The 10-pin connector on my Nikon D800 (used for a remote release control or for a GPS accessory) is apparently prone to becoming dislodged inside the camera body making it unable to make an electrical connection to whatever accessory is plugged into it. I was able to bring the connector in my unit back to service with a less than ideal fix. I had been using it on my second-hand D800 from 2012 to…
An Audi A6 Sportback e-tron, to be more specific. Although it hurt me to part ways with my beloved Volvo V60 wagon, I felt like I was ready to make the switch to an EV for a while now; and that feeling grew even stronger given the current geopolitical scenario, which is making fuel prices ridiculous. Once I test drove this car, it was clear to me it was the one for me. Sadly Audi did not bring the…
I think we might be at the dawn of a new age of tiny little devices, mostly open-source and open-hardware; and I think there are several factors that could trigger it. From time to time I like to go to CrowdSupply.com to see what people are up to, and I feel like it's never been busier with new projects that are tackling consumer-grade problems. With projects like the Tangara music player, the MNT…
I've heard it said that Japan is the most photogenic destination one can venture through. That pointing a camera in any direction guarantees a pretty image. Is that true? And what can a budding photographer learn by travelling there? After visiting Japan for the first time in November 2025, I came to agree with that sentiment to a certain extent. Maybe it's because of my perspective as a…
Long in the works, I've finally published the new version of my homepage. In this post I delve deeper into the why and how. Prelude I've had a personal webpage online in some form since 2009. Like many people around then, it started as a Wordpress page (under a subdomain at first, then to brunophilipe.com) which eventually evolved into a self-hosted installation (I think , memory is hazy). The…
It is easy to feel despair at the state of affairs in all realms of creativity affected by the existence of generative models, LLMs, and other AI that dumps slop at the click of a button. I know I feel this way. Is it possible to fight back? I don't have a problem with these technological inventions in themselves, as even I have found amusement at throwing oddly specific prompts at them only to…
This weekend while organizing I pulled out my whole stack of developed film that I keep in a cabinet. I remembered there was a film frame that I wished had been better scanned at the lab, so I pulled it out, with the intend of just doing a regular scan using my Nikon Z6 III. I did that, and the result was, fine… But then I remembered that the Z6 III is capable of pixel-shift super-resolution. I…
Here are some things that I found around the internet this past week (more or less) which I enjoyed, in no particular order… Nikon reopens its museum in Tokyo Nikon had closed its impressive museum in February 2024 while relocating their HQ to a new location. Now the museum is open to visitors again at the new location in Nishioi, Tokyo. With the ongoing tourism boom in Japan, I'm sure this will…
Apple Music started putting out Their Very Own™ list of "100 Best Albums of All Time" , which just made me think, yet again, of all the terribly under-appreciated albums in this planet. I could babble a lot about this here, but the jist of it is that there is so much music out there that to try to create any list of best/great/important/influential music will always leave out deserving mentions.…
add new material to or regularly update a blog: it's about a week since I last blogged. New Oxford American Dictionary Seems straightforward in theory, but as clearly demonstrated by the very specimen you are currently reading, it is far from it. I've been pushing myself to read more blogs in the past months, and although I haven't yet formed any sort of routine around it, I have found the…