Gormadt

I do a lot of photography and I share it on my Pixelfed.

It’s exclusively SFW.

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Cake day: June 9th, 2023

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  • 9mm Parabellum

    I’ve never heard 9mm referred to as that (had to look it up to be sure) but yeah 9mm and 5.56 NATO rounds are great choices as they’re available basically anywhere here in the states. So is 30-06, 308, and 22LR.

    Personally I’ve got guns that take 5.56, 30-06, and 22LR. The 22LR are consistently the cheapest ones to shoot and I usually buy them by the box of 500. Among my friend group the only deviation is those that have handguns, they’ve got guns that take 9mm and 38 special as well.






  • Those “Private Not for Commerce” plate make me laugh every time I see them. I work in freight and every time someone shows up with those to pick up their freight I can’t give them their freight due to DOT.

    They also almost always don’t have a valid license of any kind as well, which means that even if they did show up in a valid vehicle I can’t release it because I can’t confirm the identity of whose picking it up.

    I’m paid by the hour so I have a right proper giggle every time explaining it to them.


  • GormadtOPto196I'm making good financial decisions again [RULE]
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    22 days ago

    I’ll be developing the film myself but I do digital scans using my Lumix G9 in it’s high res mode, so the scans are about 80MP when I don’t do them in quads. Funnily enough I’ve shot more 120 film than 35mm film and loading 120 film into the developing tank definitely sucks so I’m looking forward to doing 4x5.

    I actually started building a 8x10 camera last year but hit a wall basically when it came to the shutter and also the film costs. So I put a pin in that project for the time being.

    My Graflex Speed Graphic arrived about an hour ago and I’m gonna have to do a decent amount of service on it as the shutters are both sticking and slow, though I won’t know how slow until I find my photoresistors to make something to check but they (by eye) are way off. Not to mention it’s movements are also kinda hitchy.

    But I knew it was gonna need some love when I bought it due to the fact it was made in 1939 lol

    EDIT: I’ll definitely share some of my shots here when I get them, I’ve shared some of my medium format shots on my PixelFed though if you’re curious. Not many of them but a few of them.






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    23 days ago

    It’s helped me to stop importing camera gear that’s for sure

    It basically took things from “Yeah I can afford that” to “Shit that’s gonna cost god knows how much more when I try to import it”

    And my hours at work basically getting cut by about 20%-40% per week sure did help too (I work in the freight industry)