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I had to turn down precapture to a shorter time. With a full second and 30 fps, it was getting a bit cumbersome but I agree, I was able to get some shots of my niece in motion that I wouldn't have been able to get otherwise. One from an early morning walk with the Batis 135/2.8. Shooting plants even in the slightest wind is so freaking hard with this lens but it's a fun challenge.

Nice @n_maher! The 30 fps is glorious. How do you like it thus far? Drove up to NYC to help Julie move out as she finished her 3rd year rotations for medical school. Exceptionally difficult light in the parking under the building. The A7 did quite well here, I think. Taken with a Batis 85/1.8. Stopped by in Virginia to visit with my sister and tried playing with the Batis 135/2.8. Failed miserably but got a somewhat cool extremely close crop. In color.

Another one from a while back.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/shopping/blackstone-backed-leica-camera-weighs-1-billion-sale/ar-AA1UP5Kn

For sports, I think the A7V should be a nice upgrade. I'm noticing the battery dies way faster with precapture on, but I think the feature is well worth it. One from Asheville from a couple of years ago. And the obligatory B&W.

What do you normally shoot, Nate? Keep in mind that Lightroom/Photoshop still doesn't have full RAW support for the camera, which is quite annoying - I have about 5 days of images from winter break that I can't edit. I only found out about the one RAW format that Lightroom has beta support for. Not enough of a reason to avoid the camera - just mentioning it so you aren't similarly annoyed. I went from a not-very-good AF system (by today's standards) in the D810 to one of the best in the A7V. I nearly pulled the trigger on a Z6III around Thanksgiving so I could use the couple of Nikon lenses I already had, but the 30 fps and better AF pulled me over to the Sony side. I missed a lot of shots with the D810 when trying to capture my fast-moving niece. She just turned 4 a month ago, and the A7V was fantastic, keeping up with her fast-twitch movements. The pre-capture feature was great and certainly made up for my lack of skill. The D810 remains exceptionally capable in decent light for landscapes or scenes where AF speed/tracking isn't a priority, but with two more babies expected to join the family this year, I figured an upgrade would make my life easier in the coming years. The A7V also seems to do much better in low-light situations - I find I can push to higher ISOs before noise becomes an issue. Depending on what you intend to capture and how, the A7V might not be as much of an upgrade over the A7IV. For me, the upgrade was much more pronounced, and I am quite pleased with the purchase. I don't do much with video, so I didn't care as much for the hoopla around closed/open gate sensors. Last December, the D810 said Zara's left eye was in focus here, but obviously, it wasn't. Also with the D810, got lucky. And OOF again. Definitely pushing the limits of the D800 in difficult light. The noise/grain is obvious when pixel-peeping. I actually don't mind it as much in this image, but there were times when I did. Another one where I don't mind the grain. Here are some more where I feel like better AF, dynamic range, and noise performance would have helped capture what I wanted to. Some more from the Illumina Lantern Festival taken with the A7V. Exceptionally clean images. Some with the Batis 85mm (AF) and others with the Voigtlander 35mm (MF). It's no Leica, but Sony really does a fantastic job of working with manual lenses. I love their implementation of focus peaking.

Couple from last night.

Some homemade pizza.

Santa brought me a shiny new A7V and some Batis lenses after the old D810 stopped working recently. Nice to pick up a camera again.

Would anyone like to trade for a 2 lb bag of Veracruz (Mexico) and/or a 1 lb bag of Chiapas (Mexico)? Both are light roasted whole beans from Black Oak Coffee. Happy to pop it/them in the mail for the cost of shipping as well if no trades are available. I already have 2 lb bags of both in the freezer and happened upon this pair recently through a series of mis-clicks.

This stuff is like powder. Calibrated to 5 clicks away from chirping. Thinking I might go a bit more so I have usable range for cold brew.

Ordered and received the SSP burrs from Fellow a few days ago. Was trying to see if I could do anything different/else before installing them. Pre-SSP, what were you grinding at for pour over Reks?

45g water, wait 45 seconds for bloom 45g water, wait 30 seconds after every pour Ode at 1.5 with the above recipe has produced the best cup so far.

Come to think of it, the best cup so far has been with the ode grinding at 1.5. my drawdown times were longer (4 minutes-ish) so I started grinding coarser. Usually around 1:15 or 1:16 for coffee to water. The only time it got bitter was when I went 1:13 or so.

I've gotten into coffee again and so far have been maintaining a healthy relationship with it this time around. Primarily, I've been cold brewing with coffee ground at 10 on the Fellow Ode in one of these. Over the past few months, I've gotten to the point where I can agree with the tasting notes for the most part and taste the stuff I ought to be tasting. With a V60, however, it all tastes the same regardless of what adjustments I make. Varied grind size from 0 to 6 on the Ode. Varied water temperature on a Fellow Stagg EKG kettle. Maybe on a random occasion I might get distant hints of something familiar but I feel it's likely because I want it to be there instead of actually tasting it. Any thoughts from the brewmasters?

Was it recorded, Jim? Would love to watch/listen to it.

I don't know if a rodecaster pro would fit your needs. It is $99 out of your budget and quite a versatile device. Not enough gain for my mic so it is going back to B&H but I'd imagine you could do most of if not all of what you are trying to do.

I use texmaker and a 13" screen often leaves me wanting for a bigger screen. I've gotten to the point where I don't like using my laptop when using LaTeX. I've tried reducing the font size but that rarely helps. If you are not using a pdf viewer to look at your document, the 13" will likely be fine. If it is mostly going to be used locally, go for the 16". Buyer beware, however - https://www.tomsguide.com/opinion/the-16-inch-macbook-pro-has-a-major-quality-control-problem

I have no doubt it is possible. The IT dolts refuse to do it. To them, OS X goes on a Mac and Windows goes on a PC. Anything else and they stick their heads back in the sand.

I don't have tenure so can't do that

Can't do that. Institutional guidelines for computers storing data for NSF projects say clean windows install on a PC that can be remotely wiped in case of theft/loss. IT won't install windows or let me do it on a Mac.

Greetings from South Florida! Would anyone be interested in a mint condition 2018 13" MacBook Pro (2.3 ghz i5 quad core, 8gb ram, 256 gb ssd) with Touch Bar (space gray)? AppleCare+ until 08/21/2021. Figured I'd try here before I went to eBay and the likes. Currently has the Catalina beta but I can take it back down to the last stable release upon request. Comes with all the original box/papers. Grant work requires me to go back to a windows device