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Also don't forget that many of those countries have looser environmental rules than the US. Of course, part of shithead's dismantling of regulatory agencies is to also relax our environmental regulations - won't we all be happy when there are toxic chemicals poured with impunity into the ground and water. Make America Bhopal again? If there's one thing that the US has done very well through most of its history, it's dislike foreigners! Nearly every wave of immigrants has been despised until a couple of generations after they arrived. Exactly this. A bunch of other countries have already started negotiations or entered trade agreements with new suppliers as retaliation against the US tariffs. Apparently soy exports to China have already cratered. Know anybody who wants about 18 billion dollars worth of soybeans? We have a few spares. Brazil, on the other hand, has suddenly found an excellent new market for theirs. Time for some farmers to illegally cut down some more of the Amazon to feed the demand!

Yeah, it's all quite obvious to us but apparently not to Trump voters, who only know the goal is to promote American manufacturing but don't understand the reality. The reality is that American manufacturing even when it's on US soil requires suppliers across borders, and all over the world. Raw materials that cannot be sourced in the US. Trading partners with cheaper labour - Mexico, Vietnam, China... And supply chains in Canada just across the border for automotive manufacturing and more... So even when you have dismantled all of this, aside from the fact US manufacturing will collapse if you do, there's the clear-as-day problem of wage levels... It just isn't economical to make large volume electronics (or much else consumer-wise) in the US due to the average wage level vs places like China and Vietnam. Foxconn employ a city's worth of millions. It's the big elephant in the room every time Trump bangs on about protecting American jobs and bringing manufacturing back home. What is the cost to the consumer? If he succeeds then consumers won't be buying much as it will be 1000% more expensive. Yeah, can you imagine TSMC bringing their fabs over to the US... The world's most expensive relocation for what... zero political stability, massively higher wage bill, there isn't even the talent pool for stuff like semiconductor engineering - it's mainly in Asia. They will not convince their best people to leave Taiwan and go and live in a hostile environment for foreigners (sad to say that about the US, isn't it?) And the other problem is that the US government, in particular Trump himself are making themselves look TOTALLY economically illiterate and completely untrustworthy in terms of managing the US economy, which scares off the investment even more. He wants maximum leverage for the upcoming talks with 50-odd countries. The danger here is that the damage has already been done. US untrustworthy. Global supply chains and shipping disrupted in similar manner as COVID. Inflation and supply problems beginning to mount up big style in only a short few days. Trillions wiped off stocks. And more shit... All for a supposably 'better bargaining position' in trade-talks. Then there's still the chance that they will just end up fighting with China rather than striking a deal and the trade-war rumbles on for years, leading to a military confrontation and devastating unemployment and poverty all over the world, but especially in the US and China. All because of one idiot and the idiots who thought voting for a convicted economically illiterate crook was a good idea.

Oh man, you are grossly exaggerating things. It is not that US schools, children, women, hospitals etc are being bombed to death and free-world journalists are being willingly targeted by snipers. Or important people falling through windows or from terraces, while teenagers get arrested and convicted to 10 years of prison for pinning a little note on a wall. Apart from turning into a third world country, nothing shocking will happen.

The other part of this is that if the goal is to increase manufacturing, there should be a stated date for the tariffs to go into effect which is far enough away that companies can build/buy factories and train workers. And the tariffs also shouldn't be on things like the raw materials needed to build the factories in the first place and/or that the factory will need to operate. Or the food that the workers need to eat. You don't, but several red states have passed laws in recent years (or have them currently in debate) to make it much easier for children to have jobs. Even now, the legislature in Florida is in the midst of pasing HB 1225 which would make it legal for 13-year olds to get jobs and remove restrictions on the number of hours that 16 and 17-year olds can work. It would also eliminate mandatory 30-minute meal breaks for 16 and 17-year olds during shifts of more than 4 hours. Also, it would allow kids who are 14/15 who are home schooled or in virtual school to work unlimited hours 7 days/week, also without any mandated meal breaks. And it would say that they could start at the beginning of summer break during the calendar year when they'll turn 14 (which is how it allows 13-year olds to get jobs). So, soon enough, we could be making america child sweatshop-friendly again!

Much diplomatic... Maybe human race is going towards the extinction a way faster than the most pessimist expectations or we'll see the States blowing up in riots. I have no idea how close sane* people to him manage to handle his crises... We haven't arrived to 100 days yet and we are at this point. What comes next? * if any

Right, but the reason he released the local representatives was because Moraes was threatening to have them arrested after Musk refused to block several accounts that he found were focused on spreading defamatory fake news. Musk thought he'd found some idiotic loophole where he could just close their office in Brazil so nobody would be arrested. Moraes gave Musk 24 hours to appoint a new representative and when Musk didn't, Moraes ordered ISP's to block access. I stand corrected about Starlink, though. You're right that it wasn't blocked - just with its assets held. And yes, private wsp/telegram groups are also a huge problem.

The uncertainty really defeats many of the stated purposes. If the goal is to promote American manufacturing, manufacturers need to know that the tariff will be in place for their entire company's history. Even simple items like clothes take time to build large-scale manufacturing for--why would anyone invest in a factory if the tariff could be gone next year? Let alone complex items like cars or chips, the ones that we would actually want to build and export. I mean I don't necessarily look at low-tech industries and think, gee, I wish our country was built around competing with child labor sweatshops. Of course that's disregarding that the tariffs are also claimed to be leverage to get better deals (ie designed to be removed when a deal is struck) while simultaneously a source of federal revenue (ie designed to be permanent).

