But if it’s theater, the US comes out as weak and authority-less, being unable to reign in a small country like Israel and letting themselves thrown in like this. I think the idiots in the US government just don’t know what they’re doing, no vision nor learning from the past. The ties with Israel are just deep enough that the cash and weapon flow won’t ever be questioned and - even if your point stands - I don’t think it’s a crafted narrative. They thought they are in control, but they aren’t.

It takes one to know one!

Good luck :) just steer clear of the Canon R100, good sensor for the price but everything else is a joke! R50 is a good camera but it blows past your budget.

An additional advice of mine would be not to bother with kit lenses, they pretty much ruin the beginner experience in my opinion by crippling any creative experimentation (at least it was like that some 10 years ago). A brighter (=low F number) prime (not zoom, fixed focal length) might make for a more compelling experience.

My advice is set a clear budget and try the cameras in your hand.

Additionally, keep in mind that lenses are for the most part more important than the camera body and almost all manufacturers have you locked in with their proprietary mount (Canon and Nikon mainly). Others don’t have cheap bodies to begin with, so it’s good to know the whole lineups early on as switching systems takes money and work.

If you buy used, get gear from reliable sources.

From your goals, Fujifilm could fit the bill well, although I have no experience with their products: no sell up to full frame gear, sufficient manual controls and a very wide product palette (they have some gimmicky film simulation modes but you can just ignore them). They make mirrorless since a long time, so you should find used cameras.

Canon has really nice low end cameras and lenses, but if you think you are going to upgrade some starting gear, the jump to high end lenses is crazy.

Sony has expensive bodies but cheaper older ones can get you in the ecosystem: huge amount of third party offerings (mainly Chinese cheap lenses, which are getting better and better). Not so beginner friendly but anyone can learn.

Nikon is solid and priced competitively, not much to say.

Panasonic is interesting, but still focus more on video than stills.

Micro-Four-Thirds is struggling of late, I wouldn’t recommend buying new gear for this system. Used Olympus cameras can be awesome though, very small (the sensor too…)

That’s golden 😂

Though Oreshnik stole the show

Putin trying to cope with being shown how things are done by his Trumpy buddy? The US stole the show in Iran and in Venezuela, making Russian struggles in Ukraine even more pathetic.

Perhaps Russia will be inclined to test that next, should Zelensky or the West continue their naughty provocations.

Nice fan-fiction text and Schadenfreude, it’s really sad.

Many called for Russia to strike Kiev with the Oreshnik as part of the retaliation

This really shows how disturbed some people are.

I don’t know why I did it to myself to read this biased mess of a website, but it was entertaining in its own way.

I for sure don’t know a lot :) I don’t see the connection to the instance I created my account on, though.

So, the answer to my question is…?

EDIT: ooooh, ok checked your post history. Won’t waste any more second trying to get a civil exchange with you ;)

So it’s like local slang or does it have the religious connotation it suggests?

12 people were martyred in the blast

What!?

Working against themselves?

According to Zakharova, the hatred of everything Russian has become “yet another extremist, Nazi… neo-Nazi ideology that kills people both literally and figuratively.” It should be combated just like any other racial or religious hatred, the spokeswoman maintained.

It would be funny if it wasn’t sad.

The poison of Germany was putting too much trust in Russia over the years. But hard to argue with these TASS “expert”, a totally independent news outlet that definitely has a place on a “world news” community! We should start sharing Trumps farts from Truth Social, to raise a bit the level, though

There are a couple of trolls spamming links, just ignore them long enough and they’ll get bored.