Nope! That’s part of the fun sadly. At least if you’re technical you’ll know that not all type-c cables are the same.

Display port over USB-C is totally a thing. With things like USB-PD USB seem to be getting dangerously close to becoming the standard for everything. The cables are a wreck though and are way too hard for a layperson to tell apart.

Great read, with some amusing asides.

Shots fired!

I think I have two general responses.

I think you’re right in that photography and the style of photographs has evolved with technology. Each of those technological steps has been partially shaped by art (what makes it to market) and taste (what succeeds in the market). Additionally, darkrooms gave a lot of leeway for the look of the final image. This also ties into what makes for a compelling image - you’re often looking for a dramatic scene, a subject that’s a bit out of the norm, and/or unique lighting. Yeah, there are street photographs of everyday people doing everyday things in normal lighting, but they often aren’t that compelling.

In other words, photography is often stylized. I personally think that’s OK, especially when you consider how flat lightly processed photos are.

The good news in today’s world: if you shoot digital you can shoot raw + jpeg and change the look of the image pretty drastically with non-destructive edits. I’ve re-edited photos I’ve taken over a decade ago and changed their look significantly. I can do the same again in another 10 years if it strikes my fancy.

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I am a die hard laptop/desktop person but the majority of my outside of work ‘computer’ time is on my phone these days :(

What were you intending to focus on? To me, this is focused fine but without an obvious out of focus subject it’s hard to tell.

You probably know this, but just in case: if you want more in focus, close your aperture some more.

I suggest something where you get to work with a wide range of the populus. Opportunities are basically all service industry jobs: waiting tables in a restaurant, working retail, working in a hotel, etc. Learning how to interact with wide swaths of humans is an invaluable skill that will serve you well in your future professional career. I would focus on building social and emotional intelligence.

I am a Darktable user and really like it. That said, my workflow is:

• get photos off camera
• cull. I’m using photo mechanic right now, but if I can find an option that lets you sort my the largest in focus face I’m tempted to switch to something else. I shoot some kids sports and want to make sure I get a few good photos of each kid
• move the creme de la creme to their own folder
• add that folder to Darktable as it’s own thing
• edit as necessary in Darktable

I’ve never tried culling with Darktable. Photo mechanic lets you fly through photos using 1-8 to grade photos. At this point my first pass is to find the “this is a decent photo” shots and my second pass is usually just to pare that down. I’ve given after shoot a go, and while I can see why a pro would use it (volume), I prefer manually culling with the exception of the kids sports scenario I hit on earlier.

Processing raw is a lot easier if you use something like Lightroom (Adobe), Capture One, or Darktable (free open source software that’s even pretty easy to use).

I’ll use straight out of the camera JPEGs most of the time, but for scenes with high dynamic range and/or dimly lit scenes I find RAW better thanks to it’s much deeper bit depth. It really helps when you’re pushing/pulling shadows and highlights.

However it fits best in your bag. I have three bags:

• a camera backpack from when I thought carrying all my gear in one bag was a good idea. In this case the camera viewfinder is pointing at the bottom of the bag with the lens facing the top of my bag. Due to space I always keep the same lens attached to the camera in this bag - my telephoto. I also shoved a wide to normal zoom in it, a bunch of memory cards, my speedlight and remote triggers
• a fairly small bag. My camera sits horizontally with its grip facing the top. I can fit the camera and two smaller primes (with one attached) or the camera with a medium sized lens attached
• a medium sized bag that just fits my camera plus telephoto attached to it

These days I try to only being my camera and one lens with me, which means my backpack stays home most of the time. My choice of lens for the day dictates which bag I bring. I do not bring any accessories with me anymore.

I second leaving lens hoods on for front element protection over using a UV filter.

I would probs load up my pockets (extra battery, another memory chip)

Spare batteries make sense, but these days memory cards are so big I do not bring extra cards with me. Granted I “only” have a 24 MP body, but I can fit 4k RAW+JPEGs on my 192 GB of combined storage. That’s a lot of culling.

