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The perfect flash for rangefinder cameras

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I have been on an obsessive journey to find the perfect flash for shooting rangefinder film cameras (Bessa R2m, Zeiss Ikon ZM, Leica M2, etc).  These cameras have PC-sync ports or hot shoes,  they lack TTL flash. Unfortunately, the perfect flash does not exist. What would the perfect flash look like? The perfect flash should be a "thyristor" automatic flash , which means the flash has an onboard light sensor to automatically dispense the correct amount of light to produce the correct exposure (given you set the camera and lens accordingly) This is important because the cameras im interested in don't support TTL flash (where the camera can tell the flash how much light to emit) The perfect flash should have several thyristor settings The perfect flash should have a reminder table for the settings, going up to at least ISO 800. The perfect flash should be compact and low to the camera , like the Contax TLA200 atop Contax G2, or Fuji EF-X20 atop X100, pictured below The per
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First time motorcycle ownership [As a new yorker] (as a BushBurg-er) {Gone wrong?}

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Title is a joke, I live in East Williamsburg and realtors call it Bushburg for some reason, but people don't actually call it that. Owning a Motorcycle in NYC I bought my 1996 Suzuki DR350SE in CT beginning of the summer and have been riding, maintaining, loving, it all year in lovely Brooklyn, NYC, NY. Until I rode it to Austin for winter storage (another story, not super interesting tho) I also named her "Suki", Suki is a 350cc Dual Sport motorcycle, electric start and kick start (i added), carbureted, no fancy technology on her. And I just wanted to briefly share my experiences as a first time motorcycle owner in NYC (Brooklyn) of all places. Good and bad. TLDR: Is owning one in NYC fun ? Absolutely Yes. Can it be a lot of work ? Absolutely Yes . Would I do it long term ? Probably not . THE GOOD 1. Good for making trips that are not well covered by public transit.  For example riding 5 minutes to the grocery store, or 10 minutes to the film lab or Home Depot.  These tr
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