Emanuel

Impressive where we've arrived for instantaneous photography:

Under certain circumstances, there are obvious disparities like banding as for instance ; ) Skin tones e.g. is another case where distinct colour information makes a whole of a difference to separate waters and it is possible to see right there : ) Other than that, 8-bit can obviously perform the job :- )

Thanks for the wishes of you all here! : ) In this year I lost my best friends ever, my father and dearest aunt, a mother to me, hope 2025 may only become better than this 2024... No complaints at professional level though... Five/six awards (the 6th 'cause we're working on a sequel of a previous TV series not yet under my umbrella by then despite a determinant role in the nomination towards this prize this time) ten days ago for two feature movies shot in NZ and Macau, China, respectively, as producer with two of my partners in crime by this scribe of yours too. North of Portugal. My brother's new home. With my core family of three, brother, sister-in-law, nephews and his brother-in-law, sister-in-law and respective mother, very likely. Our mother is still recovering from a surgery two weeks ago, the 2nd one this year from another fall and same broken leg... so the youngest will be with her instead. Just life, I guess. While waiting for my FX30 next week arriving from a U.S. trip, Osmo Pocket 3 (have you already bought this jaw-dropper?) and their really small and handy accessories are the ones I regret today to not have discovered earlier from the previous model anyway. As never enough to have been reported before, that larger sensor, 4K 100/120fps and 10-bit D-Log M (even 4:2:0) are a thrice must : ) 4th axis stabilizer just to mention one of the plus size : D of this little toy is simultaneously-plainly-and-luxuriously a simple joy... : X The set of filters and extra add-ons, no less ; ) Testing all of them for these holidays! : P Happy Christmas and the best 2025 to everyone! EDIT/PS -- @Andrew Reid Thanks for extending that infamous 5-minutes editing limit here, serves to share more in the same post and in age of a big fail to twitter/X model without useless multiple posts so dispersive and annoying I intend to believe LOL :- )

@BTM_Pix You need autofocus! LMAO :- ) PS: I could have asked to you instead if "No AF?" up there but Andrew stands the 5-minute limit for new edits... : D

A Manffrotto, not a Leica? LOL Nice camera BTW ; ) What bloody brand is that? : P A hell of an expensive one, I guess! : D

The problem with some "workers" is no less the fact they have no idea how to respect the shooter/customer, go figure showing any of it, gratitude included, for valuable-press-asset who actually also makes a brand whatever is. Happens to the best ones too. - EAG

WOW : ) What else to arrive there to come next? ; )

Doesn't everything sound so absurd with all about those promises of this new administration to come? Despite the danger itself from such terrifying basis TBH. Insane. Politics 101 for dummies is peanuts. The January 6 insurrection looks like never happened, at least for those more than 76 million of people who voted on all this making it happen after all. Seems unreal. The weird is that's not. So many gave so much for so little in the end. - EAG

Why couldn't U.S. be like Finland? When this will happen, people will understand how stupid the human race can be...

I don't hate Trump, I wish him all the best : ) Our future is now in his hands... I just don't buy his lies. And see them as rather serious to the human race. Let alone the climate change. Without mention autocracy to rule 99.99% of the world population, that's nuts and it's actually happening! About media... that DON'T LOOK UP thing and feature film even puts a woman as President : D and media is nothing but not innocent. The fact is that if we say all media is evil, the same principle you denounce applies. Wokeism, maybe, is that what you're referring to? I also think that made Kamala's loss... and the fact she is a woman, too sad to be true but I'm afraid it is. After all, Biden had been elected with 81 million people, about more 4.5 million people than Trump in 2024 (who got just about 2.5 million more of voters than in 2020 but not all those who elected Biden). In a line: pity the moderate Biden is now old or I bet Trump would never have defeated the democrats twice... What a change! https://www.nbcwashington.com/decision-2024/2024-voter-turnout-election-demographics-trump-harris/3762138/

I stand corrected especially when every vote counts: less than 232 thousand of votes... The difference was 231 590 votes with 99% of votes counted*. Fact. *source: Associated Press https://apnews.com/projects/election-results-2024/?office=P A personal comment now: 231 590 individuals out of 8 billion people... WOW ; ) What a democracy!

You know what I immediately realised when I've started to deal with Russia (I lived there in 2012 and 2013) in those twenty years ago of 2005? Western politicians should only be able to candidate to the office from a living experience in Russia or they have no clue what they're doing. West should never insult/defy the good people of Russia because of the bad apple BUT never to be afraid of them either. Such fear will lead all of us to a nuclear war, unfortunately, just not in 2024 or 2025, very likely. Trumpism explores you all in a very embarrassing way, to the general view and history/science no less WTH : X Biden is the best President you had in two decades at least. To only pair Clinton and Reagan, whether the differences between them whether you like it or not. Half of U.S. voters are a bunch of ignorants on economics to begin with and their vote just proves it. Let alone the politics and sense of reality. Plain pathetic : ) On this, among a lot of other their claims, @Andrew Reid and @eatstoomuchjam are 100% accurate. And I am not the kind of individual who don't see pros and cons practically about everything TBH. Disclaimer: Nothing about you @majoraxis (one of my favs ones over here : ) neither I have any beef against Trump or Musk, on the contrary even though my fierce resistance, they're not losers at all, of course, I wish they would! BTW in the past, I supported for U.S. President versus anyone else who could fit the job, the perfect real American war hero and one of the best Americans ever born: John McCain. Remember his position on all this we're living today? And his loyalty to 'his' POTUS and VPOTUS too? Just not to this current elected one. You have no clue what you've done. Despite the fact you are in California so I suppose you haven't elected him. Your electoral system is far to be a democracy. A lunatic left not a small blemish on his father, uncle and his own family name's memory, when arranged a way to stay in the American history selling his vote for a role. And less than 233 thousands of votes in 3 out of 50 States and the District of Columbia. No 2nd round. Anyone with less than 50% can become the most powerful man in the world and rule the lives of all of us worldwide. For some reason the South African-born American businessman Elon will be part of the next government. The characters are all there: We have no need to be Nostradamus to understand what's really going on.

Weird times these ones of today. A full disappointment, never thought to ever attend this show worldwide nowadays. Man and the planet, we're all going to the extermination in this way. People have no idea what they're doing and facts are upside down. People simply don't see it. How come? Just a fact. Determinant one, though : ( Lacks ability of perceiving the dimension of the hole but this is spread all over the place when shit hits the fan. What a miss and a mess, both in a single one. A dangerous combo. - EAG

Mon cher ami, you can start by your own to think of your dance lessons to come soon... we'll be all in! LOL ;- )

LOL : ) Right. And certain people are still wondering about how to detract the trend now...