MrSMW

1: Between cameras. Was: XH1 + XT3 + X100F (plus a camcorder, Mavic Air, DJI Osmo Action).
Hoping that for a season in the future, a combo of; XT4 (hybrid), XT3 (video), X100V (stills).
2: I have been alive to date for 49 years, married for 24 this year, a father for 15, a wedding photographer and videographer for 20.
3: I used to watch; F1 and rugby, but along with everything else... Not especially into any particular type of music. Gym/fitness ‘enthusiast’. I run, row, bike, lift and walk. Currently training to attempt CrossFit workout Murph by the end of this year.
4: Less political discussion. XT4 and X100V in the new short term. XH2 longer term.
5: I am a Brit living in SW France and am split in terms of both the best and worst of both. It’s easier to live in the UK (by far) but the weather in the Summer here is better and it’s less crowded.
6: Dunno without checking but maybe sometimes looked without participating for a year or so and then joined about 2 years back?

What @kye said.
Photographers are doing:
What’s in my camera bag?
What’s in my bottom draw?
What’s in my pocket?
What’s out of my window?

1: Between cameras. Was: XH1 + XT3 + X100F (plus a camcorder, Mavic Air, DJI Osmo Action).
Hoping that for a season in the future, a combo of; XT4 (hybrid), XT3 (video), X100V (stills).
2: I have been alive to date for 49 years, married for 24 this year, a father for 15, a wedding photographer and videographer for 20.
3: I used to watch; F1 and rugby, but along with everything else... Not especially into any particular type of music. Gym/fitness ‘enthusiast’. I run, row, bike, lift and walk. Currently training to attempt CrossFit workout Murph by the end of this year.
4: Less political discussion. XT4 and X100V in the new short term. XH2 longer term.
5: I am a Brit living in SW France and am split in terms of both the best and worst of both. It’s easier to live in the UK (by far) but the weather in the Summer here is better and it’s less crowded.
6: Dunno without checking but maybe sometimes looked without participating for a year or so and then joined about 2 years back?

1: Between cameras. Was: XH1 + XT3 + X100F (plus a camcorder, Mavic Air, DJI Osmo Action).
Hoping that for a season in the future, a combo of; XT4 (hybrid), XT3 (video), X100V (stills).
2: I have been alive to date for 49 years, married for 24 this year, a father for 15, a wedding photographer and videographer for 20.
3: I used to watch; F1 and rugby, but along with everything else... Not especially into any particular type of music. Gym/fitness ‘enthusiast’. I run, row, bike, lift and walk. Currently training to attempt CrossFit workout Murph by the end of this year.
4: Less political discussion. XT4 and X100V in the new short term. XH2 longer term.
5: I am a Brit living in SW France and am split in terms of both the best and worst of both. It’s easier to live in the UK (by far) but the weather in the Summer here is better and it’s less crowded.
6: Dunno without checking but maybe sometimes looked without participating for a year or so and then joined about 2 years back?

1: Between cameras. Was: XH1 + XT3 + X100F (plus a camcorder, Mavic Air, DJI Osmo Action).
Hoping that for a season in the future, a combo of; XT4 (hybrid), XT3 (video), X100V (stills).
2: I have been alive to date for 49 years, married for 24 this year, a father for 15, a wedding photographer and videographer for 20.
3: I used to watch; F1 and rugby, but along with everything else... Not especially into any particular type of music. Gym/fitness ‘enthusiast’. I run, row, bike, lift and walk. Currently training to attempt CrossFit workout Murph by the end of this year.
4: Less political discussion. XT4 and X100V in the new short term. XH2 longer term.
5: I am a Brit living in SW France and am split in terms of both the best and worst of both. It’s easier to live in the UK (by far) but the weather in the Summer here is better and it’s less crowded.
6: Dunno without checking but maybe sometimes looked without participating for a year or so and then joined about 2 years back?

What @kye said.
Photographers are doing:
What’s in my camera bag?
What’s in my bottom draw?
What’s in my pocket?
What’s out of my window?

I've seen lots of live streams pop up in my YT feed, which is normally much higher percentage of edited content.
I must admit I'm not a fan.  Watching someone read the chat in real-time mixed in with "is this on" and then deliver unrehearsed unfocused content just makes me angry that the person chose to waste my time instead of spending theirs editing.
Professional live streams are like TV talk shows or the news and require large amounts of hours of prep and a crew of multiple people.  Most streaming online is like watching the dailies from a set that never hit stop between takes.
The minimum number of people required for a professional live stream is three:
someone to control the tech someone to present the content someone to manage the chat and feed good questions to the presenter so we don't spend minutes at a time watching them read the chat They also require a huge amount of preparation - to the extent that the presenter can deliver the content with crystal clarity and almost zero mistakes.

I am not French but live in France...
A couple of weeks back, when we lived in a free sane world where we earned a living and toilet paper was not a topic of everyday discussion, I was at my chiro and he whilst he was twisting my neck at angles I would not myself, he said, “so what do you think of French men?”
Not sure what he was asking or why, I gave some kind of non-commital response.
”Zey are arrogant!” he said in his thickly accented English, “yes, Frenchmen are like pigs, we think we are ze best...and I can say zis because I am a Frenchman!”
So there you are, it is official.

