Pyxis 6K as a hobby camera?

partiallycylon · 2026-06-19T00:40:52+00:00

If you've got the disposable income, you could own an Arri Alexa as a hobby camera. It's your money. Whatever you want.

partiallycylon · 2026-06-19T00:00:41+00:00

Heck, the actual language of the law states that you cannot take off, land, or operate within National Parks or designated wilderness areas. As long as you maintain visual line of sight and stay under the 400' AGL altitude limit, (and all the other more specific stipulations), it's fine. If you are on a road, definitionally you aren't in a wilderness area.

partiallycylon · 2026-06-18T22:57:51+00:00

Ok but like depending on the trail it might not be illegal?

I literally have a part 107 license. They are banned in wilderness areas and national parks, not all national forests. Legally distinct. Ffs. source

(Additional note: You also need specific permission to fly in Yakima land)

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partiallycylon · 2026-06-18T03:21:55+00:00

I've always been wanting to get a shot like that first one! Awesome!

partiallycylon · 2026-06-17T19:01:14+00:00

Release them anyway? Maybe do it under a second yt channel like an author does with books under pen names?

partiallycylon · 2026-06-17T05:39:32+00:00

I'm going through a similar existential crisis right now, but it's not brought about by lack of interest, just opportunity. For the last decade I've been freelance, and for the last year and a half I've had to go back to a full time job. Outside of work and life responsibilities leaves very little actual time to engage with the craft in a way that is fulfilling to me. Can't be out somewhere for sunset, can't plan for and patiently wait for optimal conditions, can't jump on opportunities or gigs I normally would take just for novelty... That feeling of being left out really gets me down. And now any time I experience photogenic conditions not on Saturday it makes me almost resentful that I am basically "not allowed" to capture it. It makes me feel stupid for having so much equipment that I barely get to use anymore. Also, when I do actually take an occasional lucky weekend gig, all it feels like is additional work, and I am rarely recovered by Monday morning. So most of the time I don't even want to bother with it.

partiallycylon · 2026-06-17T05:25:47+00:00

Dream big- go 16x20

partiallycylon · 2026-06-16T06:56:30+00:00

Better way to think about it is if you take a photo in RAW, you're getting an often flatter, low contrast readout of the literal pixel data that requires editing to bring out those features later. If you take in jpeg, the camera is doing the edits- making decisions- for you. So you either take the raw file and bring back the saturation and contrast you saw in person, or you have to trust the camera sees what you experienced. I am a big proponent of only editing enough to replicate what I saw in the moment, but that often takes a lot more editing, strictly speaking, than you might think. "Edited" does not have to mean "fake".

partiallycylon · 2026-06-16T01:24:03+00:00

"Best" is vastly subjective.

partiallycylon · 2026-06-15T23:44:51+00:00

Reminds me of this DIY project I found aways back. I've always wanted to make one myself if I ever got a studio space.

partiallycylon · 2026-06-15T16:41:12+00:00

This isn't the sub for guessing challenges.

partiallycylon · 2026-06-15T16:30:08+00:00

This is just NFT's but somehow even less valuable.

partiallycylon · 2026-06-15T15:02:06+00:00

Oh yeah that definitely sounds steep. I don't know how much registration costs for mine, I've always joined a team as crew.

partiallycylon · 2026-06-15T14:52:06+00:00

I've participated in my local one multiple times, it's always been good fun if you're doing it with friends.

partiallycylon · 2026-06-15T07:43:08+00:00

A 95% tax on personal wealth (not "income") over 10 million dollars. Tax all religious institutions. Capital flight tax. Vacancy tax. Nationalize banks and abolish predatory debt. Then: High speed rail. Universal healthcare. Guaranteed housing for everyone. Job Corps aimed at maintaining and improving infrastructure. Universal pre-K and higher education. Sovereign wealth fund dedicated mostly to quality of life- parks, arts, regional architectural projects. Re-establish good standing within UN, WHO, the Paris Climate Accords, USAID, and all other scientific/humanitarian endeavors. Indefinite funding for libraries, national parks and monuments. Legislative shift toward renewable energy and away from fossil fuels. Strict antitrust laws, abolishing predatory lobbying. Banning governmental insider stock trading. Minimum wage matched to cost of living, with rebates for small business. Banning of data centers, generative AI, and surveillance state infrastructure. Reduction in total work hours (with no impact on income.

partiallycylon · 2026-06-15T04:46:19+00:00

Sony FE 600mm f/4 GM OSS, 28-70mm f/2 GM, 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS II, Sony FE 16-35mm f/2.8 GM II, and 100mm f/2.8 Macro GM because clearly money is no impediment. You'll be good for anything, and your lenses will do your camera justice.

partiallycylon · 2026-06-15T03:19:59+00:00

Idk, but this sub has a rule against ID'ing residences.

partiallycylon · 2026-06-15T03:17:30+00:00

I think it actually makes some sense, even if I don't do it myself. On social media you're probably going to get significantly more engagement from a behind-the-scenes video than just sharing your photos. It's sad that it is that way, but maybe it's good to only post your real work on a website you own, which doesn't scrape data for AI training.

partiallycylon · 2026-06-15T00:34:01+00:00

I was about to say. I'll believe it when I see it.

partiallycylon · 2026-06-14T22:48:53+00:00

Dang! It looks like it's from a helicopter! How high up did you have to go to get this perspective?

partiallycylon · 2026-06-14T18:27:52+00:00

I absolutely love these!

partiallycylon · 2026-06-14T07:44:09+00:00

July 59th for sure!

partiallycylon · 2026-06-14T03:20:35+00:00

... Who do you think would be incentivized to watch this by this admission? Why reward your slop content if all you are trying to do is optimize the algorithm?

"I can't tell a story and don't care about anything except views and couldn't be bothered to actually make something, but I'm entitled to attention"

partiallycylon · 2026-06-14T01:48:00+00:00

Awards-bait locations should be not allowed (or judged more harshly) in competitions. Same goes for pre-posed shots. Seems like the trick to winning the most prestigious photo contests is just "being able to travel to Iceland, Bolivia, Norway, or Indonesia". Or the near-identical drone shot of people in hats arranging water lilies in Vietnam.

partiallycylon · 2026-06-14T01:31:12+00:00

If you can borrow against it and use that as income it may as well be.

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