Earl

I had the wrong setting for exposure time this is only 2 seconds, (wanted 30 DOH) boosted the exposure and brightness via editing, just to see what is there.

Im curios why the warm room has to be accessed via the scope area, would not a separate external door into there would be more practical ?

1 minute ago, Littleguy80 said:

Which leads to obvious question of what IS your favourite setup now? 😂

Eyeballs MK .75 atm  but ......watch this space I have a Cunning Plan.

This WAS my favourite setup.

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7 hours ago, Enceladus Dan said:

I had a quick search and the D7100 can use WiFi app (nikon wmu) but requires a WiFi adaptor. D7200 can be used direct. 

https://www.nikonimgsupport.com/eu/BV_article?articleNo=000006469&configured=1&lang=en_GB&sfdcIFrameOrigin=null

Maybe ask if anyone has used this app and what level of control it gives you. The canon one was pretty good. If it does what you need, but can't set up intervals in bulb mode. This is the app I used. 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobilephoton.intervalometer

tring to avoid spending atm tbh so im not getting the wifi adapter as i can use my laptop with APT but would much prefer to use my phone to save luggage

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2 hours ago, Enceladus Dan said:

Hello Earl,

I don't know the D7100, when I had a canon EOS M3 which would not use usb to APT ect. I used the wifi connection to the canon connect app. This allowed me to control the camera, but I couldn't set intervals over 30s. So I then used an android intervelometer app which has an overlay function and presses the shutter button of my canon app for me. 

If the D7100 has wifi and a Nikon app to control it, maybe the intervalometer app will work for you too. Base app was free, pro mode to unlock longer than 30s was something like £2-3. I no longer use it as I changed to a 600D which works  in USB to APT. 

Clear skies 

Danny

 

I can connect with apt on my pc but need it to be on my phone so I'm lugging less gear. 

Hi am looking to control my Nikon D7100 from my HUAWEI P30 Pro via USB I have tried some apps have OTG adapters and nothing works so far, has anyone managed to do this?

Thank you

This? https://www.startech.com/en-gb/hdd/s3520bu33er

On 02/01/2023 at 12:39, Mandy D said:

Yes. I have a Startech dual redundant SATA array external enclosure with a pair of 2TB HDDs in it that are in a RAID 2 config. It is 12V d.c. input, so should work OK in a car at 14.4 V, but I don't guarantee it. Have a look at www.startech.com and I am sure you will find what you need.

Do you have a model number please? 

1 hour ago, Shimrod said:

I don't understand why you need a powered drive. Why not just use a large capacity pen drive - if it is serving out music it does not need the speed of a Sata or m2 interface.

Because that is what I want. 

19 minutes ago, david_taurus83 said:

Whilst stargazing?!

Could be used for that also

31 minutes ago, knobby said:

A 1TB drive of music powered by the car plugged into my phone via USB-C which then connects to the cars audio system

 

No an external hard drive usb3 powered in a car off the 12v cigar lighter. 

Does something as titled exist 

Whatever is needed to appease the dice God's will. 

On 20/10/2022 at 12:32, FLO said:

we purchased four shipping containers to store stock at a local farm.

Steve 

There is a storage place in Hereford all 20 foot containers, they have  a good few hundred and all are full, my toy soldiers live in one, power, lighting, heating and 4g internet, not perfect but great .

2 minutes ago, mightymonoped said:

There is heavy light pollution from car park lights, I suspect it's an internal reflection from one of those due to the direction this object is in.

might be worth extending the dew shield

12 hours ago, tomato said:

The guide camera window only was removed because it had to be to get the camera closer in, but… I may have inadvertently swapped the UV/IR cut filters in the optical train, although I am surprised a different brand could change the effective FL by ~3 mm.

3mm is a bit much but filters do vary in thickness also.

the optical window can alter the focal length.

Correction, where it comes to focus, all glass in the light path will effect it to some extent.

One of the many channels I have a gander at from time to time. 

On 04/08/2022 at 16:05, vlaiv said:

No, not really.

It is phenomena like any other around us. We do have them, we do have at least basic understanding of what hunger is.

It is something that is evolved with complexity. I doubt that plants have hunger / urge, but dogs and cats certainly do seem to have it.

Imagine a robot that is programmed according to set of rules - like, "when battery is low, find nice sunny spot and deploy your solar panel".

Will "robot feeling hungry" make it more likely to do that if it already has a rule for it?

Under what circumstances can you see "robot deciding" not to deploy solar panel and instead perform another task. Only if it is programmed to do so.

We can add randomness in all of that (random component in rules) - and I still don't see reason for feeling hungry.

not that type of feeling, as that has physical triggers, more like I like that painting because it makes me feel x due to a memory i have of y and how it affected person z emotion's at that moment in time.

2 hours ago, vlaiv said:

Well, I've come to a conclusion that something is seriously wrong with physics.

Everything about physics tells us that "free will" is all but illusion, and I'd be fine with that - except there are some fundamental things that can't be explained by it being merely an illusion.

I'll list 3 types of things in ascending order of "weight".

First would be "Beerman's argument" that I formulated like this:

"I decide to go out for a beer with some of my friends. We set a time and we end up on that beer together".

Now, I find that it is very unlikely that two would match - my idea of going out for a beer and actually going out for a beer at agreed time. It only gets "worse" - with more people involved (less odds). It is not impossible in deterministic / stochastic universe for this to happen as we know of mathematical structures with large amount of self similarity (fractals).

Similarly - idea and actual drinking of the beer could be parts of self similar set - one realized in brain - other in world.

But I find that to be very unlikely.

Second argument would be - judiciary system and for example upbringing / education

Both are created under impression that punishment / reward will have an effect on our decision making. We teach our children how to behave and we "correct" behavior of adults when not in line with what is expected.

Now, if free will is an illusion - I'd be happy to accept that either of two mentioned things is nonsensical - no point in doing as physical system will evolve according to its own rules and punishing man for a crime is as efficient as punishing a tree for falling onto a car and destroying property.

Third argument is probably the strongest one. We have feelings.

Why do we feel hungry? Why do we feel pain? Why do we feel love?

In deterministic universe - these mechanisms absolutely make no sense. Why do I need to feel hungry when I'm about to eat because physical system will evolve in that way according to its own rules (no really other option as everything is deterministic).

In stochastic system - well things will evolve in random manner, again - I don't see much room for being hungry or in love.

I think it would be wise to try to understand the way we thing about natural world in terms of these phenomena that we often "push aside" to other sciences.

Trying to link Physics to Feelings and outcomes opens a Pandora's box

Many things are made in Mexico and go through good years and bad (thinking Guitars myself), pretty much applies to many other places too.