Sanity Prevailing Update : Trump has just said he will add an ADDITIONAL 50% if China don’t withdraw their retaliatiory tariff by tomorrow.

Kinda. Twitter was closed for some time here because the Baby Spreader owner dismissed the local Twitter legal representatives, and by local laws, no enterprisde here could work with a legal representative. Nothing to do with fake news. Starlink was not cancelled - the Superme Court here blocked Starlink's local assets to pay the fines that Twitter took for (in this case, yes) not giving the law data from some users involved in nazi stuff (including some kids that performes school shootings). The fines were paid and their assets were returned. Twitter is not much of a problem here - the fake news trends are made there, but the spreading is done using Whatsapp and Telegram groups - closed groups, which cannot be accessed by the law if the owner of the site does not allow to.

Apparently all camera pre-orders in the US will be cancelled in the coming days, most already have. Due to the tariffs, retailers can't predict the unit cost when an item actually ships from Asia. So they can't honour any of the pre-orders. Millions of $ wiped off retailers books. Hundreds of lost customers. And this is the same for everything... cameras, graphics cards, games consoles, Nintendo Switch 2. Nobody has any idea of what the actual price will be from one week to the next. Currently imports are stacking up at the ports. Cars stuck on ships. I feel sorry for those in the US who didn't vote for this. You are in for a shocking time.

This, yes! In the year when I went, B&C Camera had some really great deals for NAB. I think I bought a PanaLeica lens or two then. I don't see anything on their website now so either they're too confused by tariffs or the deals are in-person only.

Yes, they appear to have exported a Manchurian Candidate to the US completely tariff free. Well it did cost them the price of some new bedsheets sheets, a mop and a couple of MiniDV tapes but still a sweetheart deal. I wonder if there was a 50% tariff on wives whether Trump would have paused for thought as they are the only things he seems to have any practical experience of importing.

Sorry, I was referring more to making the purchasing decisions based on evaluating all the options from the different manufacturers rather than physically buying them there and taking them away. I have been involved in deals being signed at many NAB shows in a previous life which I doubt will be happening this time due to the uncertainty. B&H Photo are, of course, happy to take orders from their booth for shipping from their HQ but, yes, the NAB is by and large a safe space for instant GAS gratification ! They have other outlets in Vegas for that.

Now if only we could close business and rich person tax loopholes with the same efficiency

I think importing through Russia might be your best bet.

More companies need to import stuff through the Heard and MacDonald Islands whilst the opportunity exists. Oh wait, too late, that loophole of zero human, only penguin residents, has been closed.

I think Blackmagic are still figuring things out. Right now, I see the UC12K (body only) listed at "Only $7,695" - it was $7,000 when I bought mine a few weeks ago. I'm assuming the 10% increase is based on it being made in Australia instead of China. And now the Pyxis 12K is showing up as $5,495 which is a price at which they have at least some chance of selling it. The old price seemed to be based on making it in China. Maybe they're going to shift production to Australia or another less-tariffed country. Do people go to NAB to buy things? When I went pre-covid, there were no sales on the floor. It was just a trade show with items for display, not for purchase. And yes, cinema cameras are just a thing where I pay some attention to prices so it's a little bit of a barometer for me for the prices of all things. And judging by this microcosm, it's chaos and nobody really knows/understands what's up.

It also facilitates the opportunity to rob your clients behind their backs unless they scrutinise their bank statements on a regular basis and then if 'errors' are spotted, manage to not lose the patience that is required to actually bring this up with them. Oh yes, it's that time of year when I need to get my books in order for my accountants and have to attempt to jump through these flaming hoops... I am only into the 4th month of statements and already have complaints in with: Musicbed, Avast and Adobe. A cynical person might think that some of these companies are cheeky robbing fuckers...

I'm wondering what the situation is with the UC12K as it is still listed at the original price on BM's website. Whether that means they have a large amount of existing stock already in the US prior to the tariffs or they are again holding back until the situation is clearer. If it goes the same way as the PYXIS then its all of a sudden going to be a $10K camera. The people holding out to get a $7K 12K BM camera will then have to turn to the PYXIS 12K. Its a complete mess, particularly as it is coinciding with NAB so people are going there to buy a new camera now have no idea what their current budget is going to get them or if they are going to have to up their budget. Its all relative though, of course, as the impact of the price of 12K Cinema cameras pales into insignificance when the impact of whats going on is measured on things that actually really matter 🙂

It would definitely help their sales numbers in the US. As it is, a $6600 Pyxis is going to be a much harder sell than a $7700 UC12K, other than that the Pyxis is so much smaller and lighter. Otherwise, most people who were going to spend about $7,000 on a BM camera probably already did with the UC and/or will continue to hold out for the bigger camera with a less silly screen, built-in ND's, etc.

They must be considering that the expected release date is far enough away for sanity to prevail and the additional tariff is removed by the time they are actually available. Its not beyond the bounds of possibility that BM delay it even beyond the expected date of July for the same reasons.

The Oly 25mm f1.8 is good at mid range, not as good as zf at infinity.

At 25mm the IBIS is very stable, but jerky when panning or tilting. The color can be very good. The dr is still good when pushing the sat and the contrast. Again, two thumbs up to the OM1. A hidden gem.

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Just did OM1 Oly 25mm F1.8. I am very impressed by the dr. The sharpness is good enough. I think the generic focal reducer caused the lacking of sharpness in previous shots. The Oly 25mm F1.8 sometimes pulses in continuous AF in video mode.