Just now, Paul852 said:

Ok, so the people with 25%-50% of the posts you have couldn't possibly have a hobby, but you can?

The one thing I will say about photography is that about 75% of the women I date were into photography so you've got that going for you.

I pretty much bulk reply to 3 or 4 of you at once which is why the page count will jump 2 or 3 in a few hours.

I'm taken, but not blind. Guys in their 20s who aren't hiking in national parks are missing out. I'd say that is 75% hot women as well. A lot of them have a camera or GoPro as well, but that could just mean they are narcissistic IG types. I swear the mob runs the photo industry, though. Like I said you have to spend more than a good TV to get a decent one. There is no way it costs more to make a body. Golfers could buy a Scotty, the newest driver, and still pocket 1k. It's insane.

1 minute ago, Diehardfan said:

I pretty much bulk reply to 3 or 4 of you at once which is why the page count will jump 2 or 3 in a few hours.

I'm taken, but not blind. Guys in their 20s who aren't hiking in national parks are missing out. A lot of them have a camera or GoPro as well, but that could just mean they are narcissistic IG types. I swear the mob runs the photo industry, though. Like I said you have to spend more than a good TV to get a decent one. There is no way it costs more to make a body. Golfers could buy a Scotty, the newest driver, and still pocket 1k. It's insane.

I don't know man, I've been around here years and only have 12k posts. You've got 42k.

Supply and demand. People are willing to pay those prices.

1 minute ago, Diehardfan said:

I pretty much bulk reply to 3 or 4 of you at once which is why the page count will jump 2 or 3 in a few hours.

I'm taken, but not blind. Guys in their 20s who aren't hiking in national parks are missing out. A lot of them have a camera or GoPro as well, but that could just mean they are narcissistic IG types. I swear the mob runs the photo industry, though. Like I said you have to spend more than a good TV to get a decent one. There is no way it costs more to make a body. Golfers could buy a Scotty, the newest driver, and still pocket 1k. It's insane.

You can't figure out who won the 2020 election so you're definitely far too stupid to understand the complexity of designing and manufacturing a full frame image sensor while maintaining low light sensitivity.

11 minutes ago, Paul852 said:

I don't know man, I've been around here years and only have 12k posts. You've got 42k.

Supply and demand. People are willing to pay those prices.

You do realize that a lot of posters carried their post count and like count over from the EMB right?

8 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

You can't figure out who won the 2020 election so you're definitely far too stupid to understand the complexity of designing and manufacturing a full frame image sensor while maintaining low light sensitivity.

Like I said for my 7R VI, 300 GM, and the prime lenses they sold me I could have bought a street legal golf cart and pocketed money. That's insane. Same if you buy an entry level full frame and one zoom lens for a $1k less than a Scotty putter and Titleist driver. It costs a bit to test and design those clubs as well. Run by the mob.

18 minutes ago, Paul852 said:

Supply and demand. People are willing to pay those prices.

I guess but still insane to me. I'm one of those idiots. 

Just now, Diehardfan said:

Like I said for my 7R VI, 300 GM, and the prime lenses they sold me I could have bought a street legal golf cart and pocketed money. That's insane. Same if you buy an entry level full frame and one zoom lens for a $1k less than a Scotty putter and Titleist driver. It costs a bit to test and design those clubs as well. Run by the mob.

Comparing the design and development of golf clubs to mirrorless full frame digital cameras is laughably idiotic, even for an uneducated unemployed moron like you.

1 hour ago, Gannan said:

The funniest thing about this is that if it were real, Trumpbots would claim it’s totally normal and still defend him.

Well we know one Trumpbot who defends him here no matter what he does.

Rape a 13 yr. old. Fine with it.
Steal money from the IRS. Fine with it.
Create a slush fund to pay rioters. Fine with it.
Insider Trading. Fine with it.

Trump could rape a girl live on video, then shoot her in the head and he would still be fine with it.

1 minute ago, we_gotta_believe said:

Comparing the design and development of golf clubs to mirrorless full frame digital cameras is laughably idiotic, even for an uneducated unemployed moron like you.

Think of the price gap between mine and a 7C II and keep telling me how stupid it is to say it's insane that it costs a few thousand more. They have been designing cameras for years. It's supply and demand like Paul said and there are idiots like me who pay it, but it's still nuts.

17 minutes ago, The_Omega said:

You do realize that a lot of posters carried their post count and like count over from the EMB right?

You mean that the people "with hobbies" requested their posts from the other board be carried over?

Damn

Just now, Paul852 said:

You mean that the people "with hobbies" requested their posts from the other board be carried over?

I think a lot of people did.

17 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

Think of the price gap between mine and a 7C II and keep telling me how stupid it is to say it's insane that it costs a few thousand more. They have been designing cameras for years. It's supply and demand like Paul said and there are idiots like me who pay it, but it's still nuts.

