Norah - She/They

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Date updated: 2024-11-14

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The schedule being changed to daily is a fairly notable departure from monthly.

Telegram wasn’t really ever an encrypted chat app. If it were, people wouldn’t need to be fleeing it.

It also seems straight up dangerous, for themselves and others, at least on downhill trails. If they’re going down them, well, it’s already dangerous enough for beginners (who always seem to ignore the difficulty ratings) without adding extra speed. But the issue I’ve seen time and again is folks riding those things up the trails that people are actively trying to ride down. They were never designed with two-way traffic in mind, and going up it just chews it up even more.

What do you think this platform is for other than having discussions, which naturally lead to differing opinions. Why are you being a jerk? You said:

> You don’t need a $5000 pro camera to get started, but at leat something better than a simple point and shoot would be preferable to start. Like a decent prosumer DSLR.

I agreed with the first part, a P&S isn’t great. I disagreed with the second point, as a DSLR is already on the high end. There’s a happy medium. You then tried to tell me I was confused? About what? I don’t consider it an entry-level suggestion?

Chill out mate.

I’m not confused, and you didn’t suggest either of those in your comment. My point is that you are the cause of the problem in the OP. People already in the hobby suggesting you need x to do photography, when x is significantly more expensive than y which is a more appropriately priced entry with similar features. DSLR bodies are about twice the price of an MFT body with similar specs. I’ve never used a P&S without manual mode either. Just let people enjoy hobbies, not everyone earns a wage that’s enough to drop a couple of thousand just to have fun.

MFT and APS-C both have full manual modes. But okay, I guess just fulfil the meme? A DSLR is overkill for almost all beginners, and this sort of advice pushes people out of hobbies they might enjoy.

You really don’t need to start out with a DSLR either though. A Micro Four Thirds body is plenty decent for a beginner, and these days the range of lenses is great.