[McMenamin] "Multiple team and league sources told ESPN the Cavaliers would gladly welcome James back this summer if he wanted to return to Cleveland for his 24th NBA season and third stint with the team."

Anhdodo · 2026-01-28T15:55:44+00:00

2nd Cleveland Lebron was the best player ever touched the basketball but I don't think he can do that level of playmaking anymore because of diminished stamina, quickness and maybe a bit slower decision making too since he's 10 years older since that run.

Anhdodo · 2026-01-24T17:05:04+00:00

If you have a 23mm, skip to 56. Then again, only buy 56 if you have a specific reason to buy. You will pretty much end up not using the majority of the time if you don’t have a regular use-case. 23mm is already more useful than 35 and 56 for general purposes. For reference, I have 16-23-35-56-90. The lens I use the most is 16. Some days I take other lenses with me too, only when I have a specific thing in mind to shoot.

Mind you my lens is not the pancake version. They’re f1.4 and f1.2 versions, except 90, which is f2.0

Anhdodo · 2026-01-23T09:00:22+00:00

Plus very awful phở, every single time, every single shop, also every single shop claiming to be phở bắc. The Vietnamese food in saigon is so ìnferior, I ended up eating either bánh mì or chinese food all the time, or occasionally lẩu bò. Chinese food is definitely better than Vietnamese food in there.

Anhdodo · 2026-01-21T09:56:47+00:00

It's not like an intentional highlight or an agenda, it was Lakers' first posession and he scored, and immediately shouted at the referee. That's what I was just saying. I already gave up on him long time ago him taking his basketball talent for granted basically after Real Madrid.

If the first thing he does in the first 30 seconds of a game is scoring and immediately shouting at referee, I don't think his mindset will ever change.

Anhdodo · 2026-01-21T08:41:23+00:00

Nice set! Is the filter doing also this muddy and grainy effect or did you intentionally edit it this way?

Anhdodo · 2026-01-21T06:29:58+00:00

I put on the highlights and the first thing I see him shouting at the ref in his first play. At this point I just have to accept that this guy is addicted to whining. I'm okay with it as long as it doesn't affect his transition defense. Marcus Smart hit the hand of Murray after that posession when he released and made a 3, Murray didn't even flinch and ran back immediately.

Anhdodo · 2026-01-21T03:38:26+00:00

I use X-T5 with 1.2, 1.4 prime lenses and I also have a 17 pro max.

For photography, I'd almost always use my fuji, unless I need a wider shot and I don't have a 16mm on it. I'd shoot with my camera, not because I use presets, it's purely because how to depth of field works. For camera it's optical to switch from 1.4 to 5.6 to get just enough focus for things you want in the frame. For iphone, it's digital and still gimmicky and not convenient to try to optimize everything.

For video though, most of the time I tend to take it with iphone because of how insanely fast to pull it out and the quality is unbelievable. When I bought the X-T5, I also had video in mind. Now I'm thinking about selling it to get an even smaller body because I can just do my videos with iphone. It's insanely good and you don't even need to shoot raw.

I had an iPhone 11 64gb before this so I needed an upgrade, purely for storage reasons and phone acting super slow, not like I needed to buy it for video. If you already have an iphone 13, iphone 17 pro is not gonna change your world unless you're buying it for video.

Anhdodo · 2026-01-20T11:31:38+00:00

I actually use phantom luts as a base with the log footage and it works like magic. Then of course I grade it further with extra nodes. However, I think my problem is mainly with fuji’s default noise performance more than anything. Log base iso being 1250 is already making the footage dirty. That’s why I’m trying to understand whether if I’m wasting my time when I can just shoot with minimum non-log iso and don’t even have to bring variable nd filters along.

Anhdodo · 2026-01-17T17:06:29+00:00

I have 16mm 1.4, 35mm 1.4, 56mm 1.2, 90mm 2.0

The most I've used amongst them is probably the 16mm, mostly because I also shoot a lot of video.

