Sony Lounge Thread MKIII (All Sony cameras welcome)

Miranda1 wrote in post #18813199
Hi Folks

I'm planning a trip out to Banff Alberta in late May early June of this year and I'm starting to think about an appropriate hiking/photo backpack solution. I don't plan to be doing extensive multi-day hiking into the mountains, more likely single day trips at most from a base site. I'm thinking about solutions like the F-Stop bags and ICUs or alternatives, perhaps and Osprey system with ICU ?. The bag will need to be carry-on compliant, last thing I want to do is check it in. Any thoughts on what might work for this?

You saw my image of the Mindshift Backlite 18L not long ago posted?
Might give an idea of what you can put it in.
It (Mindshift confirmed) will fit under a Delta flight's seat.
Mindshift has another name, can't think of it right now. I have their rotation 180 and a sling; all good stuff.
Here it is again....

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/QR6d​qR

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18813034
Did I miss that one! I think we should all do one of these.

I like seeing self portraits of the folks I chat with on the forums!

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18813240
The 3rd shows some serious separation of subject to background.
A powerhouse that is so small. Yep no excuse not to take it out with the kids or anywhere really.

And this Eddie is what I bet you'd miss the most if you went with and APS-c camera.....You already know this but shallow Dof/subject separation is just not quite the same as with FF. I've grown used to it but sometimes I sure do miss the pure eye candy of 35/85mm Fov with FF full frame sensor.

xpfloyd wrote in post #18813121

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2dGB​3Ms Leavengrove Park - 17.02.19-4.jpg by Eddie, on Flickr

These 3 are great but I love this one. Can you guys imagine being so short that you look eye to eye with the average dog at the park?

We took a family trip down to our favorite record/novelty shop today. Evidently I was into self portraits today!

Check out the compactness of the a6500 I'm holding. It fits in my pocket! Luv it!

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2dGH​qPS

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18813233
Well my friend you can say that but truth is you're working pro and needed at least two bodies. Can you admit that??????
Who am I to lecture

you're right. I really need another ff body. thanks.

I'll get back to sharing a few more DV images but here is one of my son during our camping trip this weekend to Lost Maples State Park in the Texas Hill Country.

FE 16-35 GM

IMAGE LINK: https://www.alfredomor​aphoto.com …oads/n-KGp2Jw/i-Q5sG498/A

idsurfer wrote in post #18813249

xpfloyd wrote in post #18813121

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2dGB​3Ms Leavengrove Park - 17.02.19-4.jpg by Eddie, on Flickr

These 3 are great but I love this one. Can you guys imagine being so short that you look eye to eye with the average dog at the park?

I was going to say that her 'space suit' will protect her from savage beasts but on closer examination, I think her right hand has been bitten off.

Sunrise from the Zabriskie Point area...I could have stayed and watched the light on these badlands many times over...next time I will get out onto that formation in the foreground so that I can get closer to what I really liked...

Badlands Sunrise

idsurfer wrote in post #18813251
We took a family trip down to our favorite record/novelty shop today. Evidently I was into self portraits today!

Check out the compactness of the a6500 I'm holding. It fits in my pocket! Luv it!

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2dGH​qPS Record Exchange Selfie. by cory shuler, on Flickr

Another great concept shot. Surrounded by vinyl

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idsurfer wrote in post #18813249
I was going to say that her 'space suit' will protect her from savage beasts but on closer examination, I think her right hand has been bitten off.

Yeah I noticed that muzzle.....not a good sign.

Don't let lack of FE100-400 keep you from BIF'ing.
Here's a BIF using the Riii+12-24.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/R3nK​vZ

That's great Gene! .

Too cute Eddie!!

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18813230
Just remember it is impossible to exercise away poor eating habits.
For decades I swam. My longest swim ever was 6 miles. It took 2:58. In that time
I would not have burned off a double Whopper and Biggie Fries. Humans are just super efficient.
Now I'm older you'd be shocked to see what little I actually eat.

Besides extreme low carb---I'm at 20grams or less/day, Poof is Paleo and often is less than 5 grams----we also count
calories. Her food intake diary is a study in dedication and precision....digital scales on the counter in the kitchen level.

99 percent of the time obesity is a choice. That means for a huge majority of us developing adult onset diabetes is a choice
we make and of course that's not the only disease stemming from hundreds of pounds of sugar and processed wheat consumed
each year.

Of course. I don't exercise to make up for poor eating habits, but I try not to have a negative relationship with food either because that's impossible for me to maintain in the long-run. And because this is a long-game for me, it's all about balance.

The primary focus for me is performance in the gym, so I primarily view food as fuel for exercise and I'm more focused on what I am eating less focused on what I'm not eating. The thing about focusing on performance is you'll naturally have to clean up your diet and seek nutritionally dense foods because empty calories will set you up for failure. My diet is mostly healthy stuff, but it involves a lot whole grains, fruits, veggies that a lot of carb restrictive diets don't allow.

Burgers and pizza are still very much in my diet but that's where calorie counting comes into play. If I indulge one day, I make sure that I offset it elsewhere in the calories consumed - calories burned equation. But in order to keep at this in the long-run, I do think it's mentally important to allow yourself to indulge occasionally because life demands flexibility, and also because its mentally important to take breaks and let yourself enjoy without feeling guilty about it.

The issue I find with a lot of these diets is that they're so rigid in their restrictions that it's hard to fit them into the average life in the long run. They force you into a state of imbalance, and if there's anything yoga has taught me, its that you can only be in a state of mental strife and imbalance for so long before you fall on your face

xpfloyd wrote in post #18813121
Some shots from today. My typical use case for the RX1RII. Rainy day so took this as my only camera and then snapped some photos when the rain went of briefly

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2dpM​3q8 _DSC1984-Edit-2.jpg by Eddie, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2dGB​3Ms Leavengrove Park - 17.02.19-4.jpg by Eddie, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2eHV​mNW Leavengrove Park - 17.02.19.jpg by xpfloyd2, on Flickr

She's growing up so fast already Eddie. I remember when you first announced her pregnancy.

Being able to capture these moments justifies all the crazy compact camera gas talk