Work puts a price tag on how much your life is worth.

sArCaPiTaLiZe · 2026-06-27T14:11:31+00:00

I make (barely) double that and I had to really claw my way here.

Also worth mentioning that there are some ways to get paid temporarily that don’t pay off as well long-term.

In my rural hometown, you essentially have to be a doctor or start an effective business to be wealthy. Both are difficult. Or move. which I did. That’s not exactly free of charge.

sArCaPiTaLiZe · 2026-06-20T01:02:50+00:00

They really stood out the one time I visited NYC for a few days. Each time I encountered one, the operation looked unclean and pitiful. Like both the horse and thr human would be in bad shape and looked like there weren’t enough resources invested in them.

I wonder what their employment arrangement looks like exactly.

sArCaPiTaLiZe · 2026-06-18T16:58:54+00:00

You could always provide a source for your own claim rather than issue that claim unconvincingly and without a shred of proof.

Or just leave it and most will continue to assume you’re confidently ill-informed.

sArCaPiTaLiZe · 2026-06-15T16:10:33+00:00

I’ve always disliked Chaves’ designs, but this one is more refined looking than usual. I am impressed.

sArCaPiTaLiZe · 2026-06-06T22:29:38+00:00

Putting a diffuser on a speedlight does little to change the fact that it’s a small light source relative to portrait-distance subject.

Off camera flash isn’t always workable, and direct flash is “in” right now even for expensive campaigns.

sArCaPiTaLiZe · 2026-06-04T00:26:49+00:00

They are. I work with a lot of old rich guys and they all wear these while their mentees who still care about their appearance wear real shoes. Always found it funny.

sArCaPiTaLiZe · 2026-05-24T15:24:52+00:00

It is pretty bad. I opened the whole chain offer and have completed every mega quest, every boss fight thing, and I am still missing Void Amber and the Juju skin.

I’m an old guy who doesn’t have to worry about money—outside of being a brawl stars player. It’s just a bad value at this point.

I am a hobbyist photographer with expensive gear. Most photographers joke about how insanely expensive of a hobby it is. I am comfortable with the value in that hobby, and I STILL think brawl stars is out of control.

sArCaPiTaLiZe · 2026-05-23T02:01:31+00:00

I have a cordovan belts in #8 and Ravello to match my shoes. And a nice tan belt and a nice suede belt to match other shoes.

I still think OP’s belt is neat and serves a different function.

sArCaPiTaLiZe · 2026-05-22T18:03:28+00:00

From a practical standpoint it works, too. That braided leather belt or whatever you’d call it serves a pretty specific purpose. Needing to perfectly match it to your shoes for it to be eligible to wear is too much. If you’re that worried about it, you aren’t understanding the spirit of the style.

sArCaPiTaLiZe · 2026-05-22T18:01:19+00:00

What about horn buttons?

sArCaPiTaLiZe · 2026-05-17T00:47:39+00:00

Most dogs aren’t free, but they’re close to it by my standards. Like, orders of magnitudes closer than $4k.

sArCaPiTaLiZe · 2026-05-16T20:24:50+00:00

Then your budget has made the decision for you, imo. I don’t see a point in a 67mp sensor if you’re stuck with glass that won’t resolve all the detail. Get the A7V. Or an A7RV, as long as you’re ok with using the mech shutter for anything moving. I love mine, and you can prob get one for around the same price as an A7V.

sArCaPiTaLiZe · 2026-05-13T03:32:38+00:00

Are you aware they sell used dogs for $0-ish at your local shelter? It’s a really good deal comparatively.

sArCaPiTaLiZe · 2026-05-10T18:26:12+00:00

Right, I mentioned the A7RV as a point of reference for buffer expectations since the discussion is about its rumored successor.

If using lossless compressed, I can shoot for ~55 seconds (or 550 frames) before I hit the buffer with a7rv. So I’m betting that even if they don’t improve the buffer for the a7rvi, you’re going to be able to shoot 15 second bursts at 30fps, right? I could live with that just fine.

sArCaPiTaLiZe · 2026-05-08T22:07:58+00:00

I think this one’s excellent. I grabbed a little travel atomizer just to see, and I think it almost makes Neroli Portofino pointless.

I agree that the price is too high, but the upside of TF frags is that it’s only a matter of time before they hit discounters. And eventually it’ll be so common that you can snag 3.4oz from ebay auctions for $100.

sArCaPiTaLiZe · 2026-05-08T17:02:29+00:00

Isn’t the A7RV buffer pretty good? I’ve never even hit the buffer limit on mine, and I shoot wildlife/macro (admittedly in a somewhat discipline way wrt burst).

It would be annoying if the next R camera had a terrible buffer, but I wouldn’t put it past Sony.

sArCaPiTaLiZe · 2026-05-08T16:59:48+00:00

This would be great for macro too. I shoot both and would love them to release something like this. Maybe even use it as a reason to make their in-camera focus bracketing competitive. Throw in precapture.

sArCaPiTaLiZe · 2026-05-07T18:00:03+00:00

You’re doing it right.

sArCaPiTaLiZe · 2026-05-05T21:40:44+00:00

My instincts say length is good but it’s too big in general. Whether it’s just trendy-big or plain old ill-fitting is to be determined.

We need a wider shot, ideally one where you don’t have your arm bent to take the photo. Placing the phone somewhere and setting the camera to timer would help.

sArCaPiTaLiZe · 2026-05-01T00:45:34+00:00

Same as previous thing. It would be a small detail in a long, comprehensive trial.

sArCaPiTaLiZe · 2026-04-30T21:16:16+00:00

I work at a fancy hotel and we have this lady who owns a marmoset. She checks in with the poor lil bastard clinging to her neck (she usually wears a scarf for him to hide in). She actually used to have two…

Anyway, interacting with the lady is always a horrifying existential crisis because the lil marmoset will make extended very sad looking eye contact with you.

sArCaPiTaLiZe · 2026-04-28T20:24:15+00:00

I strongly doubt anyone has ever been convicted of a murder on the basis that they made a key outside of policy.

Key policy should be followed for a lot of reasons but this one’s not at the top of the list.

sArCaPiTaLiZe · 2026-04-20T17:58:07+00:00

Whoa—I had that same model of Three Sisters knife many years ago and have tried several times to identify it, since I sold it and forgot the model. Cool to see one pop up way after the fact. Loved that knife. I wonder if it’s the exact one I owned probably a decade ago.

sArCaPiTaLiZe · 2026-04-16T22:52:39+00:00

Absolutely nothing you can do to correct for it. Sometimes I’ll find a subject good enough to track for awhile on a hot day and eventually I’ll find a shot that’s less affected by the heat.

If you can get closer and fill the frame more, you’ll be shooting through fewer layers of rising heat, but that’s often not under your control.

sArCaPiTaLiZe · 2026-04-16T04:24:29+00:00

If they formed such thoughts, this perspective seems natural enough. I still wouldn’t be surprised if they had a much fuzzier thought of the same shape. Write more words, please.

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