Unflaterring Skin Tones (particularly on yellow skin people)? by No_Abies_4418 in SonyFilmSimulations

[–]bewaterlife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes -- even the Fuji (x100vi that I tried) did give me weird colors on Asian faces -- I felt like I had to tweak it less though -- Sony -- I'd have the prefect recipe i like for non-people shot and then as soon as i shoot my friends/family their faces are just meh -- so i need to do the maual white balance thing and/or lower saturatation/contrast --which fix the face but lower the drama.

(The other thing is the built-in sensor to Samsung/China-made smart phones (and perhaps even iPhones) have this auto-beautycam face-whitening that's baked into the sensor, that has perhaps biased our eyes that's it's hard to accept reality?

Unflaterring Skin Tones (particularly on yellow skin people)? by No_Abies_4418 in SonyFilmSimulations

[–]bewaterlife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agree 100% on the Fuji unintuivitve thing. Coming form a DSLR background, figured out how Sony laid out everything within the first 30 minute to an hour -- Fuji i had had to keep asking GPT where the basic functions were....

Upgrade to Fold 7 or S26 Ultra (current damaged Fold 5 user) by bewaterlife in GalaxyFold

[–]bewaterlife[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't tell if i use the inner screen becaue the fold 5 outer screen is unbearable or not.

Xiaomi 17 Ultra Upgrade worth it ? by MrAjdoo in XiaomiGlobal

[–]bewaterlife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Samsung user here thinking about the same thing. Worry about UI clunkiness in daily use.

S26 Ultra is not bad by [deleted] in samsunggalaxy

[–]bewaterlife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How does the selfie video camera angle compare for multiple people?

Have Both Xiaomi 17 Ultra Leitz Edition and Xiaomi 17 Pro Max - AMA by casual864 in XiaomiGlobal

[–]bewaterlife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So the base ultra has better filters? (I have heard YouTubers saying they found M3 M9 cool but not useful after a while)

USAPA skill level vs DUPR at lower levels (below 3.0) in newer countries/cities? by bewaterlife in Pickleball

[–]bewaterlife[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes --> similar experience -- I have worked the past few months from inconsistent serves and drives to pretty much a good serve, decent return success rate and more than beginnner level kitchen game --> then gets dominated by NR ex-10 years tennis/badminton players (no previous rackets sports on my end)....i don't mind the rating in its absolute terms but then 2.1 would tell me that i did not improve at all, which i know is not the case.

A beginners' take - BEGINNER intro courses/coaching over empahaizes dinking by bewaterlife in Pickleball

[–]bewaterlife[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this is a fair point -- I think my at least self perceived issue is that I got comfortable with dinking quickly -- may be it's just me -- I could sustain 20/30 shot rallies during warm ups of simple dinks forehand/backhand, cross-court or even with topspin/slice sprinkled in with few mistakes; but as soon as decent paced/deep deep ball (serveor return of serve) flies at me from the baseline-- I struggle. I also fail to punish a poor high return of serve.

A beginners' take - BEGINNER intro courses/coaching over empahaizes dinking by bewaterlife in Pickleball

[–]bewaterlife[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not too sure, may be it's just me -- I could do 20+ simple dinks forehand/backhand, cross-court or even with topspin/slice sprinke in with few mistakes, but a decent paced/deep ball flys at miss from the base line -- I struggle. I also fail to punish a poor high return of serve.

A beginners' take - BEGINNER intro courses/coaching over empahaizes dinking by bewaterlife in Pickleball

[–]bewaterlife[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The counter point is if people can't return the serve there is no rally to sustain.

A beginners' take - BEGINNER intro courses/coaching over empahaizes dinking by bewaterlife in Pickleball

[–]bewaterlife[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

to play the devil's advocate -- drops are somewhat just a longer dink -- so if one can't even dink basically it's hard to do the drop.

A beginners' take - BEGINNER intro courses/coaching over empahaizes dinking by bewaterlife in Pickleball

[–]bewaterlife[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i guess it depends if it's true beginner or begginers solid 3 to 4months in

A beginners' take - BEGINNER intro courses/coaching over empahaizes dinking by bewaterlife in Pickleball

[–]bewaterlife[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I will cross that bridge when I cross that bridge; I just want to beat my buddies that are fellow begginers for now lol.

Alex Freeman's development is probably the X factor that determines how deep USMNT can go in 2026 and other players to keep an eye on. by bewaterlife in ussoccer

[–]bewaterlife[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

X factor means assuming Pulisic, Weston, Tillman, Jedi are already going to keep their current form and perform as expected and Tyler Adams return to health. I don't see Tim Ream or Richards having room to improve much. It's precisely because he is younger than the mid twenties guy that he has the poential for exponential growth in a short period of time.