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B&H is good for a lot of what Newegg carries.

> I'm still waiting for those 1TB optical disks that've been promised for 15+ years.

This link is the 3.3TB version. Near the bottom you'll see buttons for 1.5TB, 600GB, etc.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c...

The are used to replace tape drives, primarily enterprise backup and archiving.

Blu-ray video means millions of those discs are produced, so economic of scale make the Blu-ray format the economical one. Blu-ray is currently available in 25GB, 50GB, and 100GB.

To take a halfway decent image of the milky way, you need something like ISO3200 (which is fairly noisy on most camera's, if they even support it at all), and keep your shutter open for something like 20-30 seconds at f3.5.

And you can't just use a tripod, you need something like this otherwise your stars will all be little streaks.

I realize this is an attempt at a funny. But the mirror was only used for the viewfinder. The light path to the film/sensor was always straight from the lens. And if you really wanted a SLR without a mirror which needed to flip up, you could always get a rangefinder even back in the film days. (Actually, the B&H article on rangefinders is a lot more informative and interesting than the wiki article.)

Those use a small mirror or prism in the light path to generate the image in the viewscreen. Contrary to most people's concept of how light works, blocking the light path in an out-of-focus plane does not create a hard shadow at the in-focus plane. It creates a soft shadow (look at the edge of the shadow of your head vs your leg in sunlight). And if the obstruction is small enough, the soft shadow only appears as a slight dimming of the overall image.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c...

The last magsafe-equipped MacBook Pro is the 2015, now on clearance from Apple. Get one while you still can.

If you're quick (it helps to use something like Refurb Tracker), you can also still occasionally grab a 13" MacBook Pro off the Apple refurb store.

I prefer buying refurbished direct from Apple because you can get AppleCare+ - but there are also other options available, such as Gazelle.

If you're buying new, you can sometimes get a better deal from B&H Photo than you get directly from Apple.

ATSC tuner--
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c...

4k monitor, 42"--
https://www.newegg.com/Product...

Yeah the stock market is full of rampant speculation, but I think Wall Street is probably has it right. I know I will be modded down for pointing this out but Coffee Lake is sold out everywhere, Ryzen is not. Although Ryzen has made AMD competitive, most PC builders are still buying Intel.

Given that it took Intel 8 months to add Coffee Lake in between Kaby Lake and Cannon Lake and it took AMD 5 years to develop Ryzen... the situation that happened between 2003-2006 when AMD was the technically superior choice is unlikely to ever happen again. The good news is that Ryzen has made AMD just slightly profitable again, so at least they are no longer in danger of imminent bankruptcy.

That will last how long in my kid's pocket, do you think?

As any rail commuter who listens to podcasts can tell you, any plug which connects to a.phone which isn't right angled is going to break within 2 months. Until they work out how to make a USB C connector that robust and that grips as securely as a 3.5mm plug, it's useless to me.

I posted this
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c...
to the where do get a dumb tv post
https://slashdot.org/comments....

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c... ?

You get that ability by buying the phone from someone OTHER than a cellular carrier. Either directly from Google for their direct branded phones, or from an independent electronics retailer that is not associated with a cellular service.

For instance: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c...
lists a variety of LG, Motorola, and Samsung phones. Unlocked, no carrier bloatware.

(I have no association with B&H)

Google provides its own bloatware -- I don't want google music/news/games etc. but they're undeleteable from my unlocked Motorola Moto G2, which is really good about NOT adding crap. I'm willing to leave the playstore, gmail and their browser there just in case I actually NEED them, but the other apps are just useless garbage.

You get that ability by buying the phone from someone OTHER than a cellular carrier. Either directly from Google for their direct branded phones, or from an independent electronics retailer that is not associated with a cellular service.

For instance: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c...
lists a variety of LG, Motorola, and Samsung phones. Unlocked, no carrier bloatware.

(I have no association with B&H)

Or one of these

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c...

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c...

