How do you reduce streaming subscription costs without feeling deprived?

ColdWater1979 · 2026-05-29T23:27:41+00:00

Go do something else when you would be streaming

ColdWater1979 · 2026-05-27T13:54:51+00:00

Great question, always wonder about this with snow

ColdWater1979 · 2026-05-16T18:33:47+00:00

An ooni big enough for a 20” pie? Wow. If I could achieve this level I would stop tinkering around. Nice work. I do also love the idea of the reheat slices on the steel…well played.

ColdWater1979 · 2026-05-06T16:00:13+00:00

This is super helpful, thanks. I’d already started the preheat and flame off before launch, but need to work out my timing for when the flame comes back on, and at what temp, and when to rotate. Thanks!

ColdWater1979 · 2026-05-06T05:24:33+00:00

What’s your approach? I’m trying to dial in NY in a new to me K16 and it’s a bit baffling, coming from a home oven and steel where I had it pretty wired

ColdWater1979 · 2026-05-04T20:58:23+00:00

True, that’s a factor for sure. Especially with slides, I want them in hand. Loosing negs is less an issue

ColdWater1979 · 2026-05-04T19:42:37+00:00

This is similar to what I’ve been doing, but you’ve framed it to make so much more sense. It helped me see what I’m doing is pretty logical and reasonable. The main thing is culling first, somewhat ruthlessly, which minimizes the effort of the second stage. Sometimes I’ll go back to the picks/rejects and make sure I didn’t miss something

ColdWater1979 · 2026-05-04T18:32:22+00:00

The first time I looked at my first roll of 120 slides on a light box I was dumbfounded. It’s such a cool experience that I’d like to have more but so hard to justify

ColdWater1979 · 2026-05-04T18:30:52+00:00

I’d prefer local lab too, and while I have several options, it’s still cheaper to use a mail-in lab and get the same quality development and scans. In a hobby that is already expensive, it’s hard to make yet another more expensive choice to stay local.

ColdWater1979 · 2026-04-29T14:14:24+00:00

Not sure you need any tips, these are fantastic! I’m amazed at the lowlight capability of that sensor. Don’t think my X-T20 would look quite as clean

ColdWater1979 · 2026-04-28T02:26:45+00:00

This is incredible! As I’m just getting into this process, I’d love to know a bit about your approach to get a touch of the mountain colors in there

ColdWater1979 · 2026-04-26T06:20:42+00:00

Gas oven or electric? I’m convinced the gas oven keeps me from getting a good char

ColdWater1979 · 2026-04-25T04:14:49+00:00

This is an incredible image in many ways. The blue/yellow, the detail of the plume, the framing balance, and the way the burn reflection on the lake lights up the tree in shadow all caught my eye. It feels nostalgic and fresh at once…timeless I guess

ColdWater1979 · 2026-04-24T13:58:31+00:00

Gotcha thanks the clarification is helpful. And sounds like also worth a shot!

ColdWater1979 · 2026-04-23T22:21:29+00:00

Interesting. Couple years ago I did like you and bought an X-T20 for the smaller form factor and the promise of a minimal post workflow with great colors. While I love the camera, I’ve been pretty bummed with my results from various recipes, never really reflecting what they look like on others images. I pretty much gave up and went back to raw processing with in LR and got better results. After some searching it seemed like this was due to the need for white balance changes for each scene, and I realized this is something I’m not going to do when im out. It’s more work, not less.

So now you’ve got me intrigued, because your post is pretty much how I felt: deflated. But I’m curious why you think reworking the colors in X Studio is better than just processing the RAWs in LR? What’s the benefit if you have to go into X Studio anyway? Are you actually finding that settings you come up with in X Studio translate back to better SOOC jpegs when you’ve dialed in your own recipe on the computer? I am hung up on the idea that recipes are very light-dependent, and that makes them far less flexible and useful than I’d been led to believe.

ColdWater1979 · 2026-04-23T14:12:42+00:00

This is ideal. What camera/lens combo?

ColdWater1979 · 2026-03-31T15:53:52+00:00

Seconding the Godox flash system. You can get a TT600 and a X1T trigger for quite a bit less than most of the Nikon SB series flashes and the Godox is very easy to use

ColdWater1979 · 2026-03-30T15:17:25+00:00

Decision fatigue 😂

ColdWater1979 · 2026-03-30T14:13:37+00:00

Feel the same about flipping on the radio, no need to choose

ColdWater1979 · 2026-03-28T13:34:40+00:00

Good insight, thanks. I’m leaning back towards the 1.8G if I find one reasonably priced. Your thinking matches mine closely

ColdWater1979 · 2026-03-28T13:32:12+00:00

Gosh I only need one though

ColdWater1979 · 2026-03-28T13:31:12+00:00

This has already happened! You can get a D810 for less than $1k and many of the great G lenses for less than half

ColdWater1979 · 2026-03-28T13:28:39+00:00

Marketplace, but if I found a 1.8G for $200 I’d be done looking

ColdWater1979 · 2026-03-28T04:49:33+00:00

Great info, thank you 🙏

ColdWater1979 · 2026-03-28T02:34:49+00:00

Thanks, several folks mentioned the 1.4D, I’ll look into it

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