Bram Stolk
@bramstolk.bsky.social
Game Developer behind "The Little Crane That Could."
Pronoun: He/Him, Noun: anti-fascist.
Pronoun: He/Him, Noun: anti-fascist.
The French eBay lot came with two brass petzvals, a 150mm one and a 450mm one.
The 150 was a useful match for medium format GFX, as a long portrait lens.
The 450 is a match for my Abracam 16x16” ultra #largeformat as a normal angle lens. Tomorrow I will mount the adapter that I made and test it.
The 150 was a useful match for medium format GFX, as a long portrait lens.
The 450 is a match for my Abracam 16x16” ultra #largeformat as a normal angle lens. Tomorrow I will mount the adapter that I made and test it.
December 7, 2025 at 4:44 AM
The French eBay lot came with two brass petzvals, a 150mm one and a 450mm one.
The 150 was a useful match for medium format GFX, as a long portrait lens.
The 450 is a match for my Abracam 16x16” ultra #largeformat as a normal angle lens. Tomorrow I will mount the adapter that I made and test it.
The 150 was a useful match for medium format GFX, as a long portrait lens.
The 450 is a match for my Abracam 16x16” ultra #largeformat as a normal angle lens. Tomorrow I will mount the adapter that I made and test it.
Not the sharpest, but quite interesting, historically:
Cinématographes Pathé
Pᴀʀɪs
F 150 m/m
Cinématographes Pathé
Pᴀʀɪs
F 150 m/m
December 6, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Not the sharpest, but quite interesting, historically:
Cinématographes Pathé
Pᴀʀɪs
F 150 m/m
Cinématographes Pathé
Pᴀʀɪs
F 150 m/m
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The numbers in here are hilarious.
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
econ.st
November 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The numbers in here are hilarious.
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
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February 16, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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there are so many great things about generative AI! here are some of my favorites <3
July 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
there are so many great things about generative AI! here are some of my favorites <3
Self-portrait with a 19th century Magic Lantern lens:
Williams Brown & Earle, Philadelphia.
Measured at 220mm f/4.
Williams Brown & Earle, Philadelphia.
Measured at 220mm f/4.
November 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Self-portrait with a 19th century Magic Lantern lens:
Williams Brown & Earle, Philadelphia.
Measured at 220mm f/4.
Williams Brown & Earle, Philadelphia.
Measured at 220mm f/4.
Last month, in Coal Harbour, I met this tall fellow from Kashyyyk.
November 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Last month, in Coal Harbour, I met this tall fellow from Kashyyyk.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Me, posing with my creation, the Abracam.
A 16x16" #LargeFormat camera, with Wollensak Vitax 16" f/3.8 mounted.
Digital screen hangs off lens hood which helps me focus when doing a self-portraits.
No helicoid, no bellows, so focusing is done by moving subject, a millimeter at a time. 🤣
A 16x16" #LargeFormat camera, with Wollensak Vitax 16" f/3.8 mounted.
Digital screen hangs off lens hood which helps me focus when doing a self-portraits.
No helicoid, no bellows, so focusing is done by moving subject, a millimeter at a time. 🤣
November 15, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Me, posing with my creation, the Abracam.
A 16x16" #LargeFormat camera, with Wollensak Vitax 16" f/3.8 mounted.
Digital screen hangs off lens hood which helps me focus when doing a self-portraits.
No helicoid, no bellows, so focusing is done by moving subject, a millimeter at a time. 🤣
A 16x16" #LargeFormat camera, with Wollensak Vitax 16" f/3.8 mounted.
Digital screen hangs off lens hood which helps me focus when doing a self-portraits.
No helicoid, no bellows, so focusing is done by moving subject, a millimeter at a time. 🤣
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Let me see. Install a closed-source AI-based AV that will have access to everything I do on my Linux system?
How about, no!! Not to mention who they hell thought it was ok to put some cancerous looking growth on Tux's tummy!!
How about, no!! Not to mention who they hell thought it was ok to put some cancerous looking growth on Tux's tummy!!
#kaspersky Brings Its #antivirus Software To #linux For Home Users
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Kaspersky-Linux-AV-Home-Users
#cybersecurity #foss
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Kaspersky-Linux-AV-Home-Users
#cybersecurity #foss
Kaspersky Brings Its Anti-Virus Software To Linux For Home Users
Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab announced that it's bringing its flagship Kaspersky anti-virus software for home users over to Linux. Kaspersky software was previously available for Linux just for business/enterprise deployments...
www.phoronix.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Let me see. Install a closed-source AI-based AV that will have access to everything I do on my Linux system?
