Technology

[animagic4u]

For me, the body design is not as important as the photo quality. Are you proficient in shooting with Manual? If you are I'm pretty sure you can get the most out of any camera you pick up.
If you go on Flickr, you can search cameras and get comparison photographs. There's usually groups that have additional information about the camera in question so I suggest that as a starting place.

(As an aside, a lot of my favorite Flickr contacts use the Sony Alpha a6000. Truly gorgeous work.)

[SakuraMaxX]

I like having a compact system just because it's easier to carry around anywhere I go.  Seems like the a6000's a really great performer overall so I'm super interested.  I'm somewhat proficient with manual control, thanks to practice with the NX2000.  Tbh my main motivation to switch is just the lack of a viewfinder besides the LCD.  Too difficult to look at in sunlight.  Also eyeballing a 16mm wide angle lens for either camera since scenery seems to be the main thing I shoot.

[JNiles]

I was not aware that headphones/amp compatibility was a concern.  Fortunately, I've only tried it a few times.

[animagic4u]

I like having a compact system just because it's easier to carry around anywhere I go.  Seems like the a6000's a really great performer overall so I'm super interested.  I'm somewhat proficient with manual control, thanks to practice with the NX2000.  Tbh my main motivation to switch is just the lack of a viewfinder besides the LCD.  Too difficult to look at in sunlight.  Also eyeballing a 16mm wide angle lens for either camera since scenery seems to be the main thing I shoot.

I think you'll do well with it. Honestly, some of my favorite photographers ever use it! It's a delightful camera!

[SakuraMaxX]

I should get a flickr account.  I've only been dumping my photos on G+ for the time being.

Also Samsung just announced their NX1 camera and it's absolutely beautiful.  For $1500, it better be good.

[redhairedking]

I should get a flickr account.  I've only been dumping my photos on G+ for the time being.

Also Samsung just announced their NX1 camera and it's absolutely beautiful.  For $1500, it better be good.

Sorry to just jump in here, but I would also highly recommend 500px as a photo sharing site. In the short time I used flickr I found myself wading through "junk" images a lot of the time. Granted, that was 2 or 3 years ago so perhaps things have changed.

[Scotty]

500px is def. the site that appeals more to professionals. Flickr can sometimes be akin to DeviantArt.

[altuixde]

Hey everyone! I just discovered a neat little tool called Fulla that corrects lens distortion. It also corrects chromatic aberration and vignetting, but I haven't tried those out. Here's an example...

Before:


After:


As you can see, it works pretty well. One caveat, though: it depends on a database from 2006; so if you don't have an ancient camera it won't be in the database. However, there may be a way to determine the distortion coefficients of newer cameras and then use those coefficients with Fulla, I just haven't looked into it. Another alternative would be to use PTLens, which comes with an up to date version of the database mentioned earlier; but at the time of this post, PTLens is $25, which seems a little pricey.

[Accoun]

Free proxy/VPN Hola caught by 8chan admin on selling their users' traffic. It turned your computer into an exit node for others (that's how it worked), but also sold the access (HTTP requests only) to them as Luminati.
It was used for DDOS on 8chan recently.

[altuixde]

A vulnerability was discovered in Android that allows attackers with physical access to your device to defeat the password lock. I'll refer everyone to this article which has information on affected devices:

The vulnerability was introduced in Android 5.0 and was fixed in the LMY48M Android 5.1.1 build released to Nexus devices

and information on what you should do if your device is affected (install the update on your Nexus device or use a PIN or pattern instead of a password).