u/Robert-A057

Summer nights have a way of exposing every bad camera habit.  Why not try a lower shutter speed to capture more light at night, a higher ISO value (ISO 400+) for enhanced image clarity in low light, or increase the exposure for even brighter evening photos?  The camera captures more light without having to work as hard. By tapping and holding to lock exposure, then sliding brightness manually, you get a level of control most of us didn't know was sitting right there. AI stabilization handles the movement. The results tend to speak for themselves.

What camera settings do you actually use for night shots? We’d love to see what people are capturing.

OMG okay so like, SOME of you probably know me as “that guy who won’t shut up about how this sub is literally just a giant circle jerk,” and honestly? FINE. Whatever. I don’t even care anymore (I totally do).

So I ONLY ended up here because r/photographycirclejerk kept getting tagged everywhere on the Fuji and Leica subs, and I was like, “Uhhh why is everyone tagging this weird sub??” And since NO ONE ever explains ANYTHING on Reddit, I had to figure it out myself like some kind of detective or something.

And then I clicked in and OH. MY. GOSH. It’s literally just crossposts. Like, 99% crossposts. And everyone is just piling on the original posters like it’s some kind of sport. I thought circle jerk subs were supposed to be like, goofy little inside‑joke places where people make fun of stereotypes, not actual PEOPLE. But apparently not??? Apparently we’re just bullying now???

So THEN I was like, “Okay, maybe I’m missing something,” so I made a parody post in the Fujifilm sub just to see what would happen. AND GUESS WHAT. It got crossposted here THREE TIMES in like two minutes. I swear I blinked and suddenly my post was everywhere. And the SAME people were commenting the SAME jokes in every version like they were copy‑pasting their personalities.

And then I checked their profiles and realized they were ALSO going into the original subs and doing the same mocking there too. Like… hello??? Isn’t that literally brigading??? Isn’t that like, against the rules of the entire website???

At this point I was like, okay, this is not “haha silly satire,” this is “I’m actually mad at strangers on the internet because my life is boring.” So I looked at other circle jerk subs and GUESS WHAT AGAIN: most of them have rules against crossposting. Because it gets TOO PERSONAL. Because it stops being about tropes and starts being about REAL PEOPLE. Like that Leica Chicago store opening post — people were zooming in on random attendees’ faces and calling them horrible names. Like… those are ACTUAL HUMANS. They have families. They have jobs. They probably have pets. Why are we doing this.

And don’t even get me started on how repetitive everything is here. Sometimes the same post gets crossposted like five times and everyone just keeps dunking on it like it’s brand new. It’s not even funny at that point, it’s just… weird. And kinda mean. And honestly? It feels like harassment. Like actual harassment, not the “my mom told me to clean my room and that’s harassment” kind.

Meanwhile, other photography circle jerks like r/analogcirclejerk are just people making fun of themselves with their own photos and gear. You know, ACTUAL self‑deprecating humor. Not “let’s bully random strangers because we’re bored.”

So yeah, I’m pretty sure the whole “no rules except be stupid” thing has turned this place into a magnet for people who actually WANT to be mean. And now the line between satire and actual hate is like… not even a line anymore. It’s just a smudge. A blurry smudge. And everyone’s pretending it’s fine.

I’m not trying to start a war or whatever, I just want people to maybe THINK for like two seconds about how their actions might actually be hurting real people. Because right now it feels like this sub is way less “haha funny joke” and way more “I’m taking my insecurities out on strangers.”