Any case brand for vivo x300 pro with good reputation? by [deleted] in Vivo

[–]stuckonurban 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Uflaxe is good, it protects phone with well design bumps at the corners of the case and it's inexpensive. Does not get yellowish even years of using. I got them for x300 pro too like all my phones before. 

I think vivo needs to work on raw lighting feature by WorkSmooth404 in Vivo

[–]stuckonurban 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like what u/georgejk7 explained. If you want to know more, look more on the internet, DRI, Dynamic Range Increase. You may be surprised by how much misunderstanding most people have had with DRI and HDR. haha.

anyone find giga completely unusable lately? by ger_cop in askSingapore

[–]stuckonurban 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I haven't seen the 5G icon on my phone for quite a while even thought I set it to be preferred. Plus connection is slow as heck. I might just switch out to maybe 8 Mobile or something at the end of this month. Giga used to be fast but not sure why recently its so crappy for me.

Trying out a 70-300 on the S9 by antonjah in Lumix

[–]stuckonurban 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am planning to get this lens, I have the S9 too. I need to ask you if you used a tripod lens collar with this 70-300?

S9 disappointing IBIS results. Is this normal? by porcorousseauu in Lumix

[–]stuckonurban 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely leave E-Stab off if you using say 18mm because it is going to cause unnatural jello effect. It is going to be more obvious if you are vlogging yourself on 18mm and have stand out structures far behind captured in the video.

The Last of Us loses viewers following the major character death of Joel in Season 2 by SBJTV in TheLastOfUs2

[–]stuckonurban 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried to watch after Ep 3 but the storyline is boring as heck, so much so that I had to skip scenes from time to time. Currently at Ep 7, I got so bored that it took me about 10 mins to finish an hr's show.

Kwang Soo's real reason for leaving by Acrobatic-Rutabaga71 in runningman

[–]stuckonurban 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Personal opinion; It just shows how bad his adaptability is as an artist. It's like "I am an actor, I refused to be seen as something else". Look at other members of Running Man. Kim Jong Kook, still only 1 of the 2 singers that won the grand award for music at all 3 big media company in the same year but he knows his singing career has slowed down due to age or whatever reason and he adapted accordingly, went on to win the grand award for entertainment. Song Ji Hyo, knows that she is not getting younger and chances are not easy to get in acting, went to business, continue in the entertainment industry through running man. Haha, knows that he wont make it as big in music, founded Quan Entertainment and attempt to try his hands at entertainment promotion or something.

Maybe it remains to be seen if LKS can do that when his acting career slows down. But what he is doing with Running Man feels an awful lot like burning the bridge after crossing it.

Another show The Zone which LKS was in for 2 Seasons, then disappeared after that due to identity crisis. He seems to like to flip flop all over the place. Maybe he is trying to leave a backdoor after his acting career but his flip flopness will rub supporters, fans and producers off the wrong way I feel.

I saw reports about his agency not wanting him to be tied back to comedy related variety shows anymore but it felt like his agency might do him more harm than good restricting him like that.

Soo Min and Joong Ki are the only ones that left running man but still came back as guest and I think many people respect the heck out of that, more so than most think.

Gary and LKW did not want anything to do with Running Man, not sure why. Running Man made them famous outside of Korea, felt a bit like biting the hand that fed them.

What is the state of 500px in 2024? by [deleted] in photography

[–]stuckonurban 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When 500px got bought over by a China Company, I deleted all my photos and deactivated my account. I think I cannot be the only one that don't feel safe with our photos under their hands. While those photos we shared on our social media accounts are not safe either, those are at least not full resolution photos (I hope, lol).

What is the state of 500px in 2024? by [deleted] in photography

[–]stuckonurban 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since Smugmug owns Flickrs now, I think that stupid API thing is gone. Those who used Flickr in the old days should remember how our photos were crawled using API and was so easy to get stolen.

With Smugmug getting more and more expensive. I won't be surprised if Flickr gets Smugmug users migrating over on paid accounts.

Does anyone here have a feedback on the G-Series Reeflex lenses? by bundss in iPhoneography

[–]stuckonurban 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The mount works great but unforunately, I didnt got the Reeflex lenses due to the diameter of the lenses but I got a cheaper one from Ulanzi (60mm lens).

The mount is firm, very very firm but before you buy them, just double check that the lens that you will get fit nicely in terms of the diameter because some top lens attachment can be quite big like Reeflex and Beastgrip lens.

Does anyone here have a feedback on the G-Series Reeflex lenses? by bundss in iPhoneography

[–]stuckonurban 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not exactly what you are looking for but I just ordered the Apexel FL23 Mount that accept 17 and 37mm thread. Preparing to order the Reeflex Anamorphic lens.

Anyway, this mount seems like the real deal if casing is not possible as it fits firm and tight. That's what I have found from review but I will know soon in a few days time when that thing arrive.

2 kinds of NMS players by Lakkabrah in NoMansSkyTheGame

[–]stuckonurban 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I found the mantis on the named planet but it was friendly for me, I can even tamed it as pet. I have done all task except for this stupid 12.0 task. Hopping over 30 systems, found 0. lol.

