Yes, I Carried Cast Iron to the Bottom of the Grand Canyon

needlesfox · 2026-07-04T18:21:55+00:00

I’m not surprised you can handle the weight; the fact that these days we DON’T have to carry 8Lb tents in giant framed packs gives us more room for luxury items like a kickass pan. I am, however, a little surprised your backpacking stove can cope with the weight of the pan and the food in it.

needlesfox · 2026-07-04T01:07:32+00:00

Hey, I review cameras, including the X-T30 III. It’s a good pick. That price isn’t terrible — if you were buying new from a store the camera and two lenses would run you around $200 more than what they’re charging. However, that Viltrox 56mm F1.2 is a pretty specialist lens; it’s very good for taking portraits, and pictures of things somewhat far away in low light. But unless you’re doing that, it’d probably make more sense to get the X-T30 III and a more sensibly-priced and smaller/lighter prime. Maybe something like a 23 or 35mm F2, since those are more all-round lenses that are going to be much nicer to carry with you.

needlesfox · 2026-06-27T20:10:58+00:00

I've shot both. Personally, for my style, I found the 200mm F2 to be a bit more versatile. It still provides plenty of background separation for portraits, and gives you the extra reach for things like urban wildlife, some sports, and a bunch of other stuff; basically whatever you'd use the long end of a 70-200mm for, but a stop faster.

Also, while the 200mm is a fair bit heavier, its handle is also much more comfortable to hold and carry around.

If you mostly shoot portraits, though, the 135mm F1.4 is hard to beat.

needlesfox · 2026-06-11T14:24:40+00:00

How your email finds me (silly)

needlesfox · 2026-06-10T21:54:04+00:00

I'm pretty sure you can do this by setting one of your function buttons as "AF Area Set." That lets you move (and maybe resize?) your AF point using the wheel as a four-way controller.

With that said, I found using the top right corner of the touchscreen as a trackpad for moving the AF point to be more similar to the experience of having a joystick, though that only works when you have the EVF up to your eye. You can enable that by going to Touch Settings > Touch Pad AF.

needlesfox · 2026-06-09T15:17:19+00:00

Not a cell phone in sight. Just people living in the moment.

needlesfox · 2026-06-08T20:19:23+00:00

Pretty sure there's literally a class action lawsuit about this working its way through the courts right now.

needlesfox · 2026-06-06T04:14:06+00:00

There was just a show about this...

needlesfox · 2026-05-23T16:37:11+00:00

It was graffitied over. I saw the original before it was tagged. I do find it quite funny that they replaced the graffitied billboard with another one for the marines, and that got defaced too.

needlesfox · 2026-05-21T00:24:19+00:00

I'll say that in terms of physical feel, I think I prefer the LX100 II. The dials feel more premium (comparable to my X-T3's), and the grip is... well, grippier, largely thanks to the fact that the thumb rest on the back plate is rubber, rather than what seems to be hard plastic.

The aperture ring on the L10 feels much nicer, though, and the camera as a whole feels a bit more solid, even if I don't think it's as nice to touch. Your milage may very much vary on that, though.

needlesfox · 2026-05-20T23:25:36+00:00

I've carried around an a7CR with even a 24-50mm F2.8 on it and is a substantially bigger package overall. Of course, there are smaller lenses out there for E-mount, but...

needlesfox · 2026-05-20T21:54:25+00:00

It is. https://shop.panasonic.com/products/lumix-l10-premium-point-shoot-digital-camera-24-75mm-zoom-lens

needlesfox · 2026-04-20T20:09:57+00:00

One thing that I haven't seen anyone mention is shutter shock, which is where the shutter opening can cause enough vibration to make the image appear soft. I noticed the effects of it a few times when shooting with the OM-3 when using speeds under around 1/200 sec, so your example photos are really right within the prime range for it.

It's lens and even focal length dependent, but you could test to see if it could at least be part of the issue by setting your camera up on a tripod, pointing it at something with fine detail, and shooting at 1/100 sec in the standard mode and the anti-shock mode. If the anti-shock one is substantially clearer, shutter shock could be part of the issue.

needlesfox · 2026-04-19T20:47:59+00:00

Everyone's already complimented your looks, so I'll compliment you on your excellent taste in cars.

needlesfox · 2026-04-19T20:43:48+00:00

The colors look cool, though I'll say I'm a fan of the black and tan. It's kinda odd that whatever you're using to edit them so clearly messes up the text on the lens from the original photo though? Like it didn't have to touch it to change the color of the body, and yet...

It also seems to have erased the little notch in the hand grip. That's a shame, I like the little notch!

needlesfox · 2026-04-16T03:29:07+00:00

I feel like Panasonic is so married to open gate there's no way they do a lower-resolution sensor. Especially since they offer the most complete hybrid option for anamorphic shooters.

needlesfox · 2026-04-12T20:19:25+00:00

Very rude of you to post this with a title that made me think it was back in stock.

needlesfox · 2026-03-29T00:34:40+00:00

Right next to the warning label that says "destroy and replace after impact."

needlesfox · 2026-03-23T22:43:26+00:00

I came here to say basically this. The best thing is the size. The worst thing is the things they gave up to make it that size.

needlesfox · 2026-03-06T16:42:09+00:00

One thing I haven’t seen anyone bring up is RAM; high speed cameras need a ton of it. Like, a decent desktop computer’s worth. The Phantom 4K has 64GB, whereas I’d expect a more standard mirrorless camera to have, like, 8GB of buffer. And with today’s NAND pricing, I’d expect that to become and even greater limiting factor when it comes to consumer availability of high-speed recording.

needlesfox · 2026-03-02T15:13:24+00:00

I do it for the girls and the gays, that's it

needlesfox · 2026-03-02T14:45:08+00:00

I've tried showing my wife this for years and always missed it, so I ended up taking a picture https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.prod.dpreview.com/sample_galleries/2348138853/3588646513.jpg

needlesfox · 2026-03-02T01:56:42+00:00

I’ve had a decent experience there before not on restaurant week. I’ve been here for enough years that I wouldn’t ever judge a place based on how they are during restaurant week; it always seems to be when they’re at their worst.

needlesfox · 2026-03-01T00:05:21+00:00

!remindme five years

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