I must have missed that the cismontanus also had the signature dark hood when I was looking into it before. I've always known Junco to look like that and when I started trying to identify them I found that most places list "dark eyed junco" as a little gray bird and found out that apparently the one I've known my whole life in the PNW was a specific regionally named variant.
Either way, they're adorable and friendly little guys that hang around all year. :)
They’re pretty chill birds. They will come out to food if you leave it out. They like foraging on the ground naturally so even if it’s just seeds sprinkled out. They’re also known as “winter birds” because they’ll just stay around even in winter. I go out in the snow and sprinkle seeds all over the top of the snow cover and they’ll hop around all over it. :)
Forgot to mention it in my first post because I was stuck geeking about birds haha. Nice pictures. I like the one where it’s facing the camera particularly.
Pushing the definition but I started when it was still in beta... Minecraft has gotten hundreds and hundreds of hours put into it.
Terarria and Starbound are both really good and scratch that same itch as Minecraft. Core Keeper is another one that has some of that feel and I ended up really enjoying.
Surprised I haven't seen it mentioned but Cave Story was made by one guy doing everything... and everything in it is immaculate. It's still free for the original version as well.
Stardew Valley is awesome and restarted a genre.
Crypt of the Necrodancer is awesome, and well worth checking out... also goes on sale really cheap.
Pacific Drive is a fun one to check out. If you're from the PNW, it will hit even more.
Really enjoyed Stray. Worth grabbing on a sale.
OwlBoy was a delightful game with a lot of character.
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night was a really nice return to form if you like IgaVanias.
If you like roguelites then you owe it to yourself to check out Enter the Gungeon (isometric) as well as RoboQuest (fps).
If you want a game that's beautiful, with emergent story and is hard af... definitely check out Rain World.
Is Black Mesa still considered indie? It's how I would recommend anyone play Half-Life 1 these days.
Rusty's Retirement... isn't so much a game.. sorta.. but yeah.. check that out.
Yeah. The tilting back lcd is a must for me, especially if there is no EVF. So I’ve been looking at the e-pl6 because I can get it fairly cheap with a warranty from a reseller. It doesn’t have all the features but it does look promising. I just keep looking at the ones for 100 more and they have some newer sensors and screens etc. Always go round and round on this stuff heh.
With the e-m10 and the gx80 having similar feature sets... what is making you stick with the e-m10 more?
For walking around... I want something I can walk around in the city. I don't really do street photography per se since I don't like photographing people... but I do like landscape and architectural and just documenting my life sort of things. I like nature walks and parks and such as well... not really hiking... more casual stuff.
My experience is moderate. I started with 35mm in the 80's and 90's and worked as an assistant to a portrait and event photog in the early 00's. So I am not a pro but I'm not new to using a camera. Like I said, I have am om-d e-m5 ii now, which is great but I'd like something with a flip up screen and with a slimmer profile than the SLR body style of the e-m5 as well as a bit less weight. Since I already have several m43 lenses that cover a gamut of focal lengths (7.5mm FE, 14-42mm, 45mm f/1.8, 40-150mm) it feels like just slotting a small m43 body into my kit will be a no brainer. I plan on picking up some small primes soon as well, so all the more reason that sticking with just adding a new m43 body for versatility makes sense. I primarily shoot in manual mode, so having some physical controls to adjust those quickly would be nice, but since this is a secondary body it isn't a deal breaker if it doesn't have dual dials.
Yeah... some of the models that are popular have insane prices... and it's gonna probably get worse what with the apocalypse and all. :(
Looks like a gx7 is about 300-350, a gx85 is 450-500, a gx8 is 600-750, and gx9 is 850-1050. Like... I see a G9 II on the page for 1300... IDK why some of those rangefinder models from several years ago are so high priced. smh.
Yeah... I've had my eye on the gx8 for a while but it's still more than I want to pay. The gx9 is like $900-1000 used.. way outside what I'm looking at.
I was originally looking at the olympus e-pl6 because it's about 200... but I started seeing that for just a little more if I pushed I might get noticeable feature boost... so I'm considering a little more to get nicer features. The gx7 seems like it's got good quality and checks most of the boxes (slightly larger than I wanted but that's ok)... but I'm stuck in a cycle of comparing it to all the stuff in it's range.
Have you used the gx7 at all to compare to the gx85 / gx9? Also, how is the focus peaking on lumix cameras. I'd like to be able to use manual lenses but I really like focus peaking to be an option.
Depends on the game and the publisher. There are frequent sales as well as sales from 3rd party resellers. Check out IsThereAnyDeal.com which tracks all the prices and you can see how often a game has gone on sale at steam or any legit reseller.
Ah. Good info. ebird to the rescue as usual. :)
I must have missed that the cismontanus also had the signature dark hood when I was looking into it before. I've always known Junco to look like that and when I started trying to identify them I found that most places list "dark eyed junco" as a little gray bird and found out that apparently the one I've known my whole life in the PNW was a specific regionally named variant.
Either way, they're adorable and friendly little guys that hang around all year. :)