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stoy ,

I hope you are not talking about battery locomotives.

With overhead wires the train has a practically unlimited battery capacity.

stoy ,

The hunt for a 100% predictable investment system based on computers has been going on since atleast the 90s, and has never worked long term:

www.dailymotion.com/video/x225si7

stoy ,

Say that a model like that would be possible to create, it won’t be created in a vaccuum, other companies would invest billions into new models trying to compete with this new model, creating a new kind of market, needing new tactics that the super model probably can’t deal with as well.

The stock market is a completely irrational market, look at GameStop, the stock became crazy overvalued and bore little resemblance to the actual company value.

In this irrational marketplace you can’t rationolize it with models and expect them to work long term, the market can shift in an instant in ways that computer’s can’t predict just as other changes are changes that humans can’t predict, I doubt there will ever be a super model that can do it all for any kind of extended time

So I found a cheap bridge camera that I have free access to. Is it worth learning on. ( www.adorama.com )

I have free access to a family member’s camera but it really isn’t the best. I think it has a 1/2" sensor though the sensor is not listed anywhere on the box or in the manual which I guess is a red flag. Should I wait and save up more money to buy a better camera or could I use this one to learn on?

stoy ,

Wait, they changed the name of “super zoom” cameras, are they now called “bridge” cameras?

Why?

As for learning on that camera, you can learn on any camera, even an iPhone camera, however, what you will learn differes form camera to camera.

This camera looks like it is decent for beginners wanting to learn the basics of framing and easier concepts.

Do you have to buy the camera, or can you borrow it, you mention waiting and saving up for something else…

If you do have to buy it, what is the cost and how much money do you have saved up for a camera?

stoy ,

If the camera is free, then use it while saving up for a better camera.

200USD is quite a low budget for a camera here in Sweden, but I don’t know where you are located.

I’d tentatively recommend the used camera market to start off with, if you go that route read up on how many exposures are resonable for the camera you are looking at and then ask the seller for that info, it is not a be all end all value, but gives an idea of how hard a camera has been used, it is sort of like a car’s milage.

Some models to look for on the used market is:

Panasonic Lumix GX80 or GX85 depending on your location, it is an excellent small camera with interchangable lenses and plenty of settings to play with, note however that the rear control dial often breaks, and may need servicing.

Panasonic Lumix G80 or G85 is similar to the GX moddles but has much better ergonomics and control dials.

Sony RX100 has been released in several versions, it is an excellent small camera but without interchagable lenses.

Olympus have made cameras using the same lens mount as the Panasonic cameras I mentioned above, they have released cheaper and more expensive cameras, and are common to find second hand. I don’t have personal experience with them so I can’t give you detailed info about them.

Canon and Nikon are large camera makers, they make great cameras, but their entry level cameras can feel a bit cheap, if you are looking at Canon, then know that they have recently replaced their lens mount, going from EF to RF, that means that there is plenty of EF gear on the second hand market, but know that the EF cameras use an analoge viewfinder and not a digital one, they take brilliant photos, but for me who is used to a digital viewfinder with all the tools they provide I find the analoge style lacking, other really like them.

Nikon also changed their F mount to the new Z mount and like with Canon there is plenty of F mount gear on the market, F mount also means an analoge viewfinder.

stoy ,

We had a cat when I grew up, she hated being in your lap, but if you were sad and cried, she would sit next to you and purr like crazy.

We also had a pool, our cat never interacted with it to my knowledge, but if you dove under water for a bit, she would often come and check on you, meowing to get your or other’s attention.

She was an amazing cat, great huntress, and social enough normally.

I don’t have access to any pictures of her, but she was a black cat, short but thick fur with tuffs her ears.

stoy ,

SOOC?

Anyway, I am a big fan of the Lumix cameras, started with my Lumix GX80 back in 2018, and upgraded to an S5 last spring.

I just love the colors of Lumix cameras, they are just so intence.

Though I am thinking about getting a Sony A7 III as it has a much faster autofocus system, and I like to do planespotting.

stoy ,

I just found out what SOOC means, Straight Out Of Camera, which is what I mainly do, I hardly edit at all.

Here is a photo I took with my GX80 a few years ago:

Bumble bee on a flower

stoy ,

Thank you, it is straight from the camera!

stoy ,
  1. The doctor has his ethical subroutines preventing him from doing harm.

That is fine in a doctor/patient relationship, but the captain has a captain/crew relationship, she would cause a lot of harm and loose two good crew members if she had let it be.

stoy ,

The way I see it, the crewmembers didn’t die, they merged, Tuvix is the result of a treatable condition.

stoy ,

Money doesn’t buy happiness. However is does buy opportunities to experience happyness, if spent well.

My camera itself doesn’t bring me happiness, but the enjoyment of using it to take photos and later look at them brings me happiness.

stoy ,

That is fair, but I don’t like the saying that money can’t buy happiness.

It absolutely can, in a roundabout way

stoy OP ,

Me and my dad took a trip with the torpedo boat T121 Spica this summer, the outing was coordinated with R142 Ystad.

These are ships from the cold war being run and maintained by volenteers and while they are not running them at full speed to save the engines and fuel, we did run at about 30 knots.

They only use GPS as a fallback navigation system, and mainly use radar and charts.

They also use period communications equipment, and try to be as authentic as possible.

During the trip passengers got full access to the ship, including the bridge, CIC, even the stern, but you needed ear defenders, the turbines was increadibly loud, I never went back there despite my excellent ear defenders.

stoy OP ,

I played around with the snap seed app and this photo and thought this turned kinda cool with and increased cold war vibe:

https://i.imgur.com/hPsEttr.jpg

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