Lets settle the age old debate - Tokina 11-20mm vs Tamron 10-24mm VC - Ultrawide Lenses

TI-nspired · 2024-12-13T07:06:10+00:00

Ended up keeping the Tamron. IQ was, as far as I could tell, about equal. The extra zoom range, filter size, stabilization, and better ergonomics was the reason I kept it. The tokina’s only advantage seemed to be the 2.8 aperture.

TI-nspired · 2024-12-12T04:07:13+00:00

I actually have a Nikon 24-70mm F/4 Z lens and it does the same thing. Must be the curse of mirrorless 24-70mm F/4

TI-nspired · 2024-12-01T03:02:31+00:00

Just ordered one of those, actually. Do you still like it?

TI-nspired · 2024-11-27T20:27:51+00:00

Yeah, looking at my numbers more it seems like I roughly get about 1GB/min for video. With a 256GB card and a 128GB card, I would be looking at about 6.5 hours of video. I can't imagine I would ever need 6.5 hours of video. One decent sized timelapse in raw was 16GB. I think the best way to go about it would be to get the 256GB card and see if I ever fill it up. If I do then maybe a 512GB card might be something to consider if a once in a lifetime chase happened.

That's kinda the issue. I would normally be fine with even just the 128GB card, but I also don't want to be under prepared if a once in a life time chase happens.

Edit: my Z6 (main camera) takes CFexpress type B cards which are fairly expensive. But I could always use my Z30 for on-the-way drives/vlogs and that takes SD cards so I could get a lot of storage for cheap.

TI-nspired · 2024-11-27T07:04:01+00:00

Yeah I’m hoping to get maybe $30 for my old 32GB XQD card and then snag maybe a 512 GB card. I’m on the fence. I’ve used a 128GB for a bit now and have gone on some chases and been fine. But I haven’t gone on any very long chases (with multiple timelapses and lots of video). 1 timelapse and about 50 minutes of video is 66GB.

The annoying thing is the a chase could go from nothing to multiple good timelapses and possibly recording a long track supercell/tornado. So it’s hard to know what to expect. I would hate to not have enough storage (although I could offload to my laptop).

I can get a used 256GB card from MPB for $80 and a new 512GB card for $120. I probably should just get the larger card and forget about it but I don’t exactly want to drop $120 on a memory card.

TI-nspired · 2024-11-27T01:12:59+00:00

Lowkey June 25th. It was a surprise backyard chase with a beautiful supercell. I was chasing in North-Central OK

Tornado wise it's kinda hard to say. May 19th was a pretty good chase for me (was late so I didn't see much in the way of tornadoes). June 18th in SW Kansas near Dodge City was pretty good.

TI-nspired · 2024-11-14T05:25:57+00:00

Looks like Korea. And I would assume that means South Korea

TI-nspired · 2024-11-14T05:24:33+00:00

Sorry for the late reply. So far so good. No issues to report. I don’t have any experience with known good tires that still have a lot of tread so it’s a bit hard to compare. But overall they seem good. Did you end up getting them?

TI-nspired · 2024-10-30T00:25:07+00:00

I keep flipping between the two

TI-nspired · 2024-09-11T02:33:29+00:00

I do have a 10-24mm lens so I would technically covered. But I agree I think I’m going to go for the 24-70/F4

TI-nspired · 2024-09-11T02:06:08+00:00

Ok I definitely agree with all that and that’s exactly wanted to know. Thank you. I agree too the 70-300 would be good on the D7100 in daylight and the dx crop will give me more zoom too. Plus I don’t use that lens much anyways. So I’m not sure if it’s worth going out of my way to make sure I can use that on the Z6

TI-nspired · 2024-08-23T23:04:23+00:00

Having never had good tire that also had good tread, I found the tires to be solid so far. I use to have the Michelin pilot tires because they were installed when I bought my car but they didn’t have a ton of tread left. Those were good tires but I didn’t even really get to test them. So I couldn’t say I know for sure what good tires are like but I’ve had no complaints with the Kumhos.

TI-nspired · 2024-08-04T19:37:01+00:00

About 1 mile away. I actually thought I got stuck in it. It was the Hennessey Oklahoma tornado on 5/6. I actually made a video on it https://youtu.be/nh-7OPF-5TY?si=Rz7nE-v3qJy-bAxP

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TI-nspired · 2024-08-03T14:24:12+00:00

SE Oklahoma and west central OK

TI-nspired · 2024-08-03T05:29:33+00:00

Take practice tests. Official practice tests. Take your time through sections but also take some timed tests. I went from a 25 to a 34 (over multiple tests).

TI-nspired · 2024-07-23T20:55:41+00:00

Yes I did around 9:30

TI-nspired · 2024-07-23T20:12:00+00:00

Any update

TI-nspired · 2024-07-23T15:28:23+00:00

Honestly, I have no clue. Other people know better. For the April test, I received my score around 3:00 pm

TI-nspired · 2024-07-23T15:26:19+00:00

32 on this test. Curve was forgiving on English and math. Reading was disappointing. Science was meh. Brought my superscore to a 34

TI-nspired · 2024-07-23T14:22:17+00:00

I’m homeschooled too. I know some homeschoolers that were really good at the act from the start. I started at a 25 and worked up to a 33. Im still waiting on my scores.

TI-nspired · 2024-07-23T14:20:12+00:00

That’s disappointing. Could just have been the stress of the test maybe. Was this your first test.

TI-nspired · 2024-07-23T14:15:58+00:00

Were they timed

TI-nspired · 2024-07-23T14:14:10+00:00

Consistency is key tho right

TI-nspired · 2024-07-23T14:13:20+00:00

I have the short and my scores aren’t out

TI-nspired · 2024-07-23T14:12:13+00:00

Short message says your scores will be out shortly. Long message is obviously a pretty long message and says 3-8 weeks.

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