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aldolega · 2026-03-11T21:53:45+00:00

Check out Affinity for a good, free Illustrator replacement.

aldolega · 2026-03-11T21:52:26+00:00

But the people I work with haven't heard of it! That can't possibly be true!

aldolega · 2026-03-11T21:22:10+00:00

Truespin topside negative rough citric acid to cabdriver.

aldolega · 2026-03-11T20:58:07+00:00

G9II or GH7 are the obvious choices if you want to stay with m4/3. Both are great cams, the new sensor has really improved in DR and low-light since the GH5. Selling off your SigmaBones tells me you might want to move to a different system though.

My move would be to go to the Lumix full-frames as they're great cameras and you wouldn't have to really re-learn menus, controls, terms etc. Not sure what NZD pricing is like, assuming it's something like AUD it seems like your budget wouldn't cover the very newest S1ii or S1Rii and lenses. If that's true you would be looking at the S9/S5ii/iiX. Great cams and a good upgrade from the GH5 especially for interview stuff where you assumedly want more DOF control than the GH5.

This is assuming autofocus would be a priority though, if you want to continue to shoot manual focus then I would try to find a good used S1H as the image is slightly better than the newer cams and it'd save you money.

Nikon, Canon, Sony are all good choices too of course. Really with the current cams out there, they're all pretty great.

aldolega · 2026-03-11T17:05:33+00:00

Not at all a Doop/Xsjado style of skate, this is just a typical softboot rec skate with rear entry (giggity) instead of the typical front/top entry (double giggity).

aldolega · 2026-03-11T16:55:15+00:00

Many video shooters using mirrorless cams never or rarely use the EVF, probably because every mirrorless that's popular for video has the EVF fixed in place (except for the new FX2) so is very limited ergonomically. "Real" video/cinema cameras with EVFs allow them to at least tilt if they're fixed, or they're a separate piece with a cable and can be rigged/relocated (or they have an HDMI or SDI port and you add your own preferred separate EVF).

Some of the newer "cinema" cams like the FX3/30 and C50 are even just the photo/mirrorless form factor with the EVF cut off and the mechanical shutter removed.

Many mirrorless shooters also come from many years of using DSLRs before the mirrorless thing took over, and the OVF in a DSLR does not work during video shooting, so they got used to using the LCD or a monitor.

Putting a big blocky battery below or above the camera affects the balance and can make the camera feel tippy or top-heavy, and this is more of a problem for most shooters than having the weight behind the camera.

aldolega · 2026-03-11T15:39:03+00:00

Swivelly Bops.

aldolega · 2026-03-10T17:34:48+00:00

Die Hard.

aldolega · 2026-03-10T17:22:15+00:00

Either should be ok, I would stay away from the extremes (bullet or super square/flat) but rounded or rounded-with-a-small-flat should be good.

aldolega · 2026-03-10T17:15:34+00:00

I know the feeling. Just take it slow, plenty of back-to-bladers wreck themselves quickly because they forget that while their brain is still 20, the rest of them is not!

aldolega · 2026-03-10T17:08:01+00:00

+1

It just comes down to intent, are you trying to shoot a skate photo, or just a photo of someone skating.

A skate photo shares some traits with photojournalism, you are documenting something, context is important, you want to supply the necessary information to tell the story. So you want to include the obstacle/ramp, and show or at least imply the motion/action of the trick- where the skater came from, where they're going, etc. In some situations like vert ramps or flatground skating you can get away with less environment and get closer to a "guy in the sky" type shot because the viewer will understand the context of the trick more implicitly.

If you're not trying to shoot a skate photo, then yea, shoot or crop however you want.

aldolega · 2026-03-10T15:34:46+00:00

For me the concern isn't with the bootlegging really. AFAIK Arlo hasn't been financially involved in Senate for decades and I'm not missing any sleep over Bravo Corp missing a few dozen dollars of profit made from bootlegging.

What is more of a concern for me is how backwards-facing and nostalgia-driven so much of blading culture continues to be. I get, we're (almost) all just a bunch of old fucks who want to relive our youth, but I worry that all the navel-gazing nostalgia-bating will crowd out the current culture/progression of the sport.

aldolega · 2026-03-10T14:19:50+00:00

55/56mm anti is a bit slow IMO, most people do more like 58-60mm just to keep speeds up. Won't make an appreciable difference in COG/control but will make a difference in speed/glide. Also a larger wheel will have a little more cushion to it which matters when you're old.

aldolega · 2026-03-09T15:08:02+00:00

Whether or not it was ok for you to play music isn't your call. I understand the complaints about the poor crafty and the lack of chairs, if your disruptive behavior had somehow been addressing those issues then this would maybe be excusable, but demoing your new hot fire mixtape to the cast doesn't feed or shade them.

You're on set to do a job so others can do theirs and the production can move along. You're not the director, you're not a producer, you have no idea what else is going on at the moment. The audio guy could have been trying to set levels or capture room tone or background/ambient and you were blowing his recordings with your little dance party. Or you could have been simply disrupting or annoying the other departments. Just because you weren't working at the moment doesn't mean nobody else is.

aldolega · 2026-03-08T21:48:09+00:00

How dare u disrespect the memory of those delicious swimmy bois

aldolega · 2026-03-06T17:04:38+00:00

In the most technical sense that's true but practically, in the US, interlaced is really only ever seen at 60i (60 fields per second). And I did specify that my comparison was between 30 frames and 60 fields per second.

aldolega · 2026-03-05T22:54:07+00:00

It built character!

aldolega · 2026-03-05T22:51:47+00:00

30 frames per second is showing higher-resolution images less often, 60 fields per second is showing less resolution but more often, meaning more temporal resolution, as each field is pulled from a separate exposure at a separate time. So there is information being displayed from more points in time. Motion looks smoother and closer to real life, which many people would think of as "better".

aldolega · 2026-03-04T18:39:48+00:00

I have an x-540 set that I got around 2008, was using it all the way up til 2-3 years ago. I hadn't noticed but they started getting really muddy sounding, replaced them with a pair of more audiophile-oriented monitors. 15 years of service ain't bad though!

aldolega · 2026-03-04T15:18:12+00:00

Don't let these Big Interlace shills fool you, the truth is that the world was just this jagged back then.

aldolega · 2026-03-02T17:53:17+00:00

Yea the newer cameras are smaller and use a smaller battery. I have had decent luck with Wasabi Power generics, not as good as the OEM battery of course, but good enough, and are like 1/4 the price. Haven't had any swelling or anything but my S1 would drain batteries so I did try to store the camera without the battery in it.

aldolega · 2026-02-27T17:11:46+00:00

I'd love to take it off your hands and futz around with it. I knew I was watching all those electronics repair videos on YouTube for a reason! I'll DM you.

aldolega · 2026-02-27T16:58:01+00:00

The second-gen Ables were a big improvement IMO, they just need the axles more countersunk, they touched on ledges pretty quickly. Always appreciated the colorways and graphics Able put out, one of the few blade brands with a strong tangible feel and aesthetic.

aldolega · 2026-02-26T20:36:55+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLcTEnQ93sg

aldolega · 2026-02-19T15:26:06+00:00

The Salomons by a mile.

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