MrSMW

More companies need to import stuff through the Heard and MacDonald Islands whilst the opportunity exists. Oh wait, too late, that loophole of zero human, only penguin residents, has been closed.

It also facilitates the opportunity to rob your clients behind their backs unless they scrutinise their bank statements on a regular basis and then if 'errors' are spotted, manage to not lose the patience that is required to actually bring this up with them. Oh yes, it's that time of year when I need to get my books in order for my accountants and have to attempt to jump through these flaming hoops... I am only into the 4th month of statements and already have complaints in with: Musicbed, Avast and Adobe. A cynical person might think that some of these companies are cheeky robbing fuckers...

This as a fundamental choice. Possibly…probably even, in some areas, it would be a case of fighting the tide, but I think too many people will use it to compensate for both their own lack of skill and in order to make a fast buck. While they still can. But short term gain and all that…

When folks say ‘rangefinder’ they generally mean ‘rangefinderesque’ because unless they are old school hardcore purists, we tend to want great AF these days. It’s purely form over function, ie, sacrificing something less (D)SLR looking for something more stylish and yes, nostalgic. The format can of course be used with zooms, but is more suited to compact primes and helps keep that ‘small, fast, discrete’ philosophy. For me anyway… If Lumix were to make one based on the S1Rii spec, I’d be all over a pair of them instantly whereas as the S1Rii is more of a, “yeah, like it and if starting again…”

I don’t object to that ie, ‘stuff I was going to do anyway’ that just makes my life easier, all good. I already use it in fact in Lightroom, but it’s the wholesale image generation that I oppose.

It doesn’t interest me either. I’d rather see out whatever remains of my career being ‘authentic’ and even if this means stopping a year or two short, then so be it. ”Look what I made!” What you mean is look at what AI made for you, but don’t kid yourself it was any talent that you had. It is almost certainly the future but I want no part of that future.

All I want to know is if the presentation has finished yet?

“Does one want mushy peas with that?”

Your fish looks a bit poshed up. Is your local one of those ‘artisan chippies’?

Yeah, that would do it.

Probably because it’s a more ‘entry level’ camera and ‘lower’ priced than the recent Lumix cameras?

Great value in every country in the world except the US where it will cost 17,000 US dollars.

As with most things in life, you can do what I call ‘common sense maths’ and work out how pretty much anything will work out. I’ve just spent a few days in the UK with my American father in law and with my American mother in law. Long separate and polar opposites politically. FIL votes Dem. Not because he supports them, but because they are the least bad choice for him. MIL votes Rep. And boy do we know it! 24 hour TV news and utter hatred of anyone and anything that is not DT. Canadians, Zelensky, Biden, transgender mice, you name it/them, they are all responsible for the shit that DT is cleaning up on their behalf. Meanwhile my FIL gets on with living his life and not spending a single second spitting relentless bile based on brainwashing and total misinformation. I think the situation will right itself when the delusional finally come to the conclusion they have been shafted. But not before a huge amount of damage has been done. Might be a (another) civil war prior to that worse case scenario…

I hoped and I wished but I only moaned slightly!

I’ve got €1000 burning a hole in my pocket if you want? 😉 That was and still is my feeling as in it has more video capability over stills compared with it’s predecessor, but is no updated replacement for the S1H. I still think I’d go for one if I didn’t have my A7RV, if only to keep both my stills and video within the same family, but the simple reality is for stills alone, I still (no pun intended) prefer the Sony and bring lenses into the equation and it’s even more clear cut for me. It will be interesting however if Sigma do bring out a longer sibling to the 28-45mm f1.8 because if it’s anything like a 45-90mm f1.8, we now have parity on glass as both L and Sony can take these lenses. At that point…and only that point, would I consider a flip. And there is no sign of that second lens as things stand, just ever more long zoom lenses 😏

Oh, it’s a Black Magic voodoo bollocks event. I thought it was a trade show jobbie. My bad 🙈 I still would like those objects though!

I'm really only interested in 2 specific things and I doubt either of them will be announced there or any time soon. A longer sibling to the Sigma 28-45mm f1.8 such as a 45-90mm f1.8 A cracking high megapixel, fast lens fixed or interchangeable (I don't care which) rangefinderesque full frame camera. Something to succeed the Sony RX1R that is not the Fuji GFX 100 RF. I don't think I'll get either...

Well I just ordered the 3 new used prime lenses I need for this year for my S9, an 18, a 50 and the 85. I'd rather have gone for the 100 over the 85, but as they are about twice the price...and those 18's aren't exactly cheap! Let's hope my delivery turns up! It's DHL rather than MPB from this point forwards and with delivery they are usually 'OK', but absolutely terrible with pickups.

4000 is the second native ISO with Lumix!

Just based on the thumbnails, really nice work Kye.

It wasn’t a biopic then?

But what choices are there currently other than: Decade old RX1Rii Sigma FP/L Leica Q3/43 And the new Fooj. Which is why I use my Zf as such with the 40mm f2 SE welded on. I just wish it was smaller and had 50+ mp…

The only way they could have improved upon this would have been having the artist formerly known as Ridley Scott, at the helm.

Large sensor more compact bodies are my jam!

MUCH better body than the S5 line, but the S5ii beat it for me for: 6k open gate, LUT support, IBIS and crop markers…otherwise I would definitely have gone for it! The rumor is of course an ‘S5ii’ in an ‘FX’ style body incoming…