And that's what I found IN STOCK in a five-minute search.

Oh, and the Dell TB-16 looks pretty interesting; but I don't know if it is really out yet.

By the way, if you can break-out a SINGLE USB-C Port into 3 USB 3.0, 4k HDMI, Gig Ethernet, etc., AT ONE TIME, who CARES if you can't use that ONE Port for TB 3?

You're just TRYING to find things to be pissed-off about.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c...

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c...

And that's what I found IN STOCK in a five-minute search.

Oh, and the Dell TB-16 looks pretty interesting; but I don't know if it is really out yet.

By the way, if you can break-out a SINGLE USB-C Port into 3 USB 3.0, 4k HDMI, Gig Ethernet, etc., AT ONE TIME, who CARES if you can't use that ONE Port for TB 3?

You're just TRYING to find things to be pissed-off about.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c...

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c...

And that's what I found IN STOCK in a five-minute search.

Oh, and the Dell TB-16 looks pretty interesting; but I don't know if it is really out yet.

By the way, if you can break-out a SINGLE USB-C Port into 3 USB 3.0, 4k HDMI, Gig Ethernet, etc., AT ONE TIME, who CARES if you can't use that ONE Port for TB 3?

You're just TRYING to find things to be pissed-off about.

The free market gives us a gift every once in a while.

Apple has supported Bluetooth keyboards (and I think even mice) on iOS for like, ever. And you can do Lightning to HDMI, or use AirPlay for the video out, if you have an AirPlay compatible Monitor/TV or an AppleTV box handy.

And the Lightning to HDMI Adapter doesn't even "hog" your Lightning Port...

And with VNC/RDP Apps like "Jump", etc., you can use your iPhone/iPad as a Remote Terminal for a "real" computer, which is where it actually becomes somewhat practical.

Nope. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/b...

They would probably burn pretty hot, but yes, the possibilities are rather startling. It will be an interesting day when SSDs overtake HDDs on practical metrics such as data density, and even more so on price. Any predictions on when that is going to happen?

There's already 200GB MicroSD cards and 16TB 2.5" SSDs for sale, so I'm pretty sure density is a long won match. Price/GB is another matter, but HDDs don't scale down. I just checked and if you only need 128 GB of space, you pay the same for a HDD as for a SSD. Sure, the HDD will be 500GB but if you don't need it because cloud, streaming etc. you can't save more by buying a smaller HDD. And if you don't want one for a boot drive, you have the budget for a 256GB SSD before SSD+HDD becomes cheaper. I really don't mind HDDs for bulk media, we play movies from discs or stream them over internet connections that are much slower than that.

This is what you want:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/...
Sony 13.3" 4GB DPTS1 Digital Paper System
"13.3" Flexible Electronic Paper Display
1600 x 1200 Native Resolution
Multi-Touch Support
4GB Storage Capacity
microSD Media Card Slot
Micro-USB Connector
802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi
Stylus Pen Included"

"Easy to use right out of the box and optimized to accommodate 8.5" by 11" documents"
"Read and annotate documents, create "sticky notes" and highlights, and upload documents wirelessly from Digital Paper, making them available for archiving or sharing with colleagues."

It's what I want but I also want color =P

"Oh we won't make a color one until there's color books!"
It's called magazines, comics, ..

I want one BAD!

I know, it's been done before!

I'd think that for the price of an Organ you could get a lot more than one iPhone

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bn...

Yep, here is one, a search for Android in any cell phone store will give you 100s more.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/...

Sony SmartEyeglass.

An actual augmented reality product (overlay in your field of view) compared to Google Glass which is just a screen you can glance at.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/...

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1015238-REG/sony_pvma250_25_professional_oled.html
http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=4k+oled&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=80219436733&hvpos=1t2&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8649967677167467747&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_332gpox0u4_b

Like the Hasselblad digital back?
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/...

