinking about converting the enlarging color
> head that I inverted and used for slide copying from tungsten to
> LED. The dichroic filters would take care of any color issues,
> if the light is continuous enough. Those 250 to 300 watt bulbs
> get hot in a hurry in
> OK wrote:
> How are you converting the negatives to positive digital images?
> All of my attempts have been disappointing ...
For batch processing, I use imagemagick - command line image
editing.
For one or two, I've done it just using the GIMP, which allows me
to tweak it a bit.
What has
I'll use the inverted enlarging color head - very even illumination, just
need to modify it to use an LED light as the light source.
I use the Nikon mounted on a Leitz Reprovit II copystand - very ridig, and
have adapted a Zeiss 75mm S-Planar (IIRC) copy lens that is optimized for
1:1 reproduction
The only issue I've had with Epson flatbeds is banding on older models. I have
a 4490 I've used some, not high on the priority list at the moment. Maybe this
winter, or after I retire. Others have reported resolution and focus problems,
but I've been happy. Had to make a custom holder from
My SS number was 3. Draft stopped in 75, or I'd have been blown up in Viet Nam
for sure, that's the way my luck usually runs.
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Yes, mainly negatives to positives.
A few hints -- use an LED floodlight for a light source. Reasonably
collumated, so it reduces flare at the edges a little, and you can try various
color balance ones to reduce the fiddling when inverting.
Shoot in RAW and use Nikon conversion software to
I have an Epson 4990 Photo scanner and negative holders for 35mm and 120/220
that I use, along with scanning software.
-D
> On Aug 10, 2019, at 10:45 AM, OK Don via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> How are you converting the negatives to positive digital images? All of my
> attempts have been
Best diesel Benz ever made.
Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI
On Sat, Aug 10, 2019, 10:22 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
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> I need that. $300 would get it
>
> --FT
>
> On 8/10/19 10:17 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
> > …this is it:
> >
> >
>
Well, the lottery didn't encourage school --
I drew number 324 in the very first draft lottery. My best friend drew 24.
He stayed in ROTC and let the army put him through medical school, I
dropped out of ROTC.
On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 11:24 PM Craig via Mercedes
wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Aug 2019
I have (though it hasn't been seen in a long time) a sliding base mean to
"split" a single 35mm slide into three either overlapping or butted slides
for multiple projector shows - something like that could work. I've also
been thinking about converting the enlarging color head that I inverted and
If they’re both Euro style headlights I don’t see that it would make a
difference. There might be slight differences in the lenses, but that wouldn’t
be visible to the average person, I would think.
-D
> On Aug 10, 2019, at 10:29 AM, MG via Mercedes wrote:
>
>
> Does anybody by chance know
How are you converting the negatives to positive digital images? All of my
attempts have been disappointing ...
On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 8:43 PM Peter Frederick via Mercedes <
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> I've been using the D3300 for "scanning" film -- resolution is equal to my
> film scanner
Yep
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> On Aug 10, 2019, at 9:17 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> …this is it:
>
> https://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/cto/d/clearwater-1992-mercedes-300d-wont/6953607528.html
>
> -D
>
>
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Cost me $300 to go get it!
--FT
On 8/10/19 10:23 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
Make the call and come on down! I’ll help you go pick it up.
-D
On Aug 10, 2019, at 10:21 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
wrote:
I need that. $300 would get it
--FT
On 8/10/19 10:17 AM, Dan Penoff via
Does anybody by chance know if the Hella and Bosch euro
style headlights have a visual difference on the car,
another words if I use one of each will they look
different?
MG
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Make the call and come on down! I’ll help you go pick it up.
-D
> On Aug 10, 2019, at 10:21 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> I need that. $300 would get it
>
> --FT
>
> On 8/10/19 10:17 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
>> …this is it:
>>
>>
I need that. $300 would get it
--FT
On 8/10/19 10:17 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
…this is it:
https://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/cto/d/clearwater-1992-mercedes-300d-wont/6953607528.html
-D
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…this is it:
https://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/cto/d/clearwater-1992-mercedes-300d-wont/6953607528.html
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> On August 9, 2019 at 11:15 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes
> wrote:
> My OM603s did OK with the 10-40 stuff, back
> when it was real M1 and had enough zinc. But I tried the 5W-40 and got
> rattly lifters (not a problem with the iron heads, but still signals
> that the oil is too thin.)
My point is that at operating temperature there shouldn't be any real
difference between 5w40 and 15w40, it's the 40 that matters, not the 5. The 5
absolutely matters at low temp and back when I was regularly commuting in a
240D I couldn't have managed it in the winter with 15w40 conventional
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