It's not the IS that makes them expensive, it's the locked out ecosystem and the monopoly they have. I'm not saying they're not good - they are (from what I've seen), but healthy competition, if it existed, would've driven the prices down a bit.
As for IS itself, since the move to IBIS, it makes sense that some lenses drop the IS and only rely on the body's. IMO it used to matter in the DSLR days when IBIS was not really a thing. Nowadays it's sensible to only put it into the longer lenses that physically need it (the longer the lens, the more physical movement required to compensate and so on).
That's why it's important to set expectations in advance. 50 images shot in the same setting and processed in bulk with maybe minor adjustments to each is something very different from 50 images that you have to touch up every single one.
I don't disagree with the photographer's notion, but phrased like this it's kind of like trolling/clickbait - getting people to engage regardless of what they're saying.
Edit: ... and obviously Pakalu Papito / Xavier is trolling even more, so maybe wrong place/wrong time to begin with.
That's strange - I had some of the same symptoms and it ended up being a completely different thing - a dying (and then eventually completely dead) SSD (the Phison controller fiasco).
Other than that the CPU itself seems fine and it's only shown very minor degradation over the 4-5 years I've had it - i.e. it used to boost up to 4975 or 4950 single core, now it only goes up to about 4900 (no PBO, no CO); and I've also had to fix the SoC voltage because of the memory - but I haven't touched that in like 3 years, so not sure it's even degradation.
I'm guilty of perhaps learning a bit too late that in school you're supposed to learn how to learn as opposed to learning every specific thing that they teach you.
What you went through is a prime example of the "don't-get-too-involved" that seems like a workable approach to many things in life, and that teacher was maybe well aware of the irony of it all.
It's been a while since I was in school, but it annoyed me that for things like this teachers rewarded either parroting whatever they told us or just mindlessly copying content we found somewhere else (also quantity > quality, which sucked also because we had to write everything by hand). If AI could at least make them value actual thinking for a change, it'd be nice.
It's not, but think of how many times it's used compared to the wireless. I think it would make practical sense to make this into a dongle, but maybe it's not cheap enough to make financial sense for manufacturing.
They do keep them for some time. Think of how desktop motherboards still come with PS/2 ports even though 99% of mice and keyboards are USB. And with laptops, many new ones still come with a couple of USB A ports and an RJ-45.
However, as with everything in tech, some things have to get phased out at some point. From a manufacturer's standpoint it's probably 1) cost saving measures and 2) making space for new things (because you can't keep all the ports that have been there historically).
That has the same energy as going to a restaurant and asking for the raw ingredients.
It's not the IS that makes them expensive, it's the locked out ecosystem and the monopoly they have. I'm not saying they're not good - they are (from what I've seen), but healthy competition, if it existed, would've driven the prices down a bit.
As for IS itself, since the move to IBIS, it makes sense that some lenses drop the IS and only rely on the body's. IMO it used to matter in the DSLR days when IBIS was not really a thing. Nowadays it's sensible to only put it into the longer lenses that physically need it (the longer the lens, the more physical movement required to compensate and so on).
That's why it's important to set expectations in advance. 50 images shot in the same setting and processed in bulk with maybe minor adjustments to each is something very different from 50 images that you have to touch up every single one.
I don't disagree with the photographer's notion, but phrased like this it's kind of like trolling/clickbait - getting people to engage regardless of what they're saying.
Edit: ... and obviously Pakalu Papito / Xavier is trolling even more, so maybe wrong place/wrong time to begin with.
Yep, that's definitely confirmed by the work conditions he fosters.
/s
Noted: if I ever get the chance to shop at Best Buy, I won't.
Flat Earth Society has members from all around the globe.
Birbs aren't real.
That's strange - I had some of the same symptoms and it ended up being a completely different thing - a dying (and then eventually completely dead) SSD (the Phison controller fiasco).
Other than that the CPU itself seems fine and it's only shown very minor degradation over the 4-5 years I've had it - i.e. it used to boost up to 4975 or 4950 single core, now it only goes up to about 4900 (no PBO, no CO); and I've also had to fix the SoC voltage because of the memory - but I haven't touched that in like 3 years, so not sure it's even degradation.
I'm getting worried, 'cause I've got the same. What killed yours?
I'm actually not familiar with the band, it's just that the name "The The" has stuck with me.
Stereolord
Aesop Mountain
The The The
Darkbench.
I'm guilty of perhaps learning a bit too late that in school you're supposed to learn how to learn as opposed to learning every specific thing that they teach you.
What you went through is a prime example of the "don't-get-too-involved" that seems like a workable approach to many things in life, and that teacher was maybe well aware of the irony of it all.
It's been a while since I was in school, but it annoyed me that for things like this teachers rewarded either parroting whatever they told us or just mindlessly copying content we found somewhere else (also quantity > quality, which sucked also because we had to write everything by hand). If AI could at least make them value actual thinking for a change, it'd be nice.
It's not even about the units - a fraction is unitless. 1/3 of something is more than 1/4 of the same something.
It's not, but think of how many times it's used compared to the wireless. I think it would make practical sense to make this into a dongle, but maybe it's not cheap enough to make financial sense for manufacturing.
They do keep them for some time. Think of how desktop motherboards still come with PS/2 ports even though 99% of mice and keyboards are USB. And with laptops, many new ones still come with a couple of USB A ports and an RJ-45.
However, as with everything in tech, some things have to get phased out at some point. From a manufacturer's standpoint it's probably 1) cost saving measures and 2) making space for new things (because you can't keep all the ports that have been there historically).