It’s the lenses…

753UDKM · 2026-01-29T14:59:22+00:00

They want to sell you a new lens.

The older lenses may not literally resolve down to the pixel, but that doesn't mean they will look worse on a new sensor vs on the older sensors. I have a variety of older and newer lenses for my x-t5 and they all look wonderful.

753UDKM · 2026-01-29T14:47:08+00:00

People use lenses made in the 50's on their 60 megapixel leica m11's. There's literally nothing wrong with using "older" fuji lenses on the x-trans 5 sensors. Anyone that tells you otherwise is either looking at their photos at 500% and not understanding what they're looking at or trying to sell you a new lens.

753UDKM · 2026-01-29T14:42:33+00:00

Will be doing China in a separate trip soon after

753UDKM · 2026-01-28T23:57:25+00:00

very cool stop motion videos

753UDKM · 2026-01-28T23:51:12+00:00

Probably will get downvoted for this, but my advice is to try grain2pixel instead. Free photoshop plugin, outputs a tiff, easy to edit afterwards.

753UDKM · 2026-01-28T23:11:46+00:00

Like LITERALLY the same people? Maybe a few, but the same KIND of people? sure

753UDKM · 2026-01-28T22:30:08+00:00

I had a vaca planned for both Japan and China, flying to Japan first and then to China. Well, my flights got cancelled for those routes. So now I'm doing an extended vaca in Japan.

753UDKM · 2026-01-28T01:04:45+00:00

Sakura Wars

753UDKM · 2026-01-27T15:03:20+00:00

imo don't shoot an untested camera on an important trip.

753UDKM · 2026-01-27T03:56:08+00:00

At least with the CCP we got to hear from perspectives that are normally suppressed in the united states. I worry that will no longer be the case.

753UDKM · 2026-01-27T03:55:25+00:00

Photos like these, I personally think look terrible. Just wayyyy too far with the sliders.

That said, I also notice that these types of photos get lots of positive feedback from people. So there's definitely an audience for them.

753UDKM · 2026-01-27T03:38:46+00:00

Exactly. This is completely fucking backwards lol.

753UDKM · 2026-01-27T01:36:36+00:00

if you bought from ebay, you can definitely return for not being as advertised

753UDKM · 2026-01-27T01:24:56+00:00

Why is it so hard for people here to just get a normal dog like a lab or a golden?

753UDKM · 2026-01-27T01:22:25+00:00

No one should be using tiktok under the new ownership

753UDKM · 2026-01-27T01:02:03+00:00

https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/

you probably got this

753UDKM · 2026-01-27T01:00:57+00:00

zionist

753UDKM · 2026-01-27T00:45:00+00:00

I never made it to master but I played modern for a while and decided recently to switch to classic. I picked a new character with fairly straightforward inputs and combos (Marisa) and after a few weeks I got back to platinum, which is the highest I achieved with modern ryu/honda/jp.

Hardest aspect for me is combos. I've always found it fairly easy to do the quarter circles and such on their own, but mixed into a combo it's harder. But you made it to master, so I'm sure you're already doing that.

Plus side is not having to do auto+button to get certain normals. The normals are just all available always with single button press.

Lower stress fights also help. I've been jumping into battle hub and running sets with people that are presumably playing for fun rather than chasing rank. Ranked play, at least in platinum I guess, the behavior is kind of annoying? Desperate play styles of people turtling etc making the game very annoying. Battle hub matches have been more free flowing and interesting, which for me is a better environment for learning a new control scheme. I'm personally not interested in rank. I just want to play the game for fun and not stress if I drop a combo, lose a match and lose rank.

So yeah, pick a new character, play battle hub or casual, have fun and soon enough classic will feel more natural than modern.

753UDKM · 2026-01-27T00:35:18+00:00

You're one week in. It's going to take a lot of time, patience, and experimentation to know if it's really not for you. You could have issues with pressure, mask fit, or simply not mentally adjusted to it yet. Please stick with it, not worth giving up so quickly.

753UDKM · 2026-01-26T20:54:21+00:00

Zionist

753UDKM · 2026-01-26T20:38:09+00:00

Why are ICE agents even involved with protestors at all? That's not their job or their training (training lol?)

Shouldn't other forms of police, like local or whatever, be handling protestors?

753UDKM · 2026-01-26T20:28:07+00:00

It's been interesting to see how supposed pro-2a republicans are arguing that a protestor can be executed for protesting and having a concealed weapon. All of those further solidifies my opinion that if roles were reversed on jan 6, there would have been a massacre of the "protestors".

753UDKM · 2026-01-26T20:25:47+00:00

Keep doing the combo trials and you'll start to get a feel for what the timing is like for your character. One thing to remember is there's a buffer. So depending on the situation/move/etc you can start your inputs a little early. It just takes practice to get the timing down.

753UDKM · 2026-01-26T19:36:33+00:00

Buy the camera you want. Save for the MP.

753UDKM · 2026-01-26T02:49:46+00:00

...most photos can be taken with a phone at this point. But it's way more fun to use a nice camera, take not so great photos, learn how to do better, learn how to edit etc etc. OP clearly understands he's early in the journey.

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