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I hear people like cats.

Nice sheep,
Rare sight for me along UP coast line (LA to Oakland Via Santa Barbra And San Jose), its almost all Metrolink commuter trains and Amtrak Pacific Surfliner and Coast Starlight trains. Get a few local freights but a big through freight is a rare sight. Stopped waiting for a number of metrolink trains to pass and to drop off cars. The train lost most of its length at Oxnard.
Fuji X-S10 16-80F4
ISO 1600, 1/500, F8, 45mm Color corrected in post


 

Nah, it's just a conspiracy.
 

I hear people like cats.

I hear people like cats.

I hear people like cats.

I hear people like cats.

I hear people like cats.

I hear people like cats.

Sad to see the site close down but the Video team has moved onto a new site
 

Nice sheep,
Rare sight for me along UP coast line (LA to Oakland Via Santa Barbra And San Jose), its almost all Metrolink commuter trains and Amtrak Pacific Surfliner and Coast Starlight trains. Get a few local freights but a big through freight is a rare sight. Stopped waiting for a number of metrolink trains to pass and to drop off cars. The train lost most of its length at Oxnard.
Fuji X-S10 16-80F4
ISO 1600, 1/500, F8, 45mm Color corrected in post


 

Nice sheep,
Rare sight for me along UP coast line (LA to Oakland Via Santa Barbra And San Jose), its almost all Metrolink commuter trains and Amtrak Pacific Surfliner and Coast Starlight trains. Get a few local freights but a big through freight is a rare sight. Stopped waiting for a number of metrolink trains to pass and to drop off cars. The train lost most of its length at Oxnard.
Fuji X-S10 16-80F4
ISO 1600, 1/500, F8, 45mm Color corrected in post


 

None are dash 8s
UP 5875 is a ES44AC (UP calls it a C45ACCTE)
UP 5133 is a SD70M
UP 7513 is a ES44AC (UP calls it a C45ACCTE)
UP 6824 is a AC44CW

Nice sheep,
Rare sight for me along UP coast line (LA to Oakland Via Santa Barbra And San Jose), its almost all Metrolink commuter trains and Amtrak Pacific Surfliner and Coast Starlight trains. Get a few local freights but a big through freight is a rare sight. Stopped waiting for a number of metrolink trains to pass and to drop off cars. The train lost most of its length at Oxnard.
Fuji X-S10 16-80F4
ISO 1600, 1/500, F8, 45mm Color corrected in post


 

Sad to see the site close down but the Video team has moved onto a new site
 

Nice sheep,
Rare sight for me along UP coast line (LA to Oakland Via Santa Barbra And San Jose), its almost all Metrolink commuter trains and Amtrak Pacific Surfliner and Coast Starlight trains. Get a few local freights but a big through freight is a rare sight. Stopped waiting for a number of metrolink trains to pass and to drop off cars. The train lost most of its length at Oxnard.
Fuji X-S10 16-80F4
ISO 1600, 1/500, F8, 45mm Color corrected in post


 

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"Why is this stuff all so fragile?"

Confirmed, this is sad news for the photography community and will be deeply missed. 
 
 

Summary
DPReview.com will be closing the near future due to Amazon layoffs.
 

 
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My thoughts
I actually only learned that DPReview was part of Amazon like two weeks ago (I don't frequent the site, but I've been aware of it for seemingly forever).
 
I'd like to hope that they could either spin back off into their own company, or find a home at a different media company (LTTLabs? I'd be super down for more LTT camera content).
 
For the datahoarders out there: time to start scraping. I might yt-dlp through their YT channel for (at least) all their Sony content.
 
Sources
https://www.dpreview.com/news/5901145460/dpreview-com-to-close
https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/shocker-dpreview-com-to-close/

Just to re-iterate what everyone here's saying;
There's no reason to get a compact, point-and-shoot camera. Modern smartphones have completely taken over the market with ease of use and picture quality. If you're only interested in straight-out-of-camera JPG images, then there's no reason to switch from a smartphone. If you're interested in experimenting with RAW photography color editing and recomposing shots, then the iPhone 14 Pro and a multitude of the high-megapixel Android phones will also suffice.
 
If you're seriously looking for great photo quality in a pocket-friendly body, your only option would be the Ricoh GRIII (APS-C sensor, no zoom).
 
If you're relying on jacket pockets, then the Sony RX100 series (1-inch sensor, can zoom) and the Fujifilm X100-series (APS-C sensor, no zoom) should be on your radar.
 
Otherwise, stay with your phone and just be more mindful of the shots you're taking. Don’t forget that people back then didn’t have the luxury of taking hundreds of shots of the same thing.
 
A better camera won't make you a better photographer.

Experiment with limiting yourself to tighter focal lengths. The main sensor on the iPhone is 24mm. This a very wide field of view and nothing looks flattering except for wide scenery shots, or close up shots of food.

At 2x zoom, you’re about 48mm which is very close to what the human eye sees. Try taking more photos at this focal length. It make take some adjustment because it’s a much tighter field of view, but the “subjects” you take pictures of will look significantly more flattering, and there will be more natural bokeh. This is precisely why “Portrait Mode” defaults to telephoto lens. This also similar to owning a “real camera” and using a “nifty fifty” as your main lens.

That market has basically been abandoned bacause everyone just uses their phone, unfortunately anything recent in that form factor is pretty much garbage...