@brandonlee Poking around, I think I'm going to consider the idea of abandoning full-frame. I think if I was going full-frame mirrorless, it would be a Z6, which would be about $1000 to start (Nikon has a trade-in, I could keep my lenses and trade in my D750 to get a Z6 + lens adaptor).

Looking at the Fuji X-H1, and seeing the rumors that the H2 might come out soon (the H1 came out before the T3, so it's missing some key things), I am going to wait and see. If I can get an H2 and the $500 35mm Fuji prime lens for ~ what I can trade in my D750 for, I'd be tempted. The IBIS alone might be worth it.

On the other hand, I'd want to touch it first; the H1 seems similar in size to the D750. So who knows.

@brandonlee thanks Brandon. It seems the reviews push to Nikon Z6 or Sony A7 III cameras ... both might be a tiny bit more than I want when considering lenses. I'm somewhat shocked how much the glass for these costs, though. That said, Nikon has a “trade up to Z6" promo right now, where I could trade in my D750, get a Z6 and ZTX lens adaptor (so keep my old glass), for about $1000. Might be the right time to jump …

@JohnPhilpin I started at that point, many years ago (D70 + a few lenses). Slowly kept upgrading (thus, D750 right now, plus a bunch of primes and a telephoto I quite literally never use).

For me, I find I never carry it because it's too bulky. So, after lots of chat here, I got the X100F (see story here blairmacintyre.me/2019/05/1...).

But the tradeoffs for me don't fit your requirements. I wanted a single fixed lens so I wouldn't have the templation of multiple lenses (which would make it too bulky) and I didn't want a zoom because I wanted fast (for low light) and (again) didn't want the distraction.

I never use telephoto lenses because I'm usually shooting in low light and so I want speed.

The cameras kept getting more $$ because I craved better image quality. But I suspect I could do more with less money right now.

Part of the reason I posted this questions to @brandonlee was because I am totally out of touch with the latest cameras. I know I want a good sensor (priority #1) and a couple of good prime lenses (priority #2). But are there things out there that approach the image quality of my D750 without a lot of it's features-I-dont-use, for less money?

FWIW, I have a Canon SL3 that I use as a webcam, with a cheap 35mm f2 lens, and it seems to take nice pics. And it's small and light. But I have no idea what the competators are like, and what I'd think if I was using it as a camera. It's certainly WAY better than my iPhoneXS!

@brandonlee I have another camera question that I though I'd toss your way. I'm really liking the X100F, and pondering replacing my D750 (plus lenses). I can probably get ~$1500 for what I have, and would love to get a interchangable mirrorless. Size less of an issue, probably want a few good primes, would prefer to stay around or under $2000 ... Nikon Z's are out, Sony's high end are out.

Essentially, I want the best of my D750 (image quality for portraits and around-home pics), but in a smaller, more managable package.

Is this even possible?

@gerwitz haha. I think this would NOT be a great replacement for the lemon sorbet.

@smokey I discovered it a few weeks before class, it's pretty cool. Github makes it all free for academics. Seems pretty nice way to get students working with real tools, and solving some common problems.

@smokey oh, btw, my class is on github.com/cs3451 and I’m using Github Classroom for assignments. Just started, pleased so far.

@MitchWagner The funny part is I've now decided on the switches I'm going to get (sadly, not the ones I "best guessed and got a set of”), so now I get to take the keycaps off again, and take all the switches out.

(I bought linear MX Red switches; going to get clicky MX Copper)

@blair not just display; MB appears to have de-animated the gifs. So here are the two tweets twitter.com/blairmaci... twitter.com/blairmaci...

@adamprocter I don't understand why they didn't animate here, actually. I reposted them directly to twitter (with appropriate snark)

@Gabz good to know. Now, if the other colors would only come out (I'm thinking ivory).

@Gabz comfort is one concern I’ve had. I had in-ear ones like these in the past that were uncomfortable

@Gabz cool. I’m intrigued...

@Gabz have they been to the gym yet?

@MrHenko I'm interested in knowing more about what you did. I'm sending my blog here, and using webmentions on my blog to track convos, but hadn't seen how to link stuff here back there. I generate different rss entries for short and long blog posts (I created “microposts" on my blog which come through as simple messages, while normal ones do the "title, link" thing).

@Burk phishing, perhaps? Were the links to glassdoor itself or something else?

@Gabz how are they? I was on the fence, and Amazon was offering a discount, so I got another pair of AirPods (arriving tomorrow)

@Omrrc oh, we have voice turned off everywhere. It’s surveillance tech, I’m not giving amazon/Apple/google audio access to my home.

@dancohen Of course, we're also embarking on the college tour circuit for child #1, which is fun. My wife and her are up in the north-east right now (although Northeastern isn't on the tour 😬)

I'm hoping some Canadian schools remain in the mix (the kids and I are dual citizens), if only for financial reasons! 😱

@dancohen I'm sending you thoughts and prayers in these difficult times.

(my daughter is about to learn too, finally)

@chet Indeed

@adamprocter "confident in my game play" ... I'm confident many of my students will mock my poor quality of game play ... perhaps (deep down) hoping they’ll take pity and offer advice.

@smokey I don’t know if anything looking at this. We don’t get pressured one way or the other at GT; for most people, it’s simply that the LMS is the path of least resistance (I’ll be using some features like the grade entry; so a second system is more work).

@dancohen I've been doing this rant every time I teach, for years. It's infuriating. I use ours only for grades, and put all my materials on wordpress sites (from 2013 onward). Most of the pre-2010 sites are still hosted on www.cc.gatech.edu, fortunately; I need to copy those to my own space for safety.

@c this made me very happy, thanks for tagging me, I’ve now got a bunch more interesting folks to follow!