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Francois Dion
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Data lead @ stealth semiconductor startup, R&D @ Dion Research
#Artist, #coder, #datascientist, #hacker, #historian, #mentor, #musician, #photographer, #polyglot, #polymath, #soundengineer
In the past: FM Radio DJ, Canadian Broadcasting Corp, Videotron
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80mm on a #film #slr is one thing, but it becomes an actual telephoto on the #fujifilm #xt5 due to the crop sensor.

Moving this lens from film to crop sensor, I have to rethink distances. On film, this picture would have had the whole truck in the frame...

Taken in Greensboro, NC near the airport
Wicked Crisps delivery truck. Black, with image on the side with their brand characters and products. Good contrast and color with this combo, but I'll have to be a lot further using the direct tamron adapter. Or use the M42 adapter and a speedbooster to make this a true 80-200mm lens
May 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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In the 1980s #Tamron made an LD (low dispersion glass) line. Sharp & fast, hey made 4 #lenses in all in the adaptall-2 mount, compatible w/ the #SLRs produced at the time.

I've been lugging around my #fujifilm #xt5 w/ one of them. I started with the 80 to 200mm f2.5 one touch zoom & manual focus.
Picture of the lens, the elements arrangement and the following text: Fast Tele-Zoom Lens Produces Sharp, Crisp Images. SP80-200mm F/2.8LD Model 30A This superior handling telephoto zoom lens offers excellent portability. It is ideal for photojournalism, sports, nature or stage photography. The lens design features LD glass in the front element and eight additional high quality glass elements which provide sharp images comparable to those produced by single focal length lenses. The fast F/2.8 aperture allows higher shutter speeds for great stop-action photography. This lens is made to deliver outstanding performance under the most demanding photographic conditions
May 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Kind of replicating the experience of a vintage #arp #2600 #modular #synth with a sequencer.

Using a mixer case to house the Story #behringer 2600 clone along with a series of 2500 clone modules, including a sequencer, a sequencer switcher, a mixer sequencer, a multimode resonant filter, a VCA etc
View from above of a 2600 synthesizer and 2500 modules in a mixer flight case
May 5, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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The other #Atlantic division confrontation will be the battle of #Florida with #TampaBay #Lightning vs #Florida #Panthers. Again, rolling 5 days #metrics for each team. #hnom #stanleycup #nhl #hockey

Follow the link for a fully interactive plot:
sports.dionresearch.com/nhl/TBL/roll...
5 days rolling metrics visualization for Tampa Bay vs Florida. PP are very good, PK too, but Florida PK has taken a dip. Corsi For and Fenwick For is trending downward for TBL and upward for FLA
April 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Eastern conference, Atlantic, we'll first have the battle of #Ontario, #Toronto #MapleLeafs vs #Ottawa #Senators. These are rolling 5 days #metrics allowing for easy comparison. #hnom #stanleycup #nhl #hockey

Follow the link for a fully interactive plot:
sports.dionresearch.com/nhl/TOR/roll...
Interactive line plot fir various metrics, paired for Toronto and Ottawa. Since the 4 nations faceoff, Toronto and Ottawa have been closer than you'd expect. Ottawa's PP and PK have been edging Toronto lately. Ottawa taking less penalties, but I suspect this will change when the puck hits the ice for the playoffs.
April 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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At least the Laval Rocket were playing tonight... I believe they've now clinched a playoff spot. #ahl #hockey
Laval Rocket just won 4-1 against the Toronto Marlies
March 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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#Montreal #Canadiens playing #Carolina #Hurricanes in #Raleigh tonight, just down I-40 from me. #NHL #Hockey #Sports #Analytics

While last chart I posted showed #Flyers and #Habs with similar metrics, this one is all advantage #Canes. 1st overall PK, btw.

sports.dionresearch.com/nhl/MTL/roll...
Various paired (MTL vs CAR) metrics. Montreal Canadiens stats have been on a decline over the past 5 games, drastically so in certain areas. Meanwhile Hurricanes are trending up. Maybe the Habs can still cause an upset...
March 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Another useful viz for tonight's #nhl #hockey game between #Montreal #Canadiens and #Philadelphia #Flyers. It is my rolling #metrics #stats plot, but in comparison mode. In this case, solid line for #MTL and dashed line for #PHI. Click on legend 2 interact

sports.dionresearch.com/nhl/MTL/roll...
Powerplay percent and offensive zone starts percent, in a rolling mean over previous 5 games. Solid line is Montreal, dashed is Philadelphia. You can zoom in/out, scroll, move, click on legend groups (show/hide metrics)
March 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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And now the same (CF, FF, FO, oZS) for #Philadelphia #Flyers. #NHL #Hockey

PHI:
sports.dionresearch.com/nhl/PHI/roll...
Again, Corsi, Fenwick, Offensive Zone Starts and Faceoff percent, on a 5 games rolling window for 2024-2025 season up to 3-26-2025
March 27, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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#Montreal #Canadiens playing #Philadelphia #Flyers tomorrow. Let's look at the trends on offense metrics, like Corsi, Fenwick, offensive zone starts & faceoff % (there is more). We'll look at rolling mean on 5 games to see the trend. #nhl #hockey #habs

MTL:
sports.dionresearch.com/nhl/MTL/roll...
Corsi, Fenwick, Offensive Zone Starts and Faceoff percents. All rolling mean on 5 games, for the whole season up to 3-26-2025
March 27, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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#Montreal on the road is in decline recently (while improving at home), but still doing better than #stlouis

sports.dionresearch.com/nhl/MTL/cumu...

Note that every time the #Canadiens allow 2+ net goals during PK, they lose. That'll be key:
sports.dionresearch.com/nhl/MTL/pena...

#nhl #hockey
Penalty Kill chart for the Montreal Canadiens, per game. Blue above zero is penalty kill, blue below zero is short handed goal (overlaid to have net goals on PK below that) and goals against during PK in red, below zero. Every game with 2 net goals against on PK is a loss for #gohabsgo Montreal. Sharks game had 2 allowed goals but 1 shortie, so net was 1 goal against
March 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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While PP is advantage St-Louis, PK is advantage #Montreal #Canadiens. It'll be a very interesting matchup tonight.

St-Louis is consistent, but allows more goals per PP:
sports.dionresearch.com/nhl/STL/cumu...
sports.dionresearch.com/nhl/STL/pena...

#nhl #hockey #stlouis #blues
St. Louis Blues Penalty Kill per game (goal allowed vs no goal allowed) for 2024-2025 season up to March 25, along with Offset Short Handed Goals overlaid on top of goals allowed, allowing a view of net goals per PK (ie. one allowed and one shortie means 0 net goals)
March 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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While #Montreal PP struggles some on the road (just shy of 18% vs almost 25% at home) but slightly improving over time:
sports.dionresearch.com/nhl/MTL/powe...

sports.dionresearch.com/nhl/MTL/cumu...
Montreal Canadiens Powerplay % and Trend between Losses for 2024-2025 season up to March 25
March 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM