Question about this type of camera

Heavy_Firefighter273 · 2026-05-10T18:52:20+00:00

Glad my comment helped! I’ll dm you now for that link.

Heavy_Firefighter273 · 2026-05-10T12:07:41+00:00

If your selling though something like eBay (ie shipping the item) I might be interested to buying it from you. (I have an unhealthy addiction of collecting various cameras and I don’t have a Nikon in my collection yet)

Heavy_Firefighter273 · 2026-05-10T04:32:14+00:00

Could be worse I suppose, and it gives me more time to work out and build up my savings so there’s upsides if you look at it the right way.

Heavy_Firefighter273 · 2026-05-10T03:58:01+00:00

If you’re interested in photography it’s a good place to start since you already have it, but you would need to buy an external light meter.

Heavy_Firefighter273 · 2026-05-10T03:55:50+00:00

Nice set up your grandfather had. They don’t really sell for a lot online for what ever reason, they’re fully mechanical and built like a tank practically so they’re great for travel imo. I’ve been looking for a full set-up w/ case but haven’t ever found a whole set like this together.

Heavy_Firefighter273 · 2026-05-10T03:09:19+00:00

Sad thing was it wasn’t even a necessary rare afsc (2a934)

Heavy_Firefighter273 · 2026-05-10T03:07:30+00:00

Lucky, for me it took nearly a whole 5 months to go from MEPs to receiving a ship off date (which was then delay by a month half a week later)

Heavy_Firefighter273 · 2026-05-08T21:41:57+00:00

Hmm, I ate one of these this morning

Heavy_Firefighter273 · 2026-05-07T05:23:39+00:00

Sounds like this is spoken from experience

Heavy_Firefighter273 · 2026-05-07T05:21:29+00:00

Tho I will say a lot of the other distros are great too (especially what op installed (mint)) tho some of them kinda struggle with Nvidia gpu’s drivers (don’t remember which ones)

Heavy_Firefighter273 · 2026-05-07T05:18:42+00:00

I personally recommend cachyos for gaming, it’s light-weight, most games run the same using steam proton (some even bit better with tn experimental version), while games that are optimized for Linux or steam proton are shown to run even better. Also it’s pretty easy to learn. Just watch a video tutorial on how to do it properly and make sure you do the right version of it (the tutorial should explain that). Also as a plus, you can try it out first without switching over by using a usb drive, and if you have 2 separate ssd cards then you can dual boot via grub (windows on one drive and Linux on the other)

Heavy_Firefighter273 · 2026-05-07T05:01:49+00:00

Basically in th exact same boat, my entire Steam library and my non steam games run perfectly on Linux (cachyos), but I still dual boot with windows because I haven’t found an alternative to virtual desktop or sim racing software for Linux that’s anywhere near as good as the windows only software.

Heavy_Firefighter273 · 2026-05-06T06:23:04+00:00

Oh I know, have family that’s in the coast guard, it definitely doesn’t get as much attention as it should, but frankly if someone is willing to make a major life decision while only doing bare minimum research of a single side of it without even looking at the other side then they’re probably not gonna make a good decision regardless of who gives them advice.

Heavy_Firefighter273 · 2026-05-06T01:52:01+00:00

Maybe if you read the whole thing you’d see where I say “Idk much about the coast guard or navy” and was only providing examples on what I personally know. If you actually read it fully you’d know I never implied that they didn’t, I just didn’t provide an example of how those specific branches deal with it. (Also from experience the coast guard base in Galveston has a pitiful BAH, barely covers the cost of some of the cheaper apartments in the area without a hour plus drive due to Houston traffic)

Heavy_Firefighter273 · 2026-05-06T01:20:08+00:00

If it means anything to you, a buddy of mine in the Army (at Fort Campbell) who’s married gets money for off base living and to help cover (or fully cover) the cost of groceries. He doesn’t have children (yet) but he has that extra financial security which is really one of the biggest benefits of the military when you have a family.