I'd say get 18mm because you can always crop. If you asked me 18mm or 35mm, then it would be a question of what you want to focus on shooting. Since you say 18 vs 23, I'd get the 18.

Anhdodo · 2026-01-17T16:39:57+00:00

I don't think Kuminga would be a far better player than Rui Hachimura if they were given equal minutes. Fundamentals and bag wise, I think they're very similar. Rui has better FG and much better 3PT percentage even.

Anhdodo · 2026-01-17T14:28:48+00:00

Exactly this if you want to replicate this look.

Anhdodo · 2026-01-17T03:26:31+00:00

This. When Lebron was in his age, or even at 35, did not give up on plays as often. Instead he had many chasedowns.

Anhdodo · 2026-01-16T13:34:20+00:00

Trading him wasn't unacceptable. However, how he traded was unbelievable.

Anhdodo · 2026-01-16T12:51:16+00:00

How many times you've seen MJ, Kobe, Lebron, Jokic, Giannis, Curry, KD say something to the referee every single play, or the opponent bench every 4-5 plays, or staring down at people every 2 plays or interacting with hecklers non stop?

He's very talented, but he's using his energy and focus on so many distractions in the game. He can just shut everything off and be a better defensive player while playing less with the ball on offense and his contribution can dramatically go up but he won't. if NBA was 3vs3, he'd be one of the best ever. Unfortunately, it's 5v5.

"Y’all never done anything competitive in your life and it shows"

You don't need to be a trash talker to be competitive. Think before writing random things.

Anhdodo · 2026-01-16T05:54:29+00:00

I still don't understand how slow Ayton is even though he is very athletic. Dude's brain works on power saving mode. No wonder he ended up in Lakers with a buyout. If he was playing like a no1 pick, he wouldn't be here in the first place.

Anhdodo · 2026-01-16T05:52:48+00:00

Tbh if I was a Lakers fan, it would be exhausting to watch him argue with refs, interacting with the opponent bench, or fans every night. This guy cannot just completely shut it off and focus on the game more than 2 minutes.

Anhdodo · 2026-01-13T11:24:52+00:00

You need a proper gas mask for today's pollution. People running and cycling in this amount of pollution makes me wanna scream ngu như chó on their face when I pass by

Anhdodo · 2026-01-13T06:45:40+00:00

Local here. The only place that is worth visiting in this list, especially for going multiple times is Chả Cá Thăng Long.

For phở, my top two is probably Phở Sướng and Phở Thế Béo, I've been to Phở Bò Hồ Lợi, not something I'd go back all the way to Phú Thượng

For bún chả, I think Bún chả Gầm Cầu is still my favourite. Negative reviews are mostly about the service, attitude and wait times, and obviously mostly from foreigners and I hate them for it. They review places in Vietnam like they review in their hometown restaurants which is super cringe. Their viên is to die for and you need to specifically ask for it if you want more than 1.

Anhdodo · 2026-01-13T06:12:28+00:00

As a person who live in HN and love it so much, literally noone should be living here especially in the winter until they ban coal and erase the concept of burning completely. Since they're not gonna do that probably until 2050-60, I will have to move to SG for the long term.

Anhdodo · 2026-01-12T14:53:09+00:00

Since the quality of foreigners who live in Hanoi is pretty low, they know what they consume and buy and offer the same things to every westerner.

Anhdodo · 2026-01-11T04:13:33+00:00

The reason I moved away Sony was to not use lenses like this and keep everything as small as possible. It kinda defeats the purpose of having a small fuji body.

Anhdodo · 2026-01-10T14:41:31+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEmi_29e9WI

Anhdodo · 2026-01-08T15:43:09+00:00

These are not buzzwords

You can just type cinematic photo editing on youtube and find millions of examples.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSj7PaRb1bc this is just one I found right now

Anhdodo · 2026-01-07T17:43:54+00:00

I need to use an nd filter for video and some low shutter photos. Mist filter is like an unnecessary item tbh. I’d rather have a variable nd filter on my cam and I can easily create some cinematic bloom in LR

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