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Does the grip extend beyond the edge of the frame? I admit to not having much experience with the iPhone photo app, but in Android land phones don't usually know what to do if a portion of your hand is resting on the screen. When I use my cameras, my fingers are on the grip and my palm is on the back of the camera.

Re: people reacting differently, I carry around a dedicated camera fairly often when we're doing family things. If I'm using a smaller lens no one pays me much attention. I'm projecting here, but the most frequent reaction is people trying to figure out what gear I'm using. I know I do that whenever I see anything I'm interested in. Humans are curious. I suspect they'll be even more curious about what you're working on since they'll recognize the phone sticking out.

The exception is youth sports. I've become the official unofficial team photographer a few times now, meaning I share photos with the team. When team parents see me lining up a shot they'll get out of the way. Amusingly, they're often not actually in the way lol.

I looked for opened and closed requests containing comment and sort. I didn't find one.

I don't know about unuseable, but agree that it's annoying that there's no setting and the last value doesn't appear to persist. Pop over to GitHub and write an issue?

I've been wanting to poke around the codebase a little myself. Maybe this will be an easy start.

No, sorry :( I am just a camera hobbyist, but don't consume much traditional media.

Hard agree. There's also the time component to it. If I'm on my phone I don't want to have to spend much time reading, thinking, and the replying via text. I may hop onto my laptop to reply, but time is precious with younger kids which is why I first looked at the message on my phone...

Looks neat! What's driving the concept? I don't know that I've ever found my phone hard to handle and without an EVF or longer (heavier) lens I don't know that I would want the grip over bringing my dedicated camera along for the ride.

Is the battery inside the grip? Have you considered powering it via the phone? You could also add a door to the other end of the grip.

It probably comes down to how the show was originally shot and/or upscaled. IMO it also comes down to your vision, screen size, and viewing distance.

I remember the early 00s having a high prevalence of, "raa, your eyes can't tell the difference between 720 and 1080 at 10+ feet unless you have a bolliondy inch display!!!". I would argue that you can see say 1080 vs 4k on a 50ish inch screen at 10 feet, but the difference isn't that significant. At least with my vision. It's the most obvious with high contrast items, like black text on white background.

Newer movie/show shot with sharp modern glass on a high resolution media? 4k. Older upscaled show? I would lean 1080, unless it was shot on film and they rescanned it.

It will also really matter how the video was compressed. I've seen low resolution videos look much better than higher resolution videos thanks to the codec and/or settings that were used for the higher resolution video.

Sounds like your infill is curling up? Solid or sparse infill? If solid, it's likely over extrusion as you said. If sparse, my suspicion is temperature and/or cooling related.

Dimensional accuracy doesn't necessarily mean detail. What are your expectations? You should be able to get fairly crisp and dimensionally accurate prints, but there's a ceiling. With FDM you're ultimately running what could be considered a CNC hot glue gun so absolute accuracy won't ever be as good as a resin or SLS printer.

Do your parts look good, but their dimensions are off? If yes, you probably need to scale your parts to accomodate for shrinkage. That's what the Voron team did and their parts fit together really nicely with non-printed parts when printed on a decently tuned printer. Their threaded test prints are a pretty good indication of how well dialed in your printer is.

Some of this also comes down to temp and material, so if you had the perfect interface and changed material you might need to iterate a few times. There are also the design quirks that you learn as you go, especially for things like small holes in parts often being smaller printed than designed. Print a hole gauge set, with a series of holes ranging in size, and use the one whose printed - not designed - dimensions are the one you want.

Why are you looking to upgrade? Are you chasing detail, speed, or something else?

It's the same thermistor value that I was using previously, but I did replace the thermistor when I installed the NH. This means I'm guilty of changing two things at once, which makes attributing cause hard.

I ran my first prints after the NH install yesterday and all went well, so I'm going to file this in an OCD annoyance vs something I need to worry about.

I agree with you on planned obsolescence, but I think there's more to the story. The quantity of things/conveniences in our lives is greater than at any point in history. We have two younger kids and the quantity of... junk they have is astounding. As parents, we've sought out lower quality/throw away/gimmicky toys for things like goodie bags at birthday parties. Sticky hands, silicone squeeze toys, etc. To some extent, the internet is contributing to this since shipping and handling aren't free and buying a single fidget spinner for $5 doesn't sound like a good deal when you can get a bag of them for $8.

There are also plenty of instances of people replacing perfectly functional items because the newer version became available. People buy them for status or for a perceived increase in convince/quality. This is true for compute/tech, but has been extending into things like smart home (replacing a functional light-bulb, switch, doorbell, thermostat etc for a IoT device). I get that some people are into these things, but it seems disingenuous to say that the only thing driving this is planned obsolescence.

We have to move toward less carbon intensive means of production, but we also need to figure out how to change the endless stream of "better/faster/newer" that people feel compelled to purchase.