It's really weird why you would've been fired by a company in the tech industry when you're making such well reasoned arguments that reference golf clubs to make your case.

11 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

It's really weird why you would've been fired by a company in the tech industry when you're making such well reasoned arguments that reference golf clubs to make your case.

I wasn't fired any more than the people at Meta this week

Just now, Diehardfan said:

I wasn't fired any more than the people at Meta this week

Yeah you're definitely on their level, bud.

Also gotta love the irony of someone who was cheerleading Trump's tariff policy to now suddenly being outraged at the cost of foreign goods being so high.

On 10/2/2025 at 1:25 PM, Diehardfan said:

Tariffs don't always hit our wallets because foreign exporters lower their prices to keep selling here. They can't afford to lose our huge market.

Sony has been hit particularly hard because the company manufactures cameras in both Japan and Thailand. The tariff rate on Japanese goods is 15%, but Thai imports face an even higher 19% rate. Sony has implemented at least two rounds of price increases, and notably does not give customers advance warning before raising prices.

The most affected Sony products include flagship and professional bodies like the a9 III, a1 II, a7R V, and a1, along with premium G Master lenses.

https://www.photoworkout.com/camera-prices-tariffs-2026/

Poor Tulsi, I guess the going rate for selling your soul ain't what it used to be.

1 hour ago, Diehardfan said:

Trolling you mentally ill people is fun. We need a hobby for you. We'll have to work up to it, but after a week or two you should be able to handle the exertion of going up your mom's basement steps.

Pretending you were trolling after you are made to look retarded is definitely the bast part of watching you flop about here lmao

1 hour ago, The_Omega said:

You do realize that a lot of posters carried their post count and like count over from the EMB right?

49 minutes ago, Paul852 said:

You mean that the people "with hobbies" requested their posts from the other board be carried over?

Yes. People wanted as close to their old profile as possible

On 10/2/2025 at 1:25 PM, Diehardfan said:

Tariffs don't always hit our wallets because foreign exporters lower their prices to keep selling here. They can't afford to lose our huge market. Data from 2018-2019 shows they ate over 90 percent of the tariff costs bringing in billions without taxing our people. It also boosts American jobs by protecting our industries. So yeah it is debatable. You all want to kvetch so have fun. We'll see what happens.

https://taxfoundation.org/blog/who-pays-tariffs/

Notes foreign firms absorbed some burden

17 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

Yeah you're definitely on their level, bud.

Also gotta love the irony of someone who was cheerleading Trump's tariff policy to now suddenly being outraged at the cost of foreign goods being so high.

Actually, I was. I guess I have to live with being a retired millionaire in my 40s just like you have to live with being short with a pathetic body.

Tariffs didn't cost the price gap between the two Sony models above that you ignored because it proves my point.

15 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

Sony has been hit particularly hard because the company manufactures cameras in both Japan and Thailand. The tariff rate on Japanese goods is 15%, but Thai imports face an even higher 19% rate. Sony has implemented at least two rounds of price increases, and notably does not give customers advance warning before raising prices.

The most affected Sony products include flagship and professional bodies like the a9 III, a1 II, a7R V, and a1, along with premium G Master lenses.

https://www.photoworkout.com/camera-prices-tariffs-2026/

I don't care about the increase you idiot. A camera shouldn't cost $4500 vs their entry level for $2k. You fail again

80 to 95 percent of tariff costs are passed down to the consumer according to everything ive seen, from people who arent just trolling the EMB (wink wink)

1 minute ago, Diehardfan said:

Actually, I was. I guess I have to live with being a retired millionaire in my 40s just like you have to live with being short with a pathetic body.

Tariffs didn't cost the price gap between the two Sony models above that you ignored because it proves my point.

1 hour ago, Diehardfan said:

Like I said for my 7R VI, 300 GM, and the prime lenses they sold me I could have bought a street legal golf cart and pocketed money. That's insane. Same if you buy an entry level full frame and one zoom lens for a $1k less than a Scotty putter and Titleist driver. It costs a bit to test and design those clubs as well. Run by the mob.

The most affected Sony products include flagship and professional bodies like the a9 III, a1 II, a7R V, and a1, along with premium G Master lenses.

3 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

I don't care about the increase you idiot. A camera shouldn't cost $4500 vs their entry level for $2k. You fail again

1 hour ago, Diehardfan said:

I can multitask. Between holes of golf, drives to parks, etc. Lot of down time on 4 hour drives. Photography is another good one, but expensive. It makes no sense to me how an entry level camera costs more than a good TV. I could have bought a street legal golf cart for less than mine. It makes zero sense, but if someone isn't poor it's another fun hobby.

I'm going to hell for eternity for mocking a retarded person