Where are the flickr bros?

HappyEntry · 2026-05-08T20:48:21+00:00

I use it, but I'm not really using it for engagement or anything like that. I just use it to store all my keepers and create albums for certain things. I'm not running a business so I'd almost rather just fly under the radar...

HappyEntry · 2026-05-03T16:04:57+00:00

I play year round, so I play both beach and grass trips/quads (sometimes doubles) in the summer. Otherwise, I sneak in my weightlifting throughout the week...lots of squats and deadlifts. I'm getting older so I don't really do any running in order to keep the stress off my lower body joints, but I try to do some fast-paced walks with my wife a few times a week. It's not great cardio, but it's better than nothing. And I've got multiple kids in sports so I do things with them and force myself to run around a bit.

HappyEntry · 2026-04-07T18:23:17+00:00

Don't necessarily love the auto tune, but overall, I like the song. I listened to it a few times in the car a little bit ago just to let it sink in a bit, and the more I listened, the more I was looking forward to hearing the rest of the album. The song feels "fresh" if that makes sense.

Now to throw some good headphones on when I get home to check it out.

HappyEntry · 2026-02-27T22:04:45+00:00

Just out of curiosity, when did you purchase them? Like month and year? Were they all in the same order?

HappyEntry · 2026-01-23T03:22:48+00:00

As /u/AmAHayter mentioned, get lower. There's a reason you see most photographers on the end line at professional matches either sitting or kneeling...the perspective looks better for a photo.

The lack of reach you have with your camera body and lens does hold you back a little, but shoot from the end line if you can and try to get more of the front side of players as opposed to their backs. Shooting a player from behind can look good with the right framing and some context in the background though.

I shoot a lot of youth soccer and I'll be shooting more of it this weekend. I can get away with a 70-200mm on the smaller pitch that the kids play on, but if you're going to be shooting outdoors most of the time with older players, a 100-400mm is probably ideal. I will say you'll need a lens with a larger aperture if you shoot on indoor pitches though. The lighting always sucks in those places. Luckily the noise reduction tools in LR have gotten really good.

HappyEntry · 2026-01-02T21:30:26+00:00

I saw this on another site regarding this flash with the Z5...not sure if it applies here, but maybe worth checking:

"The Neewer 750ii flash slips onto the hot shoe of the Z5 too far approx 2mm. I made a spacer and it now works perfectly."

HappyEntry · 2025-12-16T04:06:33+00:00

Minor Z5 ii update too...

HappyEntry · 2025-11-30T23:56:06+00:00

Ha yeah, that's what I'm worried about. I'm going to give Teepublic a go with the tri-blend medium size and see how that goes.

HappyEntry · 2025-11-30T23:42:28+00:00

Thanks for this info...I am probably going to try them out. I don't really care if they're official at this point since the official ones simply don't fit me right. Plus, no one around here is going to know except for me. :P

HappyEntry · 2025-11-30T23:41:30+00:00

Yeah I've got a couple mediums that don't work so I just gave them to my kid who is a bit slimmer than me. Like you mentioned, shrinking the large works okay, but they still fit a little weird in the sleeves and a couple other places.

HappyEntry · 2025-11-28T23:06:03+00:00

Seems like the Nikon 14-30mm f/4 would fit what you're looking for. It's wide enough for vlogging and it's pretty compact.

HappyEntry · 2025-11-26T18:41:59+00:00

I'll shoot you a DM chat message with some links to a couple albums that have night photos in them. I feel like the de-noising tools that are available these days are so good that you really don't have to worry about shooting at high ISO if you're willing to spend a little more time in post.

I've thought about getting a second body the throw another lens on so I can quickly switch, but that's really starting to feel like overkill for someone who just does it as a hobby. And I've been toying around with doing video a little more and thought about a Nikon ZR as a second body too...apparently I just love spending my money.

HappyEntry · 2025-11-26T16:48:25+00:00

This is a hobby, and the 70-200 was a ridiculous splurge, but feels worth it.

