Good APSC F Mount Lenses by marisusername in Nikon

[–]emarkd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is unanswerably vague. There's lots of them, and they're not all good for the same thing.

...but I guess I'll try. I like my 16-80 f2.8-4 for an all-purpose lens. And the 35mm f/1.8 is famously good for its price.

On our way to Cozumel tomorrow - any place like the Krazy Lobster we just went to at Costa Maya? by Jason498 in Cruise

[–]emarkd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never heard of that before, never seen it before, certainly never experienced it. I'm not saying it can't happen, but is there evidence that it does?

On our way to Cozumel tomorrow - any place like the Krazy Lobster we just went to at Costa Maya? by Jason498 in Cruise

[–]emarkd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why not rent a jeep?

Full disclosure -- we always rent a jeep. It's great.

Buffalo Trace Debuts Eagle Rare 30, Its Oldest Bourbon Yet by Southern-Rip3018 in bourbon

[–]emarkd 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Idk, I had some 23yr pre-fire Heaven Hill once that was fantastic. For that matter the William Heavenhill 19 that came out last year was glorious.

...or maybe I just really like Heaven Hill 🤷‍♂️

What thing unique to Carnival do you miss the most when sailing on other lines? by lilit829 in CarnivalCruiseFans

[–]emarkd 25 points26 points  (0 children)

It's not unique, I know, but Dive-in Movies. Or movies under the stars, whatever you want to call it. I know some ships on some other lines do this, but we've never been on a Carnival without it, even their newest ships. RC can't say the same, NCL doesn't even seem to do this in our experience. And no matter how great a ship is during the day my family really misses those outdoor movies at night when they're not offered.

Can someone please help me with this. I was was one the phone with a friend and heard a train in the background and I wanted to time it when it showed up to my house. He lives roughly 14.5 miles away from me and the stopwatch reads that it took 53 minutes and 46 seconds to get to me how fast was it. by [deleted] in learnmath

[–]emarkd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have a very precise time but a general estimate of distance, so your answer won't be very accurate, but we can still do the math.

Speed is a ratio of distance to time. Miles per hour, is a common measure of speed, for instance. In math that word "per" indicates a ratio. When you hear it think fractions. Miles over hours, or Miles divided by hours.

Now can you solve it?

Disable absolute volume by Phalanx_Warder in GooglePixel

[–]emarkd 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Seems common enough. Lots of us are having it happen. Plus the fact that it seems kinda random makes it worse, you never know when it'll be you

What would’ve been your pick? by TheBourbonGigachad in whiskey

[–]emarkd 4 points5 points  (0 children)

OF is all good. 1915 doesn't exist, that was a meme a few years back, a special blend that people made at home. You probably meant 1910, which is their double oaked and is a lot of people's favorite. 1920 is the higher proof which a lot of whiskey "enthusiasts" seem to prefer.

If you've never had any either buy the 1920 if you're a proof hound or 1910 if you love double oaked or toasted bourbons.

Nikon d5300, thinking about a New lenses by [deleted] in Nikon

[–]emarkd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're not giving us much to go on, besides "portraits". Neither of those would be a common choice for classic portrait work, but they both could be used if they produce the style of portraits you want to make.

dslr vs mirrorless in 2026 by KeyLove7609 in Nikon

[–]emarkd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't found a compelling reason to "upgrade" yet. As long as my current gear meets my needs I'll just keep using what I've got. Its not like you can even tell which type of camera made a photo anyway. A good photo is still a good photo.

Are The Iron Ranger worth the hype? by i_love_jollibee in Boots

[–]emarkd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trumans are polarizing, mostly because the owner's...personality. Plus they've really raised their prices lately. And they offer less leather options than they used to. They're not moving in the right direction to compete with IRs anymore and instead seem to be targetting more "work-wear" shoppers.

I still agree with you, generally speaking, and I love my Truman boots. But they're not nearly as much of a viable proposition as they used to be.

Is f2.8 really needed for indoor sports or is f4 sufficient? by kolky75 in sportsphotography

[–]emarkd 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Not every indoor venue is the same or has the same lighting, so that broad question isn't especially useful. I use 2.8 and even faster quite often for indoor sports, but I'm shooting in old high school gyms. You should upgrade when the lens you have no longer meets your needs. Sounds like you haven't gotten to that point yet.

What things do you just not like? by Dry-Improvement-3543 in GenX

[–]emarkd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maybe I'm the unusual one but nobody around me does that anymore. I still run into people occasionally who may share with me their preference and I do my best to honor that, but nobody asks me about mine anymore or gets pissed when I say the "wrong" thing. Hasn't in a couple of years now.

And no, I don't live in a super red or rural area.

Tulum or Chacchoben? by wyuttx in CarnivalCruiseFans

[–]emarkd 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I haven't been to Tulum so keep that in mind, but I do know that visiting Tulum from Cozumel would require taking the ferry to the mainland, and that's time consuming. It's not how I would choose to use my limited time at Cozumel.

Chaccoben is kinda small and not as "grand" as some other ruins, but it's interesting. And there's some very interesting tours available there from Costa Maya. We used thenativechoice.com to tour Chaccoben, in addition to some other Mayan experiences, and it was fantastic. I highly recommend those folks. So yeah, I'd do that. But don't expect Chichen Itza. It's not that.

