u/imperfectibility

Hello there! I've grown up in a bilingual environment and I am fluent in both English and Chinese (both Mandarin and Cantonese). I would like to find someone to practice written +/- spoken Japanese. I can read simple Japanese like NHK easy news, but find it difficult to converse fluently in Japanese. In exchange I am happy to help you with English and Chinese, written or spoken. My hobbies include photography, hiking and travelling. Feel free to DM me or drop a message below if you're interested. Thanks!

Okay I know we've got asked about this around 2000 times a day. But this time, I'd like you to pick just 2 lenses for me out of the list to pair with a canon 6D2, and explain why.

Purpose: landscape, waterfalls, puffins

Lenses I own:

1. EF 16-35 F4 IS
2. EF 24-105 F4 IS
3. EF 70-200 F4 IS
4. EF 28 1.8
5. EF 100 2.8 Macro IS L
6. Tamron 150 - 600 G2

I am thinking about just bringing the 16-35 for landscape and general purposes, and 150-600 for birding at the tele end and for getting compression in the less tele end. Would it be silly to not bring 24-105? Would changing lenses be a challenge in the harsh weather conditions?

If you could choose a third item, would you rather bring one more lens from the list, or bring an old APSC 550D body as a backup (and in a way avoiding having to change lenses)?

Lastly while I will be driving, I really want to reduce the strain on my back during transit. Would it be a good idea to invest in a roller bag for this trip (given the 150-600 weight), or would you just keep them in a backpack?

Thanks!

To celebrate Japan going into round of 32, I am making this Japanese learning and scanning app free for the next 48 hours!

What is KanjiSee?

Can’t you see? It’s designed for anyone learning Japanese or traveling in Japan. You can point your camera at any printed text (books, street signs, menus), or import any photos in your library, and the app instantly isolates, scans, and breaks down the Kanji. You can always revisit the scanned words and learn their meaning through the built-in dictionary. You can even set the widget to circulate your scanned words for active recall at a glance. It‘s an extremely efficient and lightweight app, and it works completely offline.

Please feel free to comment down below. I would love to hear your feedback!

As a language learner, I think this would be a much welcomed feature to be able to display the movie’s original language and your own mother tongue. Something like 2 lines of SRT would be great. Obviously we may need to reduce the display size of the text to avoid occupying the whole screen with text.

And thank you for the constant updates and commitment to subscribers! The app is only getting better and better