You're not kidding, here's a page for the Epson 9900, mentioned in the summary. That thing can print large pages (and you can get $1000 off the purchase price if you buy right now!)

Canon EF 400mm f/2.8 IS:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/...

A bargain at $9,999. But after looking at the image I'd say there's a lot of chromatic distortion in that lens, at least for that price. I wonder if they wouldn't have been better off using a Newtonian reflector?

If she's spending her own money, it's hard to beat the value of a Thinkpad T440s. It's an "Ultrabook" so it's similar form factor to a MacBook Pro. Great screen, good battery life, good processor, and Linux works out of the box.

She will need to get a mini-DisplayPort to HDMI adapter, for giving presentations where there is an HDMI connection to use. The T440s has both mini-DisplayPort and VGA connectors built-in.

I have one running Linux Mint 17.1 64-bit MATE. I got the top-of-the-line one with the 1920x1080 display, which I recommend. I got mine from B&H Photo in New York; it was significantly cheaper than other web sites I checked.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1014801-REG/lenovo_20aq006hus_t440s_i7_4600u_8gb_256ssd_windows_7_windows_8.html

I have mine set up on a docking station, which came with its own power supply. So its power supply stays in my laptop travel bag, ready to go. Just undock and you are good to go. This is one way in which this is actually better than a Mac.

The Mac will cost $700 extra, and come with a higher-resolution display, a quad-core processor, and more RAM. That may be a better deal for her if she plans to do a whole lot of work directly on the laptop, rather than using the laptop to access remote computers.

P.S. I recommend that she take a look at the IPython Notebook, if she hasn't already. Running SciPy under IPython will be great for her.

http://nbviewer.ipython.org/gist/rpmuller/5920182

My favorite: XKCD-style plots in SciPy

http://nbviewer.ipython.org/url/jakevdp.github.com/downloads/notebooks/XKCD_plots.ipynb

Sure - they will just attach an infra-red filter to the camera.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/...

Looks good.

Because the iMac is a laptop, and absolutely doesn't have large internal disks available. And absolutely no high-bandwidth storage expansion opportunities.

Get fucking serious.

These days I like using a Xoom H2N for live recordings. I can plug it directly into the PA, and/or use the dual directional mics. Ive had great luck with this 200$ product. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bn...

The one with slower drive speed has more cache (Seagate), making it actually faster.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/...

We have little drone, weighing at most 3lb. And then we have a jumbo jet, weighing tons. The jumbo jet creates all kinds of turbulence and wind eddys. The little drone can barely hold in any wind.

I realize if one of these gets into the engine of a plane it could be devastating. However, being an owner of one of these "drones", I have a hard time seeing one of these ever getting to that point. The higher you get with the drone, the more wind to contend with. Wind and drafts will throw a drone so far out of control it will be like a piece of paper blowing in the wind.

The best cheap camera drone currently is the HUBSAN X4 H107C-HD Quadcopter with 2MP Video Camera. For only $65, you get a quadcopter that shoots 720p video and can fly for 7 minutes per charge both indoors and out. It's a great way to learn how to fly a quadcopter and you won't get upset if you destroy it learning how to fly. You can even order it from B&H Photo http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/...

Even at 1:2, you really have a camera with a 6cm wide sensor?

Hah. Good Point. The lens in question is full frame, but I have a APS-C body. Still, Rodenstock, among others does make a large format macro lens for 4x5 cameras.

I don't know of any services. The only way I know would be to get my own gear:

1. S-VHS VCR. Even if your tapes weren't recorded in this higher-resolution format, S-VHS VCRs make VHS tapes look better.

2. Analog-to-digital capture card, like from Blackmagic Design or Grass Valley. Make sure it has an S-video input jack.

3. S-video cables. This cable keeps the brightness and color portions of the picture separate as it goes from the VCR to your computer. This is the best you can do from VHS. The only thing better would be RGB cables or some kind of digital output from the VCR, but no VCR has such outputs. The best is S-video, and only S-VHS VCRs have that. However, it is noticeably better than the standard composite cable, the single RCA jack, typically yellow, on most VCRs.