I’m just wondering if by the time we get back to doing any kind of work in the future whether they will have made the Sigma FP an actual working camera? Maybe there is a chance...?

Here in Italy the new public enemy number 1 are people jogging outside, even if alone, even if in a mountain path, seen as the new plague spreaders, as if just by the fact of going out of a building you become magically infected by THE sickness: the virus will see you and will instantly put you into an intensive care unit.
This is what concerns me here in France. We are not quite there yet, at least not officially.
Yes, some could argue, "big deal, so you fitness freaks can't do your usual thing, get over it", but actually some restrictions are pretty stoopid.
Solo running in the fresh area with no one around. Yup, that's going to make the situation worse. Not.
Someone living in an apartment with a dog that needs to be walked can't be forced to shit on the kitchen floor? (That's the dog not the owner). They need to get out and providing they do so sensibly and not with other people... common sense needs to be applied.
I'm lucky that my house is in one of the least most densely populated departements in France and our house is on 2.5 acres of land. We are surrounded by vineyards and agricultural land but our mayor just issued a directive that has now banned any/all activity on the green lane, a former railway line over 20 km long. People can go for their walk in the town but no, not on the green lane as unseen, they may gossip in groups and touch and... If people are going to do that, they are going to do that and they are stupid and ignorant, but wholesale smacking down on everyone supposedly for the greater good is too far.
And then some folks are just nuts...
I was walking the dog the other day when a woman drove past me and in usual French style, skimmed me by mere inches (sorry, but they do this, - can't ever cross that white line in the centre of the road unless it's passing every single vehicle in front of them before immediately turning at the next junction. Without indicating.)...wearing a face mask (in her own car, alone!)...with all the windows down!
And that isn't even the most ridiculous part which is she actually leaned away from me in her seat and turned her head away as she passed me at about 50 kph!
Just imagine if I'd coughed in her direction and my cough beat her 50 kph side draft and entered her vehicle through one of her 4 open windows... She'd have been dead within the week, no question so why take the risk. In fact she was very sensible.
Re. the news. I think you can't avoid it. Moderation and not getting obsessed with it is the thing. I think it's important to be aware of any situation so you can either comply with directives (even if it's to keep off the green lane) or simply make your own common sense decisions.
It's all a load of shit though. Weirdly, despite having zero income and fairly confident the industry is pretty fucked for the forseeable future, I am strangely calm about it and have been practising social distancing and self-isolating much of my life out of choice so no big hardship!
 

The one anomaly in the World figures that stand out for me are Germany: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
Third Reich 'Master Race' jokes aside, their death rate is incredibly low for some reason...and there has to be a reason.
Lower age, better health, better healthcare, different handling...?
Their number of cases is high but when you look at the mortality rate compared with say France, Spain, the UK or US, makes you want to apply for a German passport.

Why does every thread at some point have to involve the current president of the USA?
FFS! 😷

If it comes preinstalled on the XT4, I will cancel my cancelled preorder for a pair.

If it comes preinstalled on the XT4, I will cancel my cancelled preorder for a pair.

There is always some dumb mf that has to make a global calamity into some political shit throwing contest. So. Sick. Of. It.

I actually do similar, - depends on the scenario but use the AF to get a lock and then flip it to manual.
Especially during things like wedding ceremonies where some dick stands up to take a picture on their phone and the AF locks on to them...and then does not return to the original subject.
Oh, FFS, more self-inflicted muppetry 🤪

Yorkshire Tea. End of.

Yorkshire Tea. End of.

Yorkshire Tea. End of.

Oh that's easy. There is a spray you can get that swimmers use for inside their goggles.
Anyway, she's doing it wrong because she needs a canary in there.
If the canary falls off it's perch, basically you are fucked.

It’s all a conspiracy by Fuji.
XT4 gets announced and folks across the interwebs start linking it with the Olympics for completely inexplicable reasons that even they don’t understand but because they read it ‘somewhere’, then yeah, it’s a thing.
Fuji picks up on this and begin to suffer small willy syndrome in comparison with those 12” monster DSLR’s that Canon and Nikon keep insisting on making but no one including even Fro Knows buys anymore.
Fuji release virus so Olympics will be cancelled.
It’s pretty obvious when you consider all the facts.
It’s going to backfire on them though because the way things are headed, my preorder for a pair is now not likely to be delivered (and therefore cancelled if this looks likely) in time for this years wedding season...if that itself even happens.

Oh that's easy. There is a spray you can get that swimmers use for inside their goggles.
Anyway, she's doing it wrong because she needs a canary in there.
If the canary falls off it's perch, basically you are fucked.

Oh that's easy. There is a spray you can get that swimmers use for inside their goggles.
Anyway, she's doing it wrong because she needs a canary in there.
If the canary falls off it's perch, basically you are fucked.

Pentax playing the long game this whole time....