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David Imel

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Guy who makes stuff sometimes Co-Host of the Waveform Podcast YouTube.com/davidimel Davidimel.com https://pixelfed.social/Davidimel Old: Senior Reporter at Android Authority, Systems Engineer at Intel I skeet about new stuff but also old stuff

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David Imel @davidimel.com · May 2

New 🎥 from me:

Lately, I’ve noticed companies smashing onto every new feature they claim is “AI-powered”. I set out to find out why this is happening, and wound up in Japan

How AI Stole the Sparkles Emoji

Enjoy: youtu.be/g-pG79LOtMw

How AI Stole the ✨ Sparkles ✨ Emoji

Lately, I’ve noticed companies smashing ✨ onto every new feature they claim is “AI-powered”.This annoys me, because the ✨ emoji is my favorite emoji, and I d...

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David Imel @davidimel.com · 20h

These are all film lol

David Imel @davidimel.com · 20h

I'll probably wait for the international version launch!

David Imel @davidimel.com · 1d

Hasselblad Flextight 646 virtual drum scanner

David Imel @davidimel.com · 1d

That happens with longer lenses 😅 In this case I was shooting with a 90mm. It compresses the background to look closer. So I mean, they are massive, but they'll look bigger than a wide-angle lens.

David Imel @davidimel.com · 2d

Haha, not this time 😅

David Imel @davidimel.com · 2d

Have only scanned a little bit of my film from France so far, but I'm amped on these already.

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David Imel @davidimel.com · 9d

Some iPhone, some Leica M11

David Imel @davidimel.com · 9d

Agree

David Imel @davidimel.com · 9d

Well the 2nd photo is just the raw data from the sensor without Apple's processing

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David Imel @davidimel.com · 9d

Aqui está. Eu os carreguei aqui: drive.google.com/drive/folder...

French Alps Digital Full Res - Google Drive

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David Imel @davidimel.com · 9d

Thanks! Just dropped off 20 rolls of film, so that'll be quite a project to scan this week.

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David Imel @davidimel.com · 9d

iPhone 17 Pro standard camera processing vs RAW out of a third party app. I'm just saying, if this is what the sensor is getting, standard processing can be SO. MUCH. BETTER.

Going to have to make a follow-up video to my Renaissance video.

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David Imel @davidimel.com · 9d

So Process Zero is the true RAW DNG setting. If you're going to edit, I'd use that. ProRaw adds some computational processing that I don't like, and Apple Processed is basically the same as the standard camera app, but with the extra focus controls etc.

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David Imel @davidimel.com · 28d

Audio quality is definitely better too, probably due to more airflow, angle etc. I’ve had the lightning pros for years and will still wait for these to give way, but I suppose I won’t mourn the day when I accidentally leave them on a plane 😅

David Imel @davidimel.com · 28d

The biggest change to AirPods Pro 3 this year for me has been ANC on the high end. AP2 struggles a bit in rooms with lots of voices, but AP3 can mostly totally cut those out. It’s pretty staggering.

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David Imel @davidimel.com · Sep 10

If you’re willing to wait for reviews, I need to see how Air battery life ends up being in the real world