Less than 24 hours after yesterday's post, an Olight rep got in touch by email. A few hours after that, they sent the full payment.

We just hit 1000 subscribers! I'd like to thank everyone for showing up here to create a new community, and what better way than giving stuff away?

I'm giving away the Acebeam Pokelit 2AA I recently reviewed. I can ship it anywhere in the USA or EU, but EU winners will have to wait until late July.

To enter, leave a top-level comment on this post before midnight UTC on Monday, July 3 2023. Only accounts that have posted or commented on /c/flashlight prior to this being posted are eligible to win.

Winner selection

I extracted the usernames of commenters, manually removed those who said they weren't in and got these:

0. "@[email protected]"
1. "@containerfan"
2. "@DuckDuckGoneForGood"
3. "@UndulyUnruly"
4. "zzap"
5. "@ScratchDiggity"
6. "@[email protected]"
7. "@Minsk_trust"
8. "@lemmy_party"
9. "pickle"
10. "@[email protected]"
11. "@[email protected]"
12. "@jewinthebag"
13. "@Hilgerone"
14. "@MashedPotatoJeff"
15. "@poudi8"
16. "@zumlin"
17. "@AmbitiousView"
18. "@rule1n2"
19. "@escew"
20. "@PsychedSy"
21. "@masterironchef"

I then requested a random integer from 0 to 21 (inclusive) from random.org. The winning number was 2 and the winner is @[email protected]

I'm assuming this will fit the C8 and many S-series lights. 8A is suitable for the SST-40 and SFT40, but will likely be limited by forward voltage with most emitters.

5A is running a 519A, SST-20, etc... fairly hard, while 3A is a pretty average single-emitter light.

Why YSK: I've been seeing an increasing number of phone photos shared online in 9:16, 9:21 or similarly tall aspect ratios, often with parts of the subject cut off. I've asked a few people why they cropped their images that way, and none of them knew they were cropped.

cross-posted from: https://social.goodanser.com/users/zaktakespictures/statuses/110593997907473033

Would you like a leaf?

Greylag goose (Anser anser)

Olympus E-M1 II, Olympus 12-40/2.8

31mm, f/3.5,1/1250s, ISO 200

#goose #geese #bird #birds #photo #photography #BirdPhotography #UrbanWildlife @photography

Stacked camera sensors have been a thing for a while now; they have improved sensitivity to light by stacking translucent photodiodes on top of each other.

The Nichia 719A is the inverse; translucent LEDs are stacked on top of each other (in a single package) for increased intensity.

I grabbed random photos from my reviews for the community icon and banner so we'd have something right away, but I think it would be fun to have rotating community contributions.

Post flashlight-related images that are your original content in replies. Upvote images you like. The image with the most upvotes on Monday, June 19 will become our banner for at least a month.

Disclaimers:

• We'll ignore downvotes
• Images should be suitable for the roughly 3:1 crop of the desktop banner and the squarer formats used for mobile and the sidebar
• Images should be on-topic and tasteful
• Mods may disqualify submissions for reasons I haven't thought of yet

Most people here are probably already aware of the situation on Reddit. This is a thread to discuss it here.

I'd post the content directly, but there seems to be a problem with long text posts right now.

I'm not sure if Lemmy, kbin, or something else will work out to be the community favorite, so I'm trying out both and would encourage others to do the same.

Normally, you can participate in a Lemmy community from kbin and the other way around, but kbin.social has been dealing with a DDoS attack or some such, and its mitigation measures are making that unreliable at the moment.

• Skilhunt M200 v3 (Nichia 519A)
• Artisan Cutlery Archaeo NL
• Google Pixel 4A
• An old leather trifold wallet
• Keys
• Sandisk USB A/C flash drive
• A few Euros