How about, no!! Not to mention who they hell thought it was ok to put some cancerous looking growth on Tux's tummy!!
How about, no!! Not to mention who they hell thought it was ok to put some cancerous looking growth on Tux's tummy!!
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Oh you rich conspiring pedophiles & all your smug weaselly defenders, please lecture me again about how my trans kid is a threat to American family values
November 13, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Oh you rich conspiring pedophiles & all your smug weaselly defenders, please lecture me again about how my trans kid is a threat to American family values
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THINGS ARE PRETTY GOOD HERE 🇨🇦
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November 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
THINGS ARE PRETTY GOOD HERE 🇨🇦
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This Nikkor 75cm 1:9 was hard to mount and its focal length makes it unwieldy.
After all that work, the image will end up mostly noise, as the long focal length makes me lose nearly all light after the long indirect bounce. Even with speedlite at max. I think it needs sunlight. (Ultra #LargeFormat)
After all that work, the image will end up mostly noise, as the long focal length makes me lose nearly all light after the long indirect bounce. Even with speedlite at max. I think it needs sunlight. (Ultra #LargeFormat)
November 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This Nikkor 75cm 1:9 was hard to mount and its focal length makes it unwieldy.
After all that work, the image will end up mostly noise, as the long focal length makes me lose nearly all light after the long indirect bounce. Even with speedlite at max. I think it needs sunlight. (Ultra #LargeFormat)
After all that work, the image will end up mostly noise, as the long focal length makes me lose nearly all light after the long indirect bounce. Even with speedlite at max. I think it needs sunlight. (Ultra #LargeFormat)
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I love the picture and Pari Dukovic's explanation
November 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I love the picture and Pari Dukovic's explanation
Post you from a different era.
1980s gamer.
1980s gamer.
November 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Post you from a different era.
1980s gamer.
1980s gamer.
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I need you all to know that my mother sent me this. 🤣 That is all.
November 8, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I need you all to know that my mother sent me this. 🤣 That is all.
November 7, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I liked “A House of Dynamite” a lot, including its ending and its unusual format.
November 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I liked “A House of Dynamite” a lot, including its ending and its unusual format.
Self-portrait with Wollensak Vitax 16" f/3.8.
Ultra #LargeFormat photography.
Ultra #LargeFormat photography.
October 28, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Self-portrait with Wollensak Vitax 16" f/3.8.
Ultra #LargeFormat photography.
Ultra #LargeFormat photography.
What I and my colleagues at Walt Disney Animation Studios have been working on. #Zootopia2
https://youtu.be/8tqnYt0pvZk
https://youtu.be/8tqnYt0pvZk
October 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
What I and my colleagues at Walt Disney Animation Studios have been working on. #Zootopia2
https://youtu.be/8tqnYt0pvZk
https://youtu.be/8tqnYt0pvZk
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
My first macro #photography with my Ultra #LargeFormat Abracam.
I mounted the 300mm Petzval 78cm away from the screen, giving me ±49cm subject distance, and hence a larger-than-life projection (face almost covers the entire 16" image height.)
I mounted the 300mm Petzval 78cm away from the screen, giving me ±49cm subject distance, and hence a larger-than-life projection (face almost covers the entire 16" image height.)
October 19, 2025 at 12:18 AM
My first macro #photography with my Ultra #LargeFormat Abracam.
I mounted the 300mm Petzval 78cm away from the screen, giving me ±49cm subject distance, and hence a larger-than-life projection (face almost covers the entire 16" image height.)
I mounted the 300mm Petzval 78cm away from the screen, giving me ±49cm subject distance, and hence a larger-than-life projection (face almost covers the entire 16" image height.)
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The widest I've gone on my Abracam Ultra #LargeFormat:
Hermagis Anastigmat Serie L 1:4.5 210mm
Severe vignetting, of course, but I am not willing the shell out $$$$ for a Super Angulon 210mm.
Also: Vancouver should stop giving away car parking for free.
Hermagis Anastigmat Serie L 1:4.5 210mm
Severe vignetting, of course, but I am not willing the shell out $$$$ for a Super Angulon 210mm.
Also: Vancouver should stop giving away car parking for free.
October 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The widest I've gone on my Abracam Ultra #LargeFormat:
Hermagis Anastigmat Serie L 1:4.5 210mm
Severe vignetting, of course, but I am not willing the shell out $$$$ for a Super Angulon 210mm.
Also: Vancouver should stop giving away car parking for free.
Hermagis Anastigmat Serie L 1:4.5 210mm
Severe vignetting, of course, but I am not willing the shell out $$$$ for a Super Angulon 210mm.
Also: Vancouver should stop giving away car parking for free.