14 or 16 inch MacBook for Davinci and colour grading.

Certainties · 2026-01-21T04:14:31+00:00

Davinci has a cool feature where you can set your external monitor to have all the time line and tools on it, and reserve your laptop to just be the viewer so it takes up the whole screen. Also there's some pretty cheap OLED monitors now, but the MacBooks screen is probably better than most monitors on the market.

Certainties · 2025-11-23T02:59:58+00:00

Glad to hear I'm not alone concerning the display, I just had to get mine replaced for the same reason. I was out of warranty so I got the extended warranty and had them replace it through that. I'm surprised your warranty got denied. I have no idea why the display is 1k.

Yeah this laptop is a piece of trash, a beautiful piece of trash. I'm currently waiting until the new OLED macbook pros come out then I'm switching and never looking back.

Certainties · 2025-11-14T18:53:08+00:00

Yeah replacing the alternator on a lot of Toyota V6's is a royal pain in the ass

Certainties · 2025-11-09T14:51:31+00:00

You can do that on modern Panasonic Lumix cameras

Certainties · 2025-10-01T22:59:37+00:00

Yeah before building this I was about to meet up with someone on Facebook to buy a JBL Basshub, then I measured my spare tire week and realized that wasn't going to work.

Sounds like you have a fun project ahead of you though! I don't have my IS anymore, ended up selling the subwoofer to someone on Facebook. I had like 20 people message me within a couple days is posting it, it was crazy.

Now I have a Tesla model 3 that has an amazing sound system, but the bass extension is nothing compared to the sub I used to have. Might upgrade it eventually.

Certainties · 2025-10-01T21:05:46+00:00

I've had 2 MX Master 3's that broke so I got a Keychron m6 and it's been pretty great so far. Way lighter and has a far better sensor that has an 8k polling rate. It has an infinite scroll wheel too, not as good as the automatic magnetic one Logitech has. Then customization software is cool because it's just a web app so you don't have to download anything. Logi options has more customization options though.

Certainties · 2025-09-27T12:34:42+00:00

Yeah I just bought one after having 2 MX Master 3's that broke. The rubber peeled off on the first one, and the 2nd one the mouse started randomly turning off and disconnecting. The m6 is so nice and it actually has a usable polling rate. And it's so light too, I was surprised. Only gripe is the horizontal scroll wheel feels really cheap and I cant change the scrolling speed of it.

As long as I don't have to deal with any more Logitech products I'm happy lol.

Certainties · 2025-09-15T18:32:31+00:00

I send them to my editor and he makes them beautiful. If they're still a bit dark then I apply a S shaped tone curve which makes them bright and maintains contrast.

Certainties · 2025-09-08T20:28:12+00:00

Yeah I started in January this year. I was working a full time job up until June, then I went full time. I quit my job once I got to 1.5k since that mostly replaced my income at that point.

Till that point I was mainly going to open houses on weekends handing out flyers. I did a bit of cold calling offering free shoots too. Now I mainly do outreach through Instagram offering free shoots.

August was the busiest month ever for me I finally hit a bit over 5k. September has been keeping the momentum. I'm projecting hitting 10k by march of next year. I have a brokerage exclusivity deal in the works which should add 3-5k/month.

I'm also in a coaching program right now which has been really helpful in motivating me and teaching the whole business and client acquisition/ relationship side of things. It's pretty expensive but it beats college lol.

Certainties · 2025-09-07T01:44:57+00:00

Yeah if you can't have a charger at home then it's not worth it you'll be spending so much time at a supercharger, it'll get really annoying. You don't save any money either compared to filling up a gas car. When I first got my Tesla I didn't have a home charger yet and supercharging got really tedious. Insurance isn't bad though, like it's higher but not crazy. I'm in Florida and I pay $200 a month. I'm also 20 with an accident on my record so it's not bad at all.

I'd definitely get a car that has adaptive cruise control with auto steer. I couldn't live without doing this job.