Weed of the valley! It does smell nice though. We have a bed full of this and mint that I’ve come to accept for what it is: nice smells, insect friendly, and good for fresh beverages.

Taking a photo of the mini moons at night is an excellent idea.

This probably isn’t a popular option, but a lot of the recent hate on Microsoft have been standard practice for Apple for a long time.

Windows 10 free update length? 10 years. Mac? 5-7 years.

Baked in cloud backup? Yeah, Apple has been doing that for a while and a lot of things go to the cloud by default. If you have an iPhone or iPad, things you download go to iCloud by default.

It seems like Microsoft is trying to follow Apple’s model.

I do get not wanting to support windows 10 anymore. The CPU limitations on Win 11 are very dumb, but it’s something Apple has been doing for decades. I will be installing mint on my old desktop.

I give them less grace with OneDrive. That rollout has been very naggy and shitty.

Digitally? Unless that’s off limits in this situation. I’m sure there are analog paths you could take too, I just don’t know what they would be

Disclaimer up front: I have very little background in any of this.

Why not do three exposures on three different prices of paper with a color filter in front of each? Green pigment gets the green filter, etc.

Turning leftovers into fried rice generally results in one of my favorite foods. That’s not to say I don’t like more upscale options too, but man.

No problem!

On Google maps, “CVS photo” will turn up if you search for it. I suspect staples can do photos too, I just haven’t used them.

As for Meijer vs Walmart, we haven’t set foot in a Walmart since we moved to the Midwest - not that we were doing that frequently before we moved here. I have no experience one way or the other with Walmart photo, but suspect most retail locations are probably fairly comparable. The market doesn’t seem that big anymore, so they might even be running similar equipment behind their branding.

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Do you render your digital pictures on paper (print)?

Yes! We do the usual 4x6 stuff, make a yearly calendar that I think is 13"x13", and have a mix of larger prints (yearly family photo) and canvases (things that will be on the wall longer)

Do you use a printer in the home for it?

No, we use a mix of local brick and mortar, Shutterfly, and I think CanvasChamp

What printer do you use?

N/A, but if you’re looking to buy the thing to look for is a sublimation printer. This is what photo labs use. It will cost more than an inkjet up front, but will be much lower hassle with no no clogged nozzles.

It might be worth calculating the break even cost vs just using a lab though. I suspect a lab will be hard to beat unless you print a lot.

What printer would you recommend with cost vs quality in mind? (8.5 x 11 prints would be fine)

No idea, sorry :(

Do you send your pictures to a commercial printer?

Yes! See above.

Do you goto the nearest Staples or Walmart and use the printers there?

I have used both CVS and Meijer (Midwest not-walmart-walmart), but mostly for smaller batches where shipping doesn’t make sense. No real complaints, but their machines can be a bit fiddly.

It sounds like the design goals Nikon and Canon were using were similar, yes. On a crop body, it’s great for capturing things far away. I used it for motorsports. It was also a good people lens, but at 110mm FF equivalent you had to have some space to use it.

Wish I’d had more ambition to get out this Summer, there’s been a LOT of sunspot activity that I’ve missed.

I can relate to this. Especially when it comes to reach and close focus, your gear can get in the way of the shot. I feel like a lot of this hobby is clearly identifying your use case (reach, close focus, speed, etc) and then weighing the lenses that satisfy that use case against their tradeoffs (size, weight, image quality).

Over in e-mount land, I have Sigma’s 35mm f/1.4 (the old HSM version) and Sigma’s newer 35mm f/2.0. The extra stop is nice, but I rarely need it and f/2.0 is half the length and weight. Guess which lens gets used more often.

Sometimes you find great deals, sometimes you find Chinese garbage. Luckily I never paid much for garbage.

The nice thing about buying used is you can usually sell it without much of a loss. I’ve been treating this as “longer term renting” gear to help me find what I want.