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Screens

After a few months of working on the MacBook Air M1’s 13” screen—and with a new video project to deliver—I finally relented and purchased an external display. Nothing super fancy: an Asus ProArt PA278QV. It’s only 2K, but factory calibrated for 100% SRGB and REC-709, which is the most important part of the equation for me at the moment.

Three things standout so far:

1. FCPX and Logic thrive on real estate. I was certainly managing on the small screen, but my eyes were slowly disintegrating in the process. Oxygen, at last.

2. We are spoiled rotten by Apple’s Retina Displays. It’s a buzzword…until you find yourself looking at a screen without that pixel density. I thought my glasses needed cleaning, or I’d somehow returned to 2001. I’m adjusting but not getting over this one.

3. The macOS UX makes most sense on a small display.

This last point confirms what I’d experienced when I moved from the iMac to the Air: all the latest UI features that are logical and fluid on a 13”, fall flat on a 27”. FCPX or Capture One, full screen inside their own individual space? Perfect. But Reminders? The app looks like a balloon ready to explode. Even Safari becomes borderline ridiculous, regardless of the website.

So as soon as I connected the Asus, my Air setup went out the window. The alignment between iOS and macOS vanished, and I’m back to two parallel systems. Integrated, sure, but on very separate tracks.

I don’t mind—but I do find it interesting.

Justice League

I watched The Snyder Cut over the weekend. In two sittings—because 4 hours. I had zero expectations and had never seen the Whedon version, so I was a blank slate. I didn’t dislike the movie, to be honest. The 4:3 ratio, the multiple chapters and the downright self-indulging visuals made the film almost like...ballet at times? Or like watching a live painting, melting in slow-mo. SLOW-SLOW-SLOW slow-mo...

But I finished the movie around 1AM and the Crave app proposed Justice is Gray. Whoa Nelly. Not yet.

Printing

If you’ve been following the blog lately then you’re aware of my recent return to printing (if not you can catch up below). I had an unfortunate mishap with the new printer but it’s now been replaced and I’m waiting for ink to come in (long story).

All of this to justify an analog set of links today. Here we go…

LINKS

SIMONE BOSSI: DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY IS "TOO MUCH TO DIGEST"

PHOTOGRAPHY ON FILM BY YEVA TOKARCHUK

ANALOG MAGAZINE | CONTEMPORARY ANALOGUE PHOTOGRAPHY

1EYE SOCIETY | MEMBER CONTENT

THE BLOG | IN CASE YOU MISSED A FEW

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Talk soon,
Patrick