Here we go with another week. Where will I land?

• Vivitar made a ton of lenses. So many that they used multiple manufacturers for their production. If you have a Vivitar lens and wondered who made it, then Camera Quest can help.
• I reactivated my Flickr account. It will provide some inspiration and a place to park a few images.
• David Wilcox released a new album, My Good Friends. I bought the download (ALAC format) from Bandcamp. It is recommended.
• Meyer Optik Görlitz made some interesting glass in the Post-Ware era to the early 1970’s. The company history is also interesting.
• I still use my HP-48GX calculator. It might not see daily use (like my Swiss Micros reproduction of the HP-42S), but it is still used. I wrote many useful programs for it. Now I see that the memory cards are available from Retrotronik.

Another week is begun. Where will it take me in the Interwebs?

• I have thought of a Hasselblad film camera for years (decades?). The thought recently resurfaced. I have two Zeiss lenses for Hasselblad cameras in my inventory (result of a trade). There is a log about Hasselblad cameras here
• But wait! There’s more! I found what I need to know about the Hasselblad system here. It is the history of the system and worth the time to read.
• I am still considering a Light Phone to replace my smartphone (iPhone).

Here we go with another week. It looks a little thin this week.

• I found myself looking for an easy way to subset a dataset in R¹. I found dplyr to be a useful asset.
• Hardcore Hammers has some killer (pardon the pun) camp hatchets/hand axes. I think this one might come home to live with me.
• Moment has a lot of interesting things for photographers.
• I spent some time listening to Gillian Welch the last week. She is an interesting artist.
• I have had a lot of camera bags over the years. Most of them were junk. Tamrac makes a few nice bags. But I have a fondness for waxed canvas bags. My EDC is a waxed canvas Nutsac that will carry my Microsoft Go 2 and support. I have taken to Domke camera bags in their ruggedwear line. Domke bags are highly recommended.

¹R is a statistical analysis software that I use for a lot of my work.

Well, we will see where the week takes me.

• Well, this cast iron sausage pan really caught my eye. I like sausage, but do not cook them often. I think this would be great for stove top hot dogs and bratwurst. Hmmmmm…
• While working on a project, I came across the R package dplyr. This adds a powerful ability to filter a dataframe.
• I still track Fuji Rumors for information about the Fujifilm ecosystem.
• For that matter, I sometimes browse Sony Alpha Rumors as well. I got restarted into photography when I bought a Sony NEX-5N more than ten years ago and then wandered into the world of adapting legacy glass.
• In my research on the Fuji X100 series cameras, I was directed to a Squarehood, which manufactures (?) and sells square hood for the X100V and similar cameras.
• I was also reminded of another vendor of camera accessories, Lensmate, which I remember from back when I was working with the Canon G series of cameras and then the Sony NEX-5N. The 5N remains one of my favorite (and first) mirrorless cameras.
• I also discovered Clever Supply, which has some nice leather accessories for camera lovers.