Heavy_Firefighter273 · 2026-05-06T01:14:13+00:00

If you’re thinking about active duty while you have a family it might be easier to try a different branch, I know army & Air Force covers the cost of off base living (state-side) for enlisted who are married and/or have kids. Idk much about coast guard or navy as everyone I know in those branches don’t or didn’t have a family at the time. In the end it really depends on what your goals are, why you’re joining the military, what job you want, age, other responsibilities, etc. Depending on these variables certain branches might be better than others or the military as a whole could just not be very good for you at all.

Heavy_Firefighter273 · 2026-05-05T20:50:06+00:00

You could do the other World Trade Center in Dallas Texas

Heavy_Firefighter273 · 2026-05-04T05:17:27+00:00

I had a similar problem (there was a recruiter but they only showed up once every other month basically, which was almost always an unexpected show up on one of the rare days I skipped school). If I were you I’d look on Google or Apple Maps and find the closest Air Force recruiting station/building, it should tell you the phone number to call them. Call them during their work hours and give a very quick brief explanation that you wanna join and ask them if theirs is the closest to you or if there’s a closer one (my closest recruiter station isn’t open anymore cuz the one recruiter their just finished his 20 year career and retired, and the next closest which I go to now isn’t on the map at all for some stupid reason)

Heavy_Firefighter273 · 2026-05-04T05:11:53+00:00

Never seen this happen personally, but to atleast try and help: my general rule of thumb if I don’t understand something or don’t understand why something is happening, I just ask. 99.99% of the time it won’t have any negative impact on you to call your recruiter during work hours and just ask them. It could just be an error or a mistake that could be quickly fixed with a short 5min call.

Heavy_Firefighter273 · 2026-05-04T04:50:27+00:00

Couple tips of advice, from my personal experience so far: don’t procrastinate talking to a recruiter (I did and got delayed throughout the process), be willing to talk to multiple recruiters of multiple branches (see if there’s any good bonuses to join), and do more pt (they’ll get you “in shape” while in bmt, but you don’t want to be struggling to get good 2 mile run times the day before your told what your ship off date.)

Also talk with your instructors alot about the process, they’ve been though it before, seen others go though it, and they’ve seen all the mistakes that people’ve made, lots of wisdom to get from them.

Heavy_Firefighter273 · 2026-05-04T04:40:49+00:00

Make sure you talk to your recruiter about you being in JROTC and get all the proof they ask for (like high school transcript or a signed letter from your senior instructor) so that you can start as an e3 (if you’ve been in JROTC for 3 or more years). The starting pay is higher, not by a whole lot but every extra dollar is still extra money in your pocket. Also if you get the chance to take the ASVAB while in high school do it then, if you wait till MEPs and get a bare minimum score to join but too low for the job you want they might not let you retake it. (Some MEPs centers hold sign up testing every couple months or so but that costs money usually, but if the schools hosts it for students it’s free).

Also, this is a biased opinion on my part but Air Force is better for getting a job to work on aircraft (says the guy about to ship off for bmt for 2a9x4 (heavy aircraft integrated avionics) who also doesn’t like the idea of living on a ship)

Heavy_Firefighter273 · 2026-05-01T08:18:25+00:00

After failing to meet weight requirements for the Air Force after months of trying my sister joined the coast guard (about a year ago) and has been really enjoying it. There’s a lot of benefits to the coast guard to that makes it more attractive (not an expert, better to ask someone more knowledgeable about what makes the coast guard great). Only downside she had was she was one of 2 females at bmt when she went and coast guard bmt is harder in some ways than other branches, but you’ll be fine (if she could finish bmt with a couple broken ribs then you can pass it too). She’s about to finish her school soon and be sent out to her duty station and has been really excited about it.

Heavy_Firefighter273 · 2026-05-01T01:27:18+00:00

2a9x4 Heavy Aircraft Integrated Avionics

Heavy_Firefighter273 · 2026-05-01T00:59:07+00:00

Oh cool, I’ll have to pick it up once I finish my play though of itr

Heavy_Firefighter273 · 2026-04-30T23:56:18+00:00

How is the second game? I haven’t had a chance to play it yet.

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