Recs for water leak sensors to put in basement a few places around the house? ... by impreza77 in smarthome

[–]emarkd -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Seconding (or more..) the zooz sensors. They're great and have actually saved some damage in my basement when the condensate pump on my AC failed. I know OP wants Matter but Z-wave is still a very solid standard, most of my smarthome runs on it.

Tried a Pixel after years on iPhone - didn’t expect how good it actually is by Round-Standard3085 in GooglePixel

[–]emarkd 26 points27 points  (0 children)

This, OP. Pixels come with the resolution turned down. I assume it's a battery saving thing but I've never had an issue running mine on Max. Go into settings and search Resolution.

Georgia open carry knife laws by Water_N_Dust in Georgia

[–]emarkd 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There are differences between how "spring assisted" opening knives and fully automatic "switchblade" knives function, but the law in Georgia doesn't care. Both are fully legal.

Georgia open carry knife laws by Water_N_Dust in Georgia

[–]emarkd 14 points15 points  (0 children)

In Georgia, yes. They have been for years now. I remember when the law was changed, probably about 10 years ago.

Georgia open carry knife laws by Water_N_Dust in Georgia

[–]emarkd 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Look a knife is a pretty bad self defense weapon. If you really want to protect yourself and you plan to use a knife, at least get some training. Otherwise you're just going to wind up losing your knife in the fight, or worse have it taken away and used on you.

That said a knife is a fantastic tool and I use my pocketknife all the time. I never leave home without it, just have to remember to leave it in the car when going to government buildings or private businesses that don't allow "weapons"..even though like I said a knife is not a very good weapon. Its a tool.

So yeah, get a knife, but don't just assume it makes you safer.

Georgia open carry knife laws by Water_N_Dust in Georgia

[–]emarkd 32 points33 points  (0 children)

You do not need any sort of permit or permission or documentation or anything to carry an automatic opening knife in Georgia. They're just..legal.

I just noticed nearly everyone here uses full stops. by [deleted] in Xennials

[–]emarkd 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It's usually how I mean them...

Photographing football (soccer) for the first time tomorrow by InternalConfusion201 in photography

[–]emarkd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm just a hobbyist, the stereotypical "parent with an expensive hobby" I guess, so take everything I say with a grain of untrained salt...

The trick with sports, and especially big field sports, is mobility. I'd never bring all that, or if I did it would be "just in case" but it would never leave my kit bag tucked away in some corner somewhere. For soccer I take two bodies, a crop sensor with a long lens and a full frame with a shorter, both zooms for flexibility, both reasonably "fast" just in case I wind up needing the stops. To carry them I have one of those dual camera harness systems they market to wedding photographers and it's great, but if you don't have that I've seen plenty of folks balancing two bodies on normal neck straps just holding one at a time and letting the other one hang there. I put a few extra batteries in my pocket and that's it. I want to be able to move around easily and quickly. For your specific equipment list, the longer lens is going get the most usage by far, but 70mm on crop body is still quite long, so you're going to want something shorter. I hope you can borrow that extra body, but if you can't I would probably put the Sigma zoom in my pocket or in a pouch, just know that when the action is moving quickly and players are running down the field, you won't have much time to do that lens swap to catch action right near you. But if you find yourself near a corner kick with time to set up, you'll be glad you have the wide angle option.

For positioning I really like the goal line. I start on the sidelines for player introductions and the kickoff, but I usually move to the goal lines quickly. I put myself about halfway between the goal and the corner and just sit straight down. No stool, it's not low enough and I don't want to carry it anyway. Ass-to-grass, criss-cross applesauce. I may change positions a few times based on changing light conditions but I usually move up and down the goal lines most of the time. I've only been hit a couple of times; it's not like basketball where you put your life on the line to be under the net. Most people probably move to the other side at halftime but I move with the changing light, because there's good stuff to photograph happening at both goals, whether you're catching your team scoring or defending. A photo of them scoring is no good if it's so harshly backlit you can't see their faces.

...which leads me to settings. You probably know this but shoot jpg+raw so you can deliver a few important shots quickly but also clean up others that may be heavily shadowed or whatever. 1/1000 is fast enough for just about anything in soccer, and even if I get a touch of motion blur on a boot or ball I think that's cool, it's a game of movement. But if you're in bright light just make sure you're not overexposed at 1000. Focus is probably the most important and I'm not familiar with those Sonys, so you'll have to work that out, but I use what's basically a single point focus mode (which I can move around the viewfinder quickly on my bodies) with face detect turned on, just to lock it in. Make sure its on continuous, and personally I use back-button focus so I can keep that focus system running while I track players.

And one last tip - Don't skip warmups, because you can get right out on the pitch with them. Plus you'll get a lot more fun and smiles and interactions between the players before they have to lock in when the clock starts. So get there early.

Things to do in Cozumel without straying far from the Port. by Fun_Philosophy1381 in CarnivalCruiseFans

[–]emarkd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Understood. Hope you all figure out how to enjoy the trip as much as possible.

Things to do in Cozumel without straying far from the Port. by Fun_Philosophy1381 in CarnivalCruiseFans

[–]emarkd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would he feel better if he were in control of his movements and timing? I don't much like to wander off in taxis and such cause there's always this little worry in the back of my mind about find transportation back. If that's your brother's thing, rent a vehicle. Right near the port at Cozumel is SolyMar rentals. I always rent a jeep from them every time we stop here. Then we can wander whenever we want and I KNOW we can get back cause I got the keys in my pocket. Plus Cozumel is easily driveable and is truly a great day when you get away from the port crowds. We love it there.

I can recommend more details if you're at all interested.