4. Time-base corrector (optional). The capture card might do this well enough. If not, this device would stabilize and correct the video signal. So you would connect your VCR to the time-base corrector, and the time-base corrector to your VCR --- all with S-video cables.

For your capture format, I guess you could go completely uncompressed, but ProRes is 10-bit 4:2:2 and already overkill for VHS.

For $113, you can get a Seagate 2 TB Solid State Hybrid Drive:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/...

It contains 8GB of SSD and the remaining is normal storage.
8GB should be enough for the boot of your OS.

Agreed 100%.

I wore out my MDR 7506s using them over 10 years; I finally upgraded to the Senns 380 Pro.

These Velour Earpads breathed new life into my MDR 7506s. Soft, smooth, and ultra comfortable:

* http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/...

According to the site, Phillips came up with the idea because he is an "active guy" and wanted a way to enjoy an adult beverage after long hours hiking, biking or camping without having to carry around heavy bottles.

Which makes a sort of sense. Carrying bottles into the mountains - and then having to carry the empty bottles out - is a deal of a pain in the butt. Which is why we used to decant the whisky or vodka into an accordion bottle and carry that in and out. They're perfectly good for daytime water bottles too.

(Actually the one that I use is nearly 30 years old and was originally intended for 24-hour urine collection for medical tests. It's amazing the things you can find in the store rooms of hospitals. Several kilos of explosives in that attic room too.)

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/...

No no, don't thank me, it was just a google away.

Time to haul my Pentax K-1000 & Vivitar 285 out of the attic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentax_K-1000

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/61441-REG/Vivitar_233965_285HV_Flash.html

That was no ordinary camera they used for this...

If you read the original paper (http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0083325), buried in the detailsis the one where they used a Hasselblad H2D, which is a medium-format digital camera with an enormous 36.7mm x 49mm CCD.

This camera is about 7 years old (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/find/newsLetter/digi_photo_hassel-jun2006.jsp), so it might be possible to find it for cheaper on the secondary market. The current version, the H5D, also retails in the $30K range.

What makes these cameras special is not just the huge CCD, but also the incredibly precise (and multi thousand dollar) lenses.

A Lumia, or even a pretty nice DSLR in the single-digit thousands of dollars range won't pull in detail like this camera does. If with the amount of megapixels that lower end cameras claim to have, their sensors are too small and paired with inferior optics compared to what was used for this paper.

You are a bit off on the price. This one is $17,000.

Replying to myself: as if the drive prices weren't expensive enough, the prices for media are totally, well, consistent with Sony:

1.2TB rewritable $270 from B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1010742-REG/sony_odc1200re_archive_cartridge_1_2tb_rewritable.html
1.5TB WORM $280 from B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/983354-REG/sony_odc1500r_archive_cartridge_1500gb_write.html

And to top it all off, here's the obligatory DRM:

To help content creation professionals manage their metadata and improve workflow efficiency, Sony has developed the Optical Disc Archive Content Manager, which is a software application (license) bundled with each drive.

Replying to myself: as if the drive prices weren't expensive enough, the prices for media are totally, well, consistent with Sony:

1.2TB rewritable $270 from B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1010742-REG/sony_odc1200re_archive_cartridge_1_2tb_rewritable.html
1.5TB WORM $280 from B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/983354-REG/sony_odc1500r_archive_cartridge_1500gb_write.html

And to top it all off, here's the obligatory DRM:

To help content creation professionals manage their metadata and improve workflow efficiency, Sony has developed the Optical Disc Archive Content Manager, which is a software application (license) bundled with each drive.

I use a black one, a red one, and a blue one. I did not get the titanium one.

Nice to finally have some girls on /. :-)

I use a black one, a red one, and a blue one. I did not get the titanium one.

Nice to finally have some girls on /. :-)