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Thank you for such a great reply! I will try to address your points individually.

First, agreed that used flagship always beats brand-new midrange. I will likely buy a higher-end (not flagship) camera used, because that's what I do for basically everything (lenses, laptops, bikes, etc). I was a bit hesitant to state a budget because I am slightly flexible with it. However, I do not want to own a setup that costs more than $2k including everything. I was thinking about spending ~$500-750 on the body, and ~$1k-1.5k on lenses (long-term). I would like to have a compact, flexible kit lens, a long telephoto (I'm talking ~600mm equivalent), and a dedicated macro. Fast primes and pancake primes might be interesting depending on how I feel about the camera body. I know this is feasible with Nikon (given the FTZ adapter) and Olympus (as you know from experience). I am unsure about Sony.

I will likely do the same thing as you did, and buy from MPB, KEH, Adorama, UsedPhotoPro, etc. The local shops in my area pay too little for cameras and usually charge too much unless you are patient and find a gem. Also, the no-questions-asked return policy I can get online is much better than what local shops can afford to provide.

Second, I agree that the D3200 is a small DSLR. I've noticed that its size doesn't bother me most of the time, but it isn't a camera I can easily take with me everywhere. For example, it still can't fit in a pocket or small bag, so I need to carry a relatively large bag to bring the camera and one extra lens with me. That is definitely not the case with feature-packed, smaller mirrorless cameras, like the Lumix GX or the Sony A6x00 series. On the other hand, I would also like to have more dynamic range and "low light" performance than the D3200 when camera size isn't a problem. For that reason, I was considering avoiding mirrorless altogether and getting a Nikon F full-frame for situations where size isn't a problem (D610, D750, D810), and a compact point-and-shoot to carry around at all times (Z-V1, RX100). However, two things made me think that this might not be a good idea. One reason is that "good" compact cameras nowadays are the same price as arguably better mirrorless without much compromise in size, so why even bother with a point-and-shoot? The other reason is that I wouldn't be able to mix-and-match lenses, which would also be nice.

Lastly, I will be sure to check out PetaPixel's videos. I've seen a lot of MicroFourNerds' content and I agree that she is great.

I'm glad to hear you're enjoying the E-M5ii. I was thinking about getting the E-M5iii because of the 4K video. I skipped the E-M10 line due to the lack of weather sealing and "downgraded" processor (as MicroFourNerds recommended). The E-M1 is much heavier given that it is "for pros", so it kind of defeats the purpose of portability in my case.

That's actually a great tip! I was wondering if a trip to the store would be useful or not, because I'll likely be buying an used and discontinued body. But I guess I can at least see how the different brands look and feel in person.

That is true. I’m glad that here there are people who look after our ecosystem.

But I like to think that in most cases where hikers disturb the environment, it is due to ignorance. I don’t think most people realize how fragile some habitats are and what is or isn’t okay to do, that’s why signs and barricades and whatnot are important.

Ha, that's so cool!

It makes sense, this was close to a creek and the area is significantly fire-prone. I am sure that the recovery after a wildfire would be way harder if people were to have free access to such a sensitive habitat.

That's neat! The first peak you can see from right to left is Bear Peak, in Boulder. If you look more to the left from the top of Mt Morrison, you'll be able to see Apache, Kiowa, and North Arapahoe peaks, which can be seen from where I was.

To be fair, they are very common birds in many places!

That does look like Rio Grande in New Mexico, indeed! I remember seeing videos of the place and thinking "damn this looks a lot like Colorado".

But to answer your question: no, those pics were taken in Colorado!

One of the reasons I really like seeing your posts is that the birds are so exotic to me!

Shout out to @[email protected] and @[email protected] too!

I am half-joking because I know if I go to a different area I will spot other birds. But also I went to a place where there are (in theory) roughly 75 bird species inhabiting the space this month, and it’s clear that the vast majority of animals you see there are from the same species. You need to be consistent, persistent, and diligent to spot something “rare”. But that’s the joy of it, so it's all good!

Thank you! I’m glad you like the photos.

I agree on the turtle! I decided to post the pics on Pixelfed first, then share them here. For some reason, I thought I’d share a different picture of the turtle on Lemmy, but this one is much more appealing indeed.

Thanks! I didn't have the icc profiles correctly set, which might be one of the problems with my setup.

I was initially having issues with the Raster2CanonIJS and Command2CanonIJ binaries (that I copied to /usr/lib/cups/filter): cups was raising some errors when executing the scripts. But after fixing those, I wouldn't get any further errors or warnings, although the printer would simply be unresponsive while the job was set as "completed". I will check if the problem was the lack of icc profiles under /usr/share/color/icc.

That I understand, but my problem is the ppd file includes paths like *cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-command 0 /Library/Printers/Canon/BJPrinter/Filters/Command2CanonIJ.bundle/Contents/MacOS/Command2CanonIJ". I extracted those binary files too, put them in a cups folder, and adapted the path to point at the correct locations, but the scripts don't seem to work on Linux. Same thing for the turboprint thing, the commands like (canontoturboprint) are not doing anything from what I can tell