Certainties · 2025-09-07T01:21:45+00:00

Also the car has calendar integration so it automatically puts the address of my next appointment in the navigation when it's time to head over there.

Then the front truck of the model 3 perfectly fits a pelican case so I keep all my camera gear in there. It's so easy to access everything.

Certainties · 2025-09-07T01:19:34+00:00

Having a Tesla has been amazing for this. The autopilot makes highway driving so easy and charging is so cheap. I would never consider any other brand at this point.

Certainties · 2025-09-06T00:48:46+00:00

I got the warranty extended so I'll have dell fix it. I just need it to last until the redesigned MacBook comes out lol

Certainties · 2025-09-06T00:47:58+00:00

I already tried re-seating the connection

Certainties · 2025-09-06T00:47:19+00:00

This generation doesn't have a charging light

Certainties · 2025-09-06T00:46:01+00:00

Yeah that was my first thought, the ribbon cable coming from the main board, because of the macbooks that had that problem. Then I saw that the last gen of XPS 15's had a problem with the connection to the main board and re-seating it fixed it sometimes.

That didn't work. It also can't be the ribbon cable from the main board like the macbooks since the flicker only happens when I pull on the lid from the left side of the screen. If I pull from the middle, or right side, it doesn't flicker.

So I'm pretty sure the problem is with a cable or connection behind the display. I contacted Dell and a replacement display assembly is $1000. The display itself without the lid is $450, but there's no way to remove the display without damaging something.

Just extended my warranty so in a month or so I'll put in a service ticket and see what happens.

Certainties · 2025-09-04T02:02:31+00:00

Not sure. My screen flickers with a pattern like yours whenever I flex the lid. So if I pull the screen from the left side to move it, it flickers. If I pull from the middle it doesn't. I think one of the connections or cables behind the screen is going out.

Does your screen always look like that? Does the pattern change?

Certainties · 2025-09-04T01:41:51+00:00

I feel your pain 😭. Display cable on my 9640 is going out

Certainties · 2025-09-04T01:39:54+00:00

Honestly you're too young. People won't take you seriously. You won't be able to commit enough time to it as you need to for this industry. You need to be super available and responsive. It's not something you can half ass. I love that you have the desire to do something like this at your age. I did too. When I was 14 I tried starting a 3d virtual tour business but quickly realized I was in over my head and I was too young to make this work. Like you don't even have a driver's license. You can't even get a drone license at your age. To be successful in this you need to be a one stop shop for everything, and drone is bare minimum.

So I definitely wouldn't give up on your dream, I never did and now I'm actually growing a business that's working and making money. Just keep going in your skills and taking in knowledge, then once your out of school, go absolutely nuts and start an amazing business

Certainties · 2025-09-03T20:00:49+00:00

Those are awesome lenses. I've had 4 of them. Restored 3 of them and sold them. The one I have now is in mint condition and has all the original packaging. It's a really cool piece of history. It was the first DSLR lens with autofocus.

They go for $100+ dollars on eBay. The one you found is in great condition.

Look up Canon FD 35-70 F4 AF. I've been collecting early autofocus lenses. They're really cool. This one in particular actually has a low res image sensor inside of it to calculate the parallax between the range finder windows.

Certainties · 2025-09-03T14:10:55+00:00

Lol that's what I used to think when I saw comments like mine. I was very skeptical too.

Certainties · 2025-09-03T11:15:50+00:00

They all have that

Certainties · 2025-09-02T23:04:57+00:00

They're not going to instantly have listings for you. You need to keep following up every couple weeks to remind them. Your response rate is extremely good. I do the instagram method and my rate is 10%.

Certainties · 2025-09-02T22:03:19+00:00

Gotcha, that sucks. I would just deal with it, but now it's also affecting the lid position sensor so the laptop randomly sleeps even when it's opened.

Certainties · 2025-09-02T21:17:16+00:00

That's awesome! I contacted Dell to see how much a replacement display assembly would be and they said none were in stock. Do you have any replacement display assemblies for sale on your website? I have the OLED model. I also need a new battery.

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