u/ashes_to_fire

The place seems great to get together and play a few games every now and then. Anyone down?

Looks low once again. Why aren't people buying the dip

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I like natural sunlight on my physical books. I read them during the day. At night, if I'm trying to fall asleep, I use the Kindle with warm light settings. Only exception is when I'm traveling or if my local library doesn't have the physical book.

Any one else do this?

Do you think we'd at least reach 385 in the next 6 months?

I've seen quite a few and have pics to prove them. Is there a way to report it and ensure they get a ticket or a fine?

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Everything slows down. Time dilates. You can literally see the ball spinning while it takes like an hour to leave the opponents paddle and get to you. Giving you all the time in the world to have the best footwork to be at the right spot and have the right technique to return the shot. Plus the body is so relaxed, no tense muscles that get in the way of proper shot. I was just winning so easily against opponents that would otherwise beat the crap out of me.

I've been using dlog most of the time. And color grading it. But for a change, I tried shooting in normal. Tbh, I find the difference almost not there for all that time and effort put into manually color correcting and grading dlog.

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Do you folks always shoot in dlog or do you also consider it overkill a lot of times and shoot in normal?

If I'm carrying the camera but not using it, I keep it in a pouch with a protective case. When I'm using it, it's either handheld or mounted on a stick in scenarios where I'm walking and need a stronger grip.

Curious to know where you guys keep it when you are in between. For example, you want to keep it ready to use. But you're not actively filming. folks with dslr cameras generally have this shoulder strap mount or a neck lanyard where they let the camera rest until they find the next place they want to use it. I've avoided using my pockets so far because I think the lense might get scratched.

1. 24 FPS at 4K

2. Standard Dewarp with RockSteady -> This was not good. There's a lot of shaking in the walking videos. I'll go back to Wide.

3. ISO: 100

4. WB: 5500K

5. ND Filter: ND32. And in the end switched to ND 16.

6. Exposure: -0.3

7. Noise reduction: -2

Any feedback? I find the video too bright despite the ND filters. But fwiw it was a sunny day.

I record my travels more for myself than for anyone else. I record almost every 1 to 2 weeks. It takes up a lot of storage too.

I hold on the icon in the display for zoom, and then smoothly rotate the wheel to increase the zoom. But when I view the footage, that zoom appears to be in steps or is jittery instead of a smooth zoom. Is this normal? How do you work around this?

Usually I record in automatic mode. The only customization I do is recording in DLog10 and applying the DJI LUT when editing. I don't tweak any of the other settings.

I watched a few Youtube videos and finally learnt what White Balance, ISO, etc mean. And was manually setting them today. I shot mostly indoors and when I did go outside, the video was too bright. I was at 400 ISO, 2100K, 24 FPS, 1/50, 4K.

I cranked up the WB to 5400K and lowered the ISO to 100, but saw no effect in the video being too bright. So, I switched to Automatic to see what the camera would do to bring the video to normal. It did bring the video to look normal again, but I saw that it had cranked up the shutter speed to 1/5000. It was pretty bright and sunny outside.

I guess this relates to the tip I also saw in the video about using high shutter speeds(that are not 2x the frame rate but much higher), in case you don't have ND filter and are shooting in bright environments.

Do you folks generally use ND filters or just crank up the frame rates? I just capture videos whenever I travel, which is about once in 2 weeks. And its a hobby not a full time thing. So, not sure if ND filters are going to be overkill. They are also a pain to carry and fit / remove every time you go indoor to outdoor and back. But that's my assumption. I've never used them before. Trying to get inputs from your experience so far.

Passing by a bookstore. Couldn't resist. Held them paperbacks in my hand. The smell of brand new books. Wow. The text on actual paper was amazing. Walked out without buying anything. That's because I have Libby and I want to make use of my tax money by getting books in return from the library. But if I was one of them billionaires that paid zero taxes, I'd so so gladly choose physical books over kindle any day of the week.

The waiting queue for physical books in the library is far longer and they don't have too many of the titles that are present on Libby. So yes, that's not an option. Thank you all.

Even the slightest nervousness messed up the game so much. Pushes will be too much or too little, body will be stiff, smashes will be long, legs will be slightly shaky causing you to mis time the ball. Anyone felt this?