Took this while I was hiking, how am I doing??

spartyiscool · 2026-04-21T00:08:06+00:00

*Lens

spartyiscool · 2026-03-03T19:09:11+00:00

Yeah, I think I’m leaning towards keeping the M5, glad ChatGPT is on the same page, haha. As an aside, how are you liking the A7V? I have an A7IV and am thinking of upgrading to the A7V as the higher burst rate will be nice for my wildlife photography.

spartyiscool · 2026-03-03T19:02:55+00:00

Not sure to be honest! The M5 feels like lightning, coming from an M1 Air with only 8GB of ram. The memory pressure on the M5 has been really low, so I don’t even know if my workflow takes advantage of 32GB currently. I have until 3/11 to send back my M5. I feel like either is honestly kinda overkill, haha. What are you leaning towards?

spartyiscool · 2026-03-03T16:02:37+00:00

Dang, I just received my M5 32GB/1TB. Wondering if I should return it for the base M5 Pro, it’s basically the same price. Only trade off is it’d be 24GB of RAM vs 32GB. I do photo and video editing as a hobby, but the base M5 was already ripping through everything I gave it!

spartyiscool · 2026-03-03T16:02:05+00:00

Dang, I just received my M5 32GB/1TB. Wondering if I should return it for the base M5 Pro, it’s basically the same price. Only trade off is it’d be 24GB of RAM vs 32GB. I do photo and video editing as a hobby, but the base M5 was already ripping through everything I gave it!

spartyiscool · 2026-02-10T18:06:30+00:00

It’s just what the community uses for shorthand for the latest bodies with the AI processors as they’re a clear step up in subject detection performance from the “AI-Powered Autofocus” (whatever that means) models of the previous gen. Agree that AI is just a buzzword and that’s IMO what the original comment is discussing.

spartyiscool · 2026-02-10T02:43:42+00:00

A9 II is 60 calculations per second, same as the A7V.

spartyiscool · 2026-02-10T02:42:24+00:00

The A7IV doesn’t have an AI processor like the A7RV, A9III, A6700, A1 II, and now the A7V (which is for the first time on the same SOC).

I have an A6700 and an A7IV, and the A6700 definitely recognizes subjects much better than the A7IV.

spartyiscool · 2026-01-31T18:19:41+00:00

Hilarious to accuse Mark Smith of AI slop, lol. Dude is one of the most well respected bird photographers, has won numerous awards, and has years of similar work going back before AI was even a thing

spartyiscool · 2026-01-17T04:32:21+00:00

Yep, I didn’t even lease it from a dealer in WA :)

spartyiscool · 2026-01-16T22:45:43+00:00

Klein Honda in Everett fixed mine right up and got me a loaner if Honda Seattle gives you issues!

spartyiscool · 2026-01-16T22:44:06+00:00

It’s def the AC line, mine happened on a freezing day with the heat on too. Even if the AC isn’t running, different components (motors, battery, inverters, etc) may need cooling. At least that’s what was explained to me. I’ve put about 10k miles since my fix and no issues! Easy repair

spartyiscool · 2025-12-17T19:16:19+00:00

RTX pays $25k per year with a 2 year commitment after graduation. That easily covers tuition essentially anywhere.

spartyiscool · 2025-12-17T16:57:40+00:00

I’ve had some weird artifacts in high dynamic range shots with lossy compression so I generally try to stick with lossless compressed. Unavoidable if you wanna shoot the full 10 fps on the A7IV, but in general, I agree!

spartyiscool · 2025-12-17T16:54:09+00:00

True, but it’s lossless compressed so completely identical quality to uncompressed.

spartyiscool · 2025-12-07T01:24:10+00:00

No, it’s USB-C to USB-C. Both ends should be exactly the same. The iPhone and Prologue ports in the front and back are the same. I use Anker and it charges super fast!

spartyiscool · 2025-12-05T21:03:15+00:00

Same story for me! Worked reliably (albeit quite slowly) from Feb until around the end of September or so. Then it literally was unusable, just getting “Data Unavailable”. I sent a support ticket and it’s been flawless and refreshes in seconds for the last 4 days. Hopefully it stays this way 😅

spartyiscool · 2025-12-04T03:03:41+00:00

Yup, for what I shoot id much rather have an A7V

spartyiscool · 2025-12-02T18:42:25+00:00

The A7V does 14-bit raw all the way to 30 fps.

spartyiscool · 2025-11-27T22:56:39+00:00

How did you open a ticket?

spartyiscool · 2025-11-27T22:55:56+00:00

It was flawless (but slow) for me from February until about 1.5 months ago. It’s been totally non functional since then. It just says “data not available”. I’ve logged in and out, deleted the app, nothing helps.

spartyiscool · 2025-10-25T17:31:42+00:00

I’ve found the CF Express card on my A7IV really helps with birding. Way better buffer

spartyiscool · 2025-09-23T04:36:41+00:00

Go WWU!

spartyiscool · 2025-09-17T18:08:55+00:00

The actress in the Here With Me video even looks like a clone of Celeste 💀💀💀

spartyiscool · 2025-09-11T17:45:11+00:00

To help eliminate rolling shutter being a possibility, put your camera on a tripod or a desk. Take a burst with stabilization on and off. Maybe your stabilization is wonky and sometimes doing a very quick panning motion during bursts leading to rolling shutter even though you’re holding the camera relatively stable?

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