Brief Moments in your lives!!! Also, show us your Pets Thread!!!

[Stefan]

Speaking of brief moments in my live, I'm a member of a Lego club who regularly does little shows where we display our creations, and while I haven't really been active in recent years, since it's the clubs 20 year anniversary this year (and I have been a member since 2007) I decided to participate again this year.
The first show this year happened in an austere, windowless basement studio of a large event venue in Vienna, and the second show was held in the state room of the St. Florian Monastery.
Quite the contrast between those two locations 

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[Enjoyed]

Dang you some talented mutha fuckaz

[Csar]

Wow, that's quite the room!

Is that Cathedral your built there, @Stefan? Literally, holy-moly!

Btw, you stole your own thunder by posting your lego post right afterwards! Coz your photos are great as well! Loving those sea life pics. especially the lizard one and the lighting in the Soap Street pic is perfect!
Did you take those street photos in Manchester earlier this year?

And I couldn't help it but my brain immediately saw this:
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[Stefan]

Haha that Electrobank cover is great!

The first pic is my floof, the second and third pics were taken at Vienna's aquatic zoo, and the rest of the pictures were taken in Manchester, as you've guessed correctly

Is that Cathedral your built there, @Stefan? Literally, holy-moly!

No, that isn't mine, I just used this pic because it shows a little bit how the venue looked like. Coincidentally, the creator of this cathedral (it is monumental) is also named Stefan. He's an architect and has been building it since 1992 (with some breaks), he hopes to finish it before the Sagrada Familia is done.

My MOCs are a bit smaller. I've been displaying my usual spacecraft:
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And also a house