SomeGadgetGuy
That cranky tech nerd you watched that one time…
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SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.socialOPtoPhotography@fedia.io•Cloudy day and soft light, picked a dandelion on my walk. The macro sensor on the Xiaomi 15 Ultra is a lot of fun.2·1 month ago@Sarcophagus@lemmy.world so I don’t go looking for specific shots except for some of my review set ups for my camera deep dive videos.
I’m just generally looking for things I think look interesting.
I was walking with my daughter, saw this seeding dandelion, picked it so I could get a cleaner background and better light, then took the shot.
I’d say the whole set up and capture took less than a minute.
SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.socialOPtoPhotography@fedia.io•The cherry blossoms are blooming in my neighborhood!1·1 month ago@DdaProphet@techhub.social Thanks. The lighting was perfect. 😊
SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.socialOPtoPhotography@fedia.io•I always wait for updates before producing a phone camera DEEP dive, and I'm glad I held off. The Vivo X200 Pro might be THE best premium phone camera of 2025.2·1 month ago@ObtuseDoorFrame@lemm.ee unfortunately, the only premium camera-focused phone with a headphone jack left on the market is the Sony XPERIA, and the XPERIA 1VI was kind of a downgrade from the 1V. I don’t know what the 1VII will look like, but right now I’d take Vivo and Xiaomi camera phones over Sony, Apple, Google, and Samsung.
SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.socialOPtoPhotography@fedia.io•Waited for some updates, and collected GIGS of photo and video samples, and it's time to share my thoughts on the phone camera I used while traveling through India!1·3 months agoAnd folks who want to see all the analysis in 4K can check the full video out on my Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/posts/oppo-find-x8-pro-121049685
@DdaProphet@techhub.social thanks. Really happy how it came out.
SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.socialOPtoPhotography@fedia.io•I'm not a drone guy, but an auto-tracking 8K floating camera is TOTALLY my speed! HOVERAir X1 PROMAX is GO!1·4 months ago@FurtiveFugitive@lemm.ee it’s such a fun little flyer. The camera quality bump is REALLY nice.
SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.socialOPtoPhotography@fedia.io•I'm not a drone guy, but an auto-tracking 8K floating camera is TOTALLY my speed! HOVERAir X1 PROMAX is GO!3·4 months ago@dohpaz42@lemmy.world I’m way behind on peertube. I am looking to get more involved with it soon.
SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.socialOPtoPhotography@fedia.io•I'm not a drone guy, but an auto-tracking 8K floating camera is TOTALLY my speed! HOVERAir X1 PROMAX is GO!2·4 months agoI’m really proud of how this video came out. All the “talking to camera” footage was captured by the HOVERAir (with a special shout out to the Saramonic mics recording).
I dont usually do outdoor shots like this, and the drone nailed these simple “walk and talk” shots.
You’ll absolutely be seeing footage from this action camera in future videos of mine.
SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.socialOPtoPhotography@fedia.io•Gave myself a challenge to find fun ways to frame the Taj Mahal. It's absolutely stunning to see in person. I like how these shots turned out.1·5 months ago@Spiralvortexisalie@lemmy.world on the day we went, the air was a lot clearer at the Taj Mahal than in Delhi, but I still needed a mask.
SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.socialOPtoPhotography@fedia.io•Spent a couple hours wandering the Khan Market in New Delhi. My street photography chops are a little out of shape, but it was so fun to watch and experience.1·6 months ago@thisisjmx@mastodon.social it’s been amazing. I’m not the most seasoned world travel, so this is a huge experience for me.
SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.socialOPtoPhotography@fedia.io•Spent a couple hours wandering the Khan Market in New Delhi. My street photography chops are a little out of shape, but it was so fun to watch and experience.1·6 months ago@Overlander_1@techhub.social oh man. I don’t know I’ll have the time, but I REALLY wanted to.
SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.socialOPtoPhotography@fedia.io•Trying out the Affinity 2 Beta, which has NPU support for a couple new plugins. The object selector is CRAZY fast...1·6 months ago@Overlander_1@techhub.social Oh I’m with you on generative AI slop, but I will admit to enjoying the output of NPUs since the Huawei Kirin chips back in the day.
THat’s how we got cameras that could identify subjects, then later we got Sony’s amazing eye tracking autofocus, and now subject detection in photo editing apps.
That kind of on-device practical NPU performance is really interesting.Making soulless “art” out of prompts? A lot less interesting…
SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.socialOPtoPhotography@fedia.io•Trying out the Affinity 2 Beta, which has NPU support for a couple new plugins. The object selector is CRAZY fast...2·6 months ago@Overlander_1@techhub.social Naw. Subject selection has always been a tedious chore. No one’s artistic skills are being challenged in the market JUST because we can identify a subject and draw a border around it a little faster. 😄
SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.socialOPtoPhotography@fedia.io•Trying out the Affinity 2 Beta, which has NPU support for a couple new plugins. The object selector is CRAZY fast...1·6 months ago@notanonymous26@fosstodon.org Oh definitely not open source, but Qualcomm has an SDK for devs https://www.qualcomm.com/developer/software/neural-processing-sdk-for-ai
SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.socialto politics @lemmy.world•Kamala Harris Overtakes Donald Trump With 'Most Accurate Pollster'26·6 months ago@eddeeMN @politics @uspolitics @realTuckFrumper
And even if it is true, we’re all still gonna work like she’s 10 points down.
SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.socialOPtoPhotography@fedia.io•Where are all those smartphone camera "experts" who kept telling me a shutter button on an XPERIA was a bad idea because shutter buttons shake your photos too much?2·8 months ago@KingJalopy@lemm.ee @bluGill@fedia.io
Huh. I think you have to go a ways back for T-Mobile support. Like the X Compact?
I think the last carrier they worked with was VZW for mmWave on the XPERIA pro. Other than that, theyve only been unlocked devices over the last six years.
@sslaia@fosstodon.org Thanks! I was really happy with how that came out.