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Show HN: I turned my iPhone and a $20 smart plug into an f-stop timer

Written and edited by the WorldPing NewsdeskPublished Updated Original reporting: Hacker News

What happened

I am a film photographer and do some darkroom printing and always wanted one of the proper, advanced f-stop timers, but never really wanted to spend a couple hundred dollars on one.

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  • Reported by Hacker News and published Tue, 06 Oct 2026 13:58:07 UTC.

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