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Around The Horn
28 February 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at mushroom clouds, Justin Mott, charging a battery, shutter latency, a lens game, old pictures and old prints.
- Grace Ebert showcases Øystein Sture Aspelund's images of Icy Mushroom Clouds springing from a small geyser 13,120 feet above sea level.
- Kirk Tuck recommends a YouTube video by Justin Mott. "His video walks the audience through the nuts and bolts of his recent assignment for the New York Times," he writes. "It's about old and new coffee culture in Vietnam."
- Is Something Really Wrong, or Is It Me? wonders Derrick Story when he can't charge a battery via USB. It was him.
- Jim Kasson found a way to measure Hasselblad X2D Shutter Latency. Including his reaction time.
- If you have a few lenses you don't know why you bought, Thom Hogan suggests playing The Random Game.
- In Old Pictures, Mike Johnston presents "three mystery photos for you." No idea what the answers are.
- A Reddit poster asks, How Much Quality Was Lost in the 1990s From Poorly Done Prints at Generic/Mall/Big Box Photo Labs? A lot.
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