The Walking Dead? No shit. I get shooting a film, but I’d think you’d roll so much footage for TV that it would eclipse the cost of renting an Alexa pretty quick.

This. “The Hurt Locker” and “Black Swan” were shot on Super 16. Super 16 is awesome.

Absolutely, and I hate that my brain has a pedantic response to that plot point, but it does. So the First Order is constantly accelerating, making the rebels have to do the same, using their limited fuel in the process. That makes sense, but it’s a lot of crap we’ve had to square away to make it work. There’s a…

True, and I’m being a dick about it (I didn’t love the movie, but for technical reasons) but the physics are the same. You need force to attain speed in space but not to maintain it. I thought Rian Johnson using fuel as the primary driver of the plot was........a weird choice.

Unless it concerns your ships, though. Then it requires constant fuel to keep moving.

I had no idea (and could have answered my own question with the most basic of Google-ing, so thank you for helping me.) That’s pretty cool.

Genuinely curious - how do you confirm a flu case? I recall that part of what was talked about in my class was the diagnosis procedure relying entirely on patient provided, subjective criteria which led to an inflated number of reported cases.

One class in college (paleoanthropology program) we had a guest speaker who was a “virologist” as we were working through possible causes of rapid Neandertal decline. Either way, one dipshit student decides to ask about flu vaccines and why they are dumb. It was an elegant ten minutes of watching this kid get his ass…

All of this. The “this side of the medium format divide” line really got to me. It drives me absolutely bonkers that most camera enthusiasts don’t understand that actual low light performance is based on physics, and no manufacturer can really get around that. Bigger sensor =more light/fewer megapixels = more light.…

Someone needs to tell Adobe. As long as they code their CC Suite to prefer Intel, AMD will never get a grip on the market. I don’t think most people realize how much online content, from photography to web design, is made with Adobe software. They have a ridiculous amount of the market.

Are you really saying the Steam Controller is not customizable ENOUGH!? The entire problem with that thing is it’s TOO customizable. You essentially have to program the entire device yourself before you can play a game with it.

Here’s what I remember most about LA Noire, and it bugs me to this day:

Huh. I always say “nigh-kohr”.

Unfortunately, Nikon uses the “Nikkor” name on almost all of their lenses, build quality aside. They have yet to brand their professional build lenses with any wording, only by putting a gold ring (to mimic Canon’s red ring) around the front element.

And it’s pronounced “guac-a-mole-e.”

I moved from film to digital a bit late as well and have had the same experience. I delivered some event photography to a client that was (while not great for enlarging) shot at ISO 12,800. And they were fine. Perfectly fine for web use, and probably fine for limited print.

Also a photographer (but a male one) and I’ve had some clients, when we’re discussing what kind of look they want, pull up his work on their phone and say “like this” and it’s REALLY hard not to tell them to just get out. On the bright side I just have to hold a speedlight right under the lens and ignore checking my…

That is the best Woody Allen movie and anyone who thinks otherwise is wrong. And yes.

Yes! A friend posted this video on Facebook a few weeks ago and that was the first thing I noticed: that’s a camera on a tripod, not a security system.

They pay less in the burbs. And she’s ten years in CPS - she’d have to start from scratch (and the pension rollover doesn’t really work until your thirteen or fourteen years in, I think? It’s wonky.)