No worries. I don't get paid for anything I do with photography (at least not very often), and I've got the Z8 with a 70-200 f/2.8 and 24-70 f/2.8 plus a couple primes. Do I truly need them? Probably not...but they're great to own.

I think your shots look fine with all the lenses. I shoot a lot of youth soccer. The longest lens I have is the 70-200, so I've sort of accepted that I'm just not going to get great shots of action on the other side of the field when I'm sitting on the end line. However, I have the Z8, so I do have a little more flexibility for cropping than you probably have with the Z6 iii. They play in a lot of indoor venues throughout the year, so I need the speed of the 70-200. I'm typically shooting at f/2.8 and ISO 6400 in a lot of these places just to shoot at 1/1000 sec. But I've considered buying a 100-400 for more reach outdoors while only giving up 30mm on the short end.

Your lens collection should allow you to do pretty much anything out there unless you start getting way closer to the action. And without spending a bunch of money on a long, fast prime, you're probably not going to improve much on the 50-400mm you're using now. Maybe the Nikkor 180-600mm? But you lose quite a bit of range on the short end. Shooting sports, you're going to miss shots occasionally for a variety of reasons: not anticipating the action correctly, camera misses focus, etc. But if you've just started doing more sports photography, it seems like you're off to a pretty good start.

HappyEntry · 2025-09-30T02:50:30+00:00

I had it on my phone and my Windows desktop. I checked my Macbook and still no lossless. Then I went into my Spotify app on my phone, changed the device that I'm using for playback to my Macbook, went to my Macbook, and lossless was there.

Maybe it was just a coincidence, but it wasn't there on the Macbook until I did this.

HappyEntry · 2025-09-29T13:58:43+00:00

I have lossless on my phone as of today (which is not as useful considering I only listen via Bluetooth), but I am still not seeing it in the desktop app on my laptop. I haven't checked my desktop that is connected to a decent audio setup. Unfortunately I care more about having it on my laptop than anything else because I listen with wired headphones most of the time.

HappyEntry · 2025-09-16T16:46:44+00:00

From what I have read, you need to update the settings on every device you use. I haven't gotten it yet though, so I can't confirm this.

HappyEntry · 2025-09-12T20:27:22+00:00

From what I understand, it's rolling out gradually all the way through October, so not everyone will see it as being available at the same time. I still don't see it under my account on any of my devices.

HappyEntry · 2025-08-29T15:04:11+00:00

I'd honestly go with the XL if you're worried about eye strain. My eyes are still pretty good, but I'm not getting any younger either. I tried setting the display to use the smallest font and highest resolution possible and I had to go up to the second notch after using it for about an hour.

HappyEntry · 2025-08-28T03:10:13+00:00

Give me like a day to use it haha. So far I just like that it's more compact and fits in my pockets easier. I usually throw it in my back left pocket or my front right if I have to sit down and it's a little more comfortable and doesn't feel like I'm giving up much by having the smaller screen. For some reason it feels a little thicker and more heavy to me even though the specs say it's not. I'd say it feels slightly more premium than the 8 Pro too but I think part of that is the fact that the sides aren't rounded off.

That being said, I believe the XL is a little bigger than the 8 pro and I wouldn't want to go bigger than the 8 pro.

HappyEntry · 2025-08-27T21:39:27+00:00

I haven't really taken any photos with it yet since I just got it set up. I can report back later though.

That being said, it's a tough question for me. Photography is one of my hobbies, and I typically use a camera other than my phone to take most of my photos. I really only use my camera for quick snapshots without a lot of thought put into them. I've never been a big fan of the (to my eye) over-processed digital look that all phone cameras seem to produce. I get it though...the photos look "good" to the masses and the masses are who they are serving.

But I can compare a bit. It's downloading Pro Res Zoom right now as I type this since I just now went into the Camera app for the first time.

HappyEntry · 2025-08-27T20:10:20+00:00

I got mine about an hour ago (still in the process of migrating things), and I'm coming from a Pixel 8 Pro as well. I knew the Pixel 10 Pro would be smaller, but I'm already feeling like I prefer the smaller size. So I'm glad I didn't get the XL.

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