#g85

Canada geese and goslings. Horseshoe Pond, Mount Pisgah, Berlin, MA. May 2024.

This is a genuine question, like why do the people who make cameras hate photographers, indie film makers, literally everyone who would want to use their cameras?

I bought this camera a long time ago because it was good quality and an okay price. But the one issue was that the display would always have this on it:

THIS... WHITE... SQUARE...

For NO REASON it's just THERE and at first I didn't really care all too much because I had a bunch of other elements.

But then I decided "Man I hate all these icons on my screen, I just want to see my image!!!"

And so I went through the settings and I hid all the stuff I didn't need.

And then there's this.

This one singular useless box. I have been trying for the past hour... to get rid of it. And after much Google searching reddit posts and random obscure forums, I've come to the conclusion that this is simply not removable. It can not be removed. This little intrusive bastard just sitting their, fixed, making my brain itch every time I turn on this god forsaken camera.

But you see, I have found that indeed you CAN get a perfectly uncluttered image, free and clear from this demon. But ONLY through the HDMI output of the camera.

Which means you need a separate monitor, from the one already built into the camera, in order to get rid of this one box.

You need a whole separate device, just to get rid of this one UI feature that one programmer couldn't be arsed to let the user turn off.

And you know how much it will cost to get a little monitor that will attach nicely to the camera?

$700 fucking dollars.

It costs more than the whole camera to get rid of this SINGLE SQUARE THAT SITS SO DISTRACTINGLY IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR VISION.

Ben Aqua’s cover of “Jack’s Lament” from The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Horseshoe Pond, Mount Pisgah, Berlin, MA.

Spring 2024.

A rainy day in Queens 1.

View from the Acela. May 2024.