Well, back with a vengeance. Outside, 90s, noise, family interruption. Nothing will stop me. Topics? Trump did it, the averageness of the AR-15, why the XT4 is FAR superior to the X100 series, the Tour de France, and how easily I could win but how impactful COVID has become on the race, my fastest 40k ever, how I read tea leaves in the field, the loveliness of the status quo and how I’m going to establish a pre-crime unit to solve a public woe. Just start listening.
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Geez sounds like the way my thought process goes.
Thanks for the free-thinking.
110+F here in S. NM. Eddie Bauer makes the ultimate flip-flops… indestructible. Miss my original X100… always shot SOOC JPEG including B&W. China has 25K+ miles of high speed rail. Taurus TX22 w/CCI makes for a good noise maker. Most of my nieces and nephews do not want to have kids… just like Uncle-me. Good friend who recently passed left me his two cats and E-bike… the cats get raw, grass-fed beef, and I pedal… honest non-Injun. Facial Tats… end of times.
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That sounds warm. Maine is back to cool. Needed blanket in van last night.
Now, if that doesn’t sound like a promising episode!
Looking forward to it.
Btw. Isn‘t the AR-15 superior to the x100 series? That‘s the real hard question here.
I don‘t think so.
Cheers,
Robin
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I think they are both overrated.
It took me a bit of time to figure out what camera system worked for me. I too have owned two x100 cameras, selling my last one about three months ago. I liked the files well enough, but not the wide angle. I don’t ever go wider than 50mm. I have old analog Olympus lenses from my OM1 that work with my two Pen-f digital cameras, as well as art lenses. The micro four thirds format works well for what I do. The Pen-f also has the cool back that can flip the screen to the inside, that I also love about the XPro3. The heat here in the middle of North Carolina is oppressive all summer. At 11:00 this morning it was 86 with a heat index of 99, projected to get to 105 later.
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I think heat is the new black. Pretty much everywhere and water is right there too. Even here in Maine. Never seen it this dry. I would love an Xpro and my hunch is I will land the next version of that.
This is the first time in over twenty plus years that I haven’t followed the Tour live (on TV). I just can’t get excited about it and couldn’t careless who wins.
I’d love a 35mm Leica Q3 but my Lumix S5 (which shares some internal software etc. with the Q2) is more than capable for my needs. Paired with the Sigma 35mm f/2 its probably the 2nd best camera I’ve ever owned behind the M6.
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Sean, it was an unreal tour but really over by the 11th or 12th stage. I’m going to speak about this again because there was a lot of “weird” goings on behind the scenes. The Lumix looks fantastic but I hear the motion autofocus is a total killer if you need motion. Everyone loves that camera but says “if you need focus tracking don’t buy it.”