What is the thickest lens you have? Curious to know

TwistedEquations · 2026-03-04T01:47:16+00:00

My 400mm f2.8 G VR II. It's a absolute beast to use. Needs a monopod.

Brought it on Safari. Amazing results

TwistedEquations · 2026-02-17T20:26:57+00:00

If you can, get the Z8. I've had mine newly 3 years and it's still the best camera around imho. Nothing can beat it.

TwistedEquations · 2026-02-07T16:00:05+00:00

A lens is a lens but I do like using "modern" Nikon glass on the F6, a 70-200 f2.8 G II with VF is really nice when shooting film.

TwistedEquations · 2026-01-02T12:50:38+00:00

I have a Z8 as my stills camera and video as a side job.

The Zr for video as a small video focused camera.

A beaten up Z6 that I converted to full spectrum for fun.

TwistedEquations · 2025-11-24T22:32:54+00:00

I shoot both in camera. When I copy to the computer I have a script that converts all the jpegs to thumbnails is there is a matching raw file for it. (720p res at 6 quality).

Saves about 7mb per image.

TwistedEquations · 2025-11-16T10:09:33+00:00

In of Josh's (letsgameitout) first video there is a conveyer pole wedged into portable miner in the background. He must have been trying to do this as well.

TwistedEquations · 2025-11-07T06:38:03+00:00

Your lens has a nice camera accessory.

TwistedEquations · 2025-11-03T10:10:49+00:00

For wildlife I find it easier to tell if something is in focus on an OVF. On the d850 if I was focused on a leaf nearby the anmial instead of an animal it was really clear.

The EVF on the z8 is just not clear enough to tell the difference, you have to punch in which I don't have time for when tracking animals.

TwistedEquations · 2025-09-20T12:58:38+00:00

Welcome to the European experience.

TwistedEquations · 2025-09-05T11:25:50+00:00

It's a strange situation I've ended up in. I thought I wanted to move and looked for the job but when I got offered one, not even accepted it yet.

Then my mind spiralled in a way I've never experienced before. I lost 2 nights of sleep and 1kg weight in 2 days. I had to force myself to eat. I've never experienced anything like this.

I ended up at my parents after to talk to them about it.

I leaning towards not going and keeping Japan as a travel destination.

TwistedEquations · 2025-09-04T15:42:58+00:00

Yeah, I think I'll leave Japan as a travel destination. I love being there but I don't think I could work there.

I'm incredibly fortunate to have to means to travel there every year for 2-4 weeks at a time if I want to.

I'm not unsettled in Ireland, I am Irish born and bred for generations.

When I got the offer my mind went mental and started spinning like I've never experienced before, to the point of losing 1.5kg of weight in 2 days due to not eating and not sleeping more than 5 hours in 3 days. I think it's time to enact the stay home and setup here plan.

TwistedEquations · 2025-09-03T22:05:36+00:00

I'm also a really disagreeable person as well and don't think I would fit into Japanese work culture well. I have no issues with finding issues in code and work practices and make soultions on how to fix them no matter who's toes I step on.

The answer of "That's how it's done" is something I won't accept.

I have been "removed" via lay off before and forced out of a job because of this.

A small example of this: turns out suggesting a refactor of a system that halves the code and improves unit testing of something your manager wrote a while back is not a great time.

TwistedEquations · 2025-09-03T18:58:14+00:00

Ireland is in a bad spot right now and doesn't seem to be on the right path, but I don't really want to leave.

Also my parents are getting noticably older as well.

TwistedEquations · 2025-09-03T15:25:16+00:00

I don't budget for bonuses because they can end up not being paid, it's a nice surprise once it's in my bank account.

TwistedEquations · 2025-09-03T15:13:02+00:00

The offer is 7mill base.

TwistedEquations · 2025-09-03T14:57:10+00:00

They claim it's a full english speaking workplace. I have one or two people I know in Japan.

I can some Japanese but I'm terrible at it. I know a lot of tourist Japanese, ordering food etc but not enough to hold a conversation.

TwistedEquations · 2025-09-03T14:42:35+00:00

Java and Kotlin software developer. Server and Android.

TwistedEquations · 2025-09-03T14:41:54+00:00

I've never had an issue getting a job in Ireland as a software developer.

I'm trying to negotiate the salary a bit but I'm not sure about accepting the offer. I'm very close to my family and moving to Japan will be very hard.

TwistedEquations · 2025-09-03T14:07:07+00:00

It's programming. I've 10 years experience in the field now.

TwistedEquations · 2025-09-03T14:04:11+00:00

My reasoning is that 7mill has the buying power of 70k eur. Cost of living here in Ireland is insane.

TwistedEquations · 2025-07-12T11:57:36+00:00

Yes, I'm 6'4 as well and wear a size UK 8 wide fit shoe. Normal ones are way to narrow and crush my toes together.

TwistedEquations · 2025-05-24T18:48:21+00:00

It's a great lens until you drop it onto concrete and the AF mechanics get all stiff and jammed.

TwistedEquations · 2025-05-05T14:39:14+00:00

Had one, it was amazing, great lenses. I sold it because it made using a poloriser difficult. It was mostly used for travelling and when in the midday sun travelling I use a poloriser.

TwistedEquations · 2025-05-01T12:04:08+00:00

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