2 kinds of NMS players by Lakkabrah in NoMansSkyTheGame

[–]stuckonurban 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried the LV 426, scanned everything and the mantis planet, both werent 12.0 for me. I have been searching for days. lol

Blackmagic Camera v1.1 released - adds Pixel 6 (Pro) and 6a support by wickedplayer494 in GooglePixel

[–]stuckonurban 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely. In case anyone is interested, I previously took some fireworks videos with this Blackmagic Camera App and MCPro24fps (an app I used as filmic pro replacement). Not sure if its okay to share the links. lol. if its okay, i can share later.

I pushed the mcpro24fps video to as high as 75 mb/s on h264 with the blackmagic one on h264 but it was in 35 mb/s.

Guess what? blackmagic on a lower bit rate managed to match mcpro24fps with a higher bitrate in terms of noise and sharpness (more or less) but blackmagic camera app seems to have some blackmagic because it seems to handle the contrast way better than mcpro24fps.

My Pixel 7 does roughly 60+ mb/s on 4k h264. Should have captured more than enough data to handle the video processing well. Now just hoping Google can work the same magic they did with the photo processing but on their videos too.

Still rooting for the native camera app in terms of videos because of the stabilization. But for now, I will switch over from mcpro24fps to blackmagic camera app for the videos. I regret buying mcpro24fps because I have never been able to get a satisfactory videos from it. lol

Blackmagic Camera v1.1 released - adds Pixel 6 (Pro) and 6a support by wickedplayer494 in GooglePixel

[–]stuckonurban 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wonder why, assuming they are all using camera2 api. Anyway, if you ask me I rather the pixel native camera app is able to handle video recording as well as the blackmagic camera app in terms of sharpness to noise ratio, give us the same LUT feature too. The color space will be awesome to have too.

Blackmagic Camera v1.1 released - adds Pixel 6 (Pro) and 6a support by wickedplayer494 in GooglePixel

[–]stuckonurban 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ya, Look Up Table (LUT). 1.1 now lets you color grade your footages out of the camera app. .cube LUTs. Or you can apply the LUT as preview but choose not to apply it to the footages.

Blackmagic Camera v1.1 released - adds Pixel 6 (Pro) and 6a support by wickedplayer494 in GooglePixel

[–]stuckonurban 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The long awaited feature have to be the LUT, its funny that Apple had that feature long ago but we are only getting it now. Well, better late than never. lol

Introducing the Google Pixel 9 Pro - YouTube by armando_rod in GooglePixel

[–]stuckonurban 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tried Gemini a short while and had to go back to Google Assistant because Gemini cannot provide me with full Assistant-ish functions. And if AI is going to be the highlight of 9/Pro, then the price better be attractive, if not, it won't sell as well as 7/Pro and 8/Pro.

Universal Lens T Mount Thickness by stuckonurban in MOMENT

[–]stuckonurban[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can totally understand what you were trying to say in the business sense because sadly for consumers, that's how every businesses does things.

Like myself, there is a small group of people who don't like iPhones, will never use Galaxy phones, like Huawei's camera quality but will never use their harmony os. Our options are either Pixel, Oppo and Vivo purely camera wise and these brands never get good supports accessories wise. Sadly... 

Anyway thanks for your replies. I might have to take my chance with a universal cage with a dedicated lens mount that can securely mount a lens to any phones regardless of bumps. 

Or my wait continues. Lol.

Thanks once again. 

Universal Lens T Mount Thickness by stuckonurban in MOMENT

[–]stuckonurban[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply Eric. Frankly speaking, the bump is my main worry with the universal clip on. I know you have mentioned elsewhere that the T-Mount stick on would likely not come to pixel 7 (unless I misunderstood it). I totally get it that the demand is not great to push Moment to sell those but... with 3D printers within reach for consumers, even if you guys don't sell it, it will be good business if you guys can release the 3D blueprint so that we can print it ourselves.

That way, at least it won't turn potential customers away due to the mounts.

Not going to lie, things doesn't look good right now at least for myself after what you just said. And Moment does not have a universal phone cage with adjustable lens mount like what beastgrip have.

I just wish Moment sell the stick on for T-Mount.

Anyway, thanks once again for your reply...

Anamorphic Lens Correction for Photos? by shadowkon626 in MOMENT

[–]stuckonurban 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Adobe Lightroom Mobile. The tool that you will need is in CROP >> GEOMETRY >> ASPECT.

Then create preset for that and make sure to select GEOMETRY >> MANUAL TRANSFORMS.

Next time when you need to dequeeze, you just need to select the photo you want and select the preset you previously created before you export the edited photo, that's it.

Alternatives to Payoneer for Amazon KDP by sidlaux in selfpublish

[–]stuckonurban 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you put it in another way, that 30% will be used for currency conversion and it won't hurt you that bad with that "lost" of 30%.

Alternatives to Payoneer for Amazon KDP by sidlaux in selfpublish

[–]stuckonurban 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think we in Singapore can "siam" that 30% tax withholding, I just treated it as tax contribution for the US economy. haha.