I am amazed how hot and humid it is outside. Its 92 degrees with a feels like temperature or 102 – yikes. I was going to walk home from the car dealer, but on second thought I’ll wait for a ride. I had brought the old minivan in for maintenance.
Ha!, just read that its Pluto demotion day. It’s been 17 years… (Thanks, Celestron!) Also, the “Blue Moon” is coming up August 31st.
The funny thing is that regular planetologists don’t recognize the consensus decision of the IAU and deem it political! Too funny – planet politics.
My honest opinion of Nikon cameras DSLR, DX, FX, and mirrorless…
I have 3 Nikons – D5600, D810, D850. First, the 2 full frames (D810 and D850) are behemoths and with the larger lenses I need a tripod that is capable of handling around 24lbs. Second. the D5600 which has WiFi built in is smaller, lighter, and is quick and nimble -but the D850 which also has WiFi support, weighs a ton but is quick. The D5600 is also supposed to have GPS support built in. But nothing in the Nikon world is more full of crap than “supportive GPS”. Its highly complex, slow as hell, and requires steps that would frustrate the most patient person. The D850 pulls location data easily/seamlessly from the iPhone while the others do not. However, you have to move the pictures to your iPhone or Apple Cloud. Third, from a shot perspective, you can fit more in in the same shot with a FX vs DX. I used to joke with a friend to take 2 big steps back and get the same shot and save money. Fourth, only the D850 does movies easily, the other 2 are a PITA.
I like the professional looking pictures from the D810 and the D850 vs the D5600 – better bokeh, better lenses, higher megapixel counts, a longer shelf life (equates to more pictures over the life of the camera), the D850 is also a much faster camera than the D5600 or the D810 – from both a chip and consequently a focus and picture processing perspective.
I’ll take the D850 – anytime. I don’t know if I would take the D810 over the D5600 knowing what I know now – I think I would recommend living with the D5600. Mirrorless vs the D850? I don’t think it’s worth it – save your money.
Back in the summer of 69′. Neil, Buzz, and Collins landed and walked on the moon! Well, Michael Collins was there in spirit. He orbited in the return ship.
Nikon D850 First Pix with the help of YouTube video – this was a life saver! Kudos to “Atort Aerials”. I didn’t feel like any of this was intuitive.
Every time something works, why do they have to change it? My camera hurdle is now trying to connect it to my iPhone. Wireless that used to be intuitive, is now complex and Bluetooth? How complicated do you need to make Bluetooth? WTF. Gotta be compatible with 40 different types of named cameras? Why? What is the point? They had a product that worked. Make one with more options, greater complexity, add graphics. Why? Why did users choose google? They chose google. Because it was graphics minimalistic. Not because it was better – initially. It loaded much faster and cut the crap. It didn’t try and ram huge files down your throat. I wish they would have asked my opinion :). I’ll try and see if I can find a YouTube vid on the subject (connecting SnapBridge). Thanks Nikon – not.
There is never enough time in the day. It’s always something. The baby shower went well, unfortunately I didn’t take any pictures. That the hell kind of photographer am I going to make? I was so inundated with work from a getting everything together perspective, clean the house, cook the food, organize things, etc. I didn’t have time to think about photography and that was a bummer in retrospect. What’s a dad to do?
I got a Nikon D850 on eBay and am selling my D810. The main differences are the 2 is the extra 10Mp of resolution, the extra 2 fps, the upgraded chipset, the built-in wireless, better video and faster memory card support.
As I learn, I will post. I purchased the memory cards I will be using and instead of relying on the ability to upload and clear photos, I decided to take the plunge and bought 1 TB memory cards – both CFExpress and microXDSC. It may seem like overkill, but I figured I’d rather grow with it instead of outgrowing it almost immediately.
I took last week off from work and have been getting ready for Lauren and Michael’s baby shower. During the week, I did a bunch of doctors’ appointments, ran errands, I took my hybrid into Richards to get the wheel fixed and put back on. Ill say one thing – the week flew by.
I am trying to do a couple of extra things from an art perspective. I am going to try and do some more of photography and do a color class in addition to my painting classes.
I was futzin’ around today with the site (got some new caching) and figured that I had better do a quick update before June is over. Over Memorial Day weekend, we went up to Michigan to my bro-in-laws house on a lake. The short update is we brought the 4-wheeler scooter on the lift on the back of the minivan and strapped the hybrid to it. On the way home, traffic was horrendous and we took a GPS shortcut home. We got off at Cline Ave & The Indiana Toll Road (I90). There was a string of pot-holes that bounced the car so much, it shook the back tire right off the bike and dragged it underneath. The only thing that was holding it on was the chain! Ugh. It’s hard to find good roads these days. Back to Richards.
