天空вℓσи∂ @skyblond@qoto.org

Update: I fixed it

https://qoto.org/@skyblond/114451117135400847

@trinsec Here is a follow up :)

Ladies and gentlemen, I here by announced: the fixing is successful!
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​After careful examination, I assume that the lower part of the grip was hit when it fell, and then the camera fell to the ground. At that time, the DX 16-50 lens was installed, which is short and light, and the mount should not be deformed. The only damaged part should be the frame around the battery compartment.
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​After the drop, the cover of the battery compartment can not close properly due to the frame deforming. And if you force it to close, not only it will be stuck, but there will also be bulges. ​So I took the pliers and put a paper towel on it to knock the deformed part back. Now the battery compartment cover is very flat when closed. I would say that's a big success!
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​Although the camera is a precision instrument, after all, the Nikon z502 does not have CMOS vibration reduction. I would be fairly confident to say that there are no moving parts inside the body, so I directly hammered the frame while not disassembling the whole machine. I have a wood chip pad underneath, which should absorb the most hit and shouldn't cause any further problems. I mean, economically speaking, it's Nikon Z502, not a Z8 or Z9. Sending it back to the factory for a full examination is not worth it.

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Also, a lesson learned: either mount the camera on to the tripod or hands on your neck. Do not let your hand hold it while not mounting anywhere.

Noooooooooooooo

I dropped my camera

First time watching imax, Princess Mononoke

The screen is so big! The sound system is also very impressive! I love it!

About the price for the gears, just checked the latest ones from yaesu and I found I can't afford them either :(

The lens for my camera is eating my budget

Can't believe I can't buy a legal 409 public walkie talkie here in China in 2025. My friend will come to visit me soon, so I think a 409 license free radio should be useful for biking, since my friend doesn't have a ham license.

I search all major e-commerce platforms, and all the products are using the UHF band of amateur radio. And no seller mentioned the licensing stuff. So all the buyers are most likely using it illegally. The seller said the products are good for property, catering, hotels, and construction sites. No wonder I frequently hear weird conversations over the UHF band, and they never reply to me when I report my call sign.
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​​The stupid Radio Management Committee in China can't control the sellers and can only fine the weak ones, the ham. If you abuse the UHF band at the construction site, you will be just educated. Of course they never listen. If a licensed and legal ham transmits in the UHF band in certain provinces, he will be fined 5000 yuan.
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​So this is China's amateur radio?

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For those sellers, some of them are fairly popular in HAM group, like BaoFeng, QuanSheng(QUESUM), etc. This is why I never buy their products, they are polluting the ham bands by selling the product in an non-ethical way. All my gears are Yaesu (because I can't afford icom )

I hereby declare, Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf is the best anime of 2024, and might be the best anime of the recent decade.

After being betrayed by kyoto anime (Sound! Euphonium 3rd season), I was constantly being afraid of the new animes: they look appealing, but the storylines are bad or not performing well. I can't imagine I cannot even trust kyoto anime in recent years, that's how bad the anime circles being recently.

But for the Spice and Wolf, I'm super excited about the 2024 version. I start reading the novels after watching the 2008 version, and now when I'm watching the new version, I can recall the details from the novel, and the novel is represented in anime, a much more vivid and lovely form.

Oh my god I'm so excited by the 2024 version. Now I have to patiently wait for the bt download to finish.

Bought a relatively cheap equatorial earlier this month because I didn’t want to spend too much on astronomical photography. I was also waiting to buy a 180-600 to take some bird photos. But since then, Kunming is always cloudy at night during the weekends, so I went to skygems to rent a remote telescope. The equipment seems to be FSQ 106 + Moravian C3 6100. I checked ebay and found that this set is very expensive :(

Last night, the weather forecast said it would be cloud-free, so I ran out to take pictures of the stars. However, the clouds suddenly came up at 1 a.m. The weather forecast is really inaccurate... And the light pollution is very serious. I have to shrink down to F8 when exposing for 240 seconds, otherwise the photos will be all white, not to mention that I can’t find anything interesting. M42 can’t be seen at all... In the end, I took a picture of alpha CMi. The equipment is Nikon Z502, and the kit lens is DX 50-250.

Maybe I shouldn't buy the equatorial, renting from a remote location seems better, in terms of both price and light pollution.

I hate light pollution :(