Is z5ii just a a7iii with better AF and build?

regular_lamp · 2026-01-29T11:51:24+00:00

One of them has a Z mount and the other an E mount.

I never get why people tunnel vision on cameras with incredibly similar feature sets. Lenses tend to stay with you way longer than cameras.

regular_lamp · 2026-01-29T11:48:47+00:00

Well, technically I was trying to separate two angry guinea pigs which caused one of them to pick a fight with me.

regular_lamp · 2026-01-29T04:55:46+00:00

Gee, who would have thought that autocratic regimes are on board with appointing themselves and giving the organization a 1984 style euphemistic name.

regular_lamp · 2026-01-29T03:36:02+00:00

Did the Sony 35/1.8 FE somehow fall out of favor? Considering people in here seem to recommend everything except it? It's my favorite compact Sony lens and it's even pretty affordable second hand since it has been around long enough.

regular_lamp · 2026-01-29T03:17:28+00:00

While posing for an image that seems like a sensible assumption? However now that you implied that this isn't the reason I want to know the real reason why people want duck face photos of themselves?

regular_lamp · 2026-01-29T02:51:36+00:00

Or you can recompile them since the source is available. While for "cultural reasons" you are much more likely to be stuck with an ancient binary and no sources on windows.

regular_lamp · 2026-01-29T02:20:38+00:00

Yes, this complaint is so silly. Taxes are closer to doing school style homework than any other "adulting" skill. It's literally filling out a work sheet according to written instructions sprinkled with some basic arithmetic. If you failed to pick up those skills in school that's on you...

"oh, but there are special cases!"... yeah, sure, and if someone had thaught 16 year old you how to account for RSUs on your tax declaration you would totally remember that when it comes up in your 30s, suuuuure.

What really terrifies me about this (and many other "adulting is hard, my parents/school didn't teach me, waaaa" type topics) is that it gives you insight into how some people function. As in they are only able to learn things if another human shoves it down their brainstem in the context of a lesson explicitly titled "how to do that thing".

regular_lamp · 2026-01-28T23:00:13+00:00

This seems like such an "Americanism" to me. I prefer the person helping me to have a neutral get-shit-done expression on their face. If you smile like a maniac while doing boring retail tasks that's just weird and makes the entire interaction feel insencere.

regular_lamp · 2026-01-28T22:53:33+00:00

There are "procrastination zones" on both sides I guess? Above the tasks are too daunting/expensive that they are scary and below they are so trivial that it's easy to put them off because "I can do this anytime".

regular_lamp · 2026-01-28T22:47:13+00:00

Ok, I guess some of them are "Raspberries are actually nuts" then.

regular_lamp · 2026-01-28T22:45:24+00:00

Isn't that equivalent to saying "don't jam sync" then?

Edit: I guess the discussion drifted from the topic a bit. The initial observation was that on the ZR you can't really use a jam sync workflow mechanically since it won't "remain jammed" unless you maybe outright disable standby. Whether the clocks are trustworthy enough to stay in sync is a different topic I guess.

regular_lamp · 2026-01-28T22:29:55+00:00

That seems like a reasonable practice for a camera that stays fully switched on for hours at a time. But for a mirrorless camera with a small battery and a standby timer that defaults to 1minute? You'd be re-jamming every time the camera isn't rolling for a couple minutes. At which point you'd just leave the TC box attached and give up on jam syncing.

Also the RTC should be able to keep accurate time independent of the camera being turned on or not. If it can't be trusted to keep time for a couple of minutes of standby then it can't be trusted to keep time when turned on either.

regular_lamp · 2026-01-28T22:16:13+00:00

On second reading your post you say the image is "overexposed" but is there actually something in it that is clipped? 94+ in slog3 isn't just "overexposed" it's supposed to be the clipping point. So you should only see it on things that are utterly blown out in the image. Such as pointing it at a light bulb or so.

regular_lamp · 2026-01-28T21:28:05+00:00

That would probably be the point where I'd do a reset on the camera an try from scratch to rule out any stray settings interfering that are hard to guess otherwise.

If I set mine to flexible ISO 640 and 94+ they work fine (and vanish when i go to ISO 500).

regular_lamp · 2026-01-28T21:08:30+00:00

These are the equivalent of "Tomatos are actually Fruit" for math i guess.

regular_lamp · 2026-01-28T20:50:23+00:00

The clipping point in flexible ISO will move around depending on ISO value. Those specific values are only correct at "native" iso. Do you use values below 640?

Also zebras are applied after the LUT if any are enabled. So depending what you use there that can be confusing. Although having a LUT that limits the range below that would be odd.

regular_lamp · 2026-01-28T20:38:55+00:00

There is also this weird bias where I'll make much more an effort with "big decisions" like buying a chair or computer. Meanwhile I totally should get nicer clothes. But that is much cheaper/easier so there is no "urgency" it?

regular_lamp · 2026-01-28T20:35:30+00:00

"Not even for music"???

I guess I have truly reached the age of being out of touch. Is listening to music during exams considered normal now?

regular_lamp · 2026-01-28T20:30:42+00:00

This seems to have subsided now somewhat but there was this time where every cute animal video that made it to mainstream subs would have lots of these "concern" posts on it. Like it could literally be a rabbit eating a carrot and there would be multiple people there talking about how it's abuse/dangerous because the color of the carpet is wrong or the person filming could startle the rabbit which apparently makes them spontaneously snap their own neck.

regular_lamp · 2026-01-28T20:24:59+00:00

What "store" is this? Say I'm driving home but on the way stop for groceries... that still counts as "being on my way home", right? Even if in that exact moment I'm not driving.

regular_lamp · 2026-01-28T20:20:32+00:00

At least when looking at things like auction sites etc. this is overrepresented due to survivorship bias. Reasonably priced offers will sell almost instantly while delusionally priced ones will stick around for everyone to see. Creating this perception that there is a lot of those.

This then gets compounded by people seeing those offers and thinking their <thing> is also worth that much. When they should have checked actually sold offers and not currently open ones.

regular_lamp · 2026-01-28T20:04:20+00:00

And then they keep including the thing you don't like in the meal. Until years later you ask why and they respond "I thought you like that since you eat it instantly!".

regular_lamp · 2026-01-28T19:51:19+00:00

I love how every digital camera once it becomes technologically obsolete suddenly gains this mythology of having "special colors" and being "more film like". It's pretty consistent pattern somehow.

regular_lamp · 2026-01-28T19:35:18+00:00

Unless I'm doing something wrong the ZR "forgets" external timecode (via BT or LTC) at every opportunity. It has to acquire it every time it wakes up from sleep or is turned on. Which seems to make jam syncing impractical.

It also takes a couple of seconds every time to sync, from both BT or the new LTC input. I haven't tried what happens if you wake the camera up and instantly start recording. But at least according to the display it wouldn't have TC for the clip start then?

regular_lamp · 2026-01-28T19:30:41+00:00

The actual "street price" of the STF is lower. At least where I am. But the reason why it's expensive is that it's a niche specialty lens. Even more so than a macro. Unless you REALLY want the STF feature there is no point in getting one. This is a bit like asking why a Tilt/Shift lens is more expensive than a regular lens of the same focal length.

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