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I reckon this is quite a solid deal. The viewfinder is a tad foggy, and some of the panels are missing (beaulieu logo on reverse film door + model text on top left of body). The dials work when you turn them. I’ve heard batteries on these are very expensive. Should I repair it and use it? Is it worth my time to just sell it?
I’ve been a photographer for ~10 years but have never used film. The lens on this camera seems exceptional; 1.8 continuous for 6-66mm! Maybe I can purchase an adapter for one of my DLSRs although i’m sure the flange distance would give me lots of trouble for it being 8mm.
Could anyone give me more information about this camera? Is it worth repairing? What would you do with it?
Found this bottle at an estate sale and picked it up for $10. I know little about wine and less about this specific bottle, couldn’t find info online either. Cork and wax seems to be in good condition, only about an inch of air between cork and wine, which seems normal for a 60 year old bottle, and color seems nice too! What should I do with this? Keep it? Sell it? Drink it on a special occasion?
Whenever I use FL Studio, about 10-20 minutes after opening a file / making a new one, I get insane lag spikes / the entire GUI freezes for about 10 seconds and then is normal. This lag spike happens whenever I try and click on anything; moving a mixer fader, hitting space to play or pause etc etc., ANYTHING at all will set off this lag spike. It's almost as if just the UI freezes but FL Studio continues as normal, as audio will continue to play amidst a lag spike, but will lag if I pause, wait for sound to stop, then play. Clicking around when the UI freezes causes FL to 'not respond' and I have to force quit. Re-opening ANY file no matter if blank or not will not work - it will display ' opening file...' but will never open, clicking around results in FL not responding. Restarting my computer fixes this issue, but it will inevitably happen again.
This is not dependent on file size or how many instances of plugins I have open, although this can lead to crashes generally speaking, it does not apply to my scenario (this issue will occur on blank projects / projects with little to no samples or plugins active). I also have quite a beefy computer, Nvidia 3070, 32GB RAM, I run into no issues running any videogame on highest settings, so this doesn't seem like a RAM or GPU issue, rather something internal with FL.
I do own a small handful of 'cracked' VSTs I got in a u-he synthesizer bundle, but this problem has only arisen in the last couple months or so, so this doesn't seem like it would be the case as Ive had these plugins for well over 6 years.
Has anyone had any similar issues? I can't find much info online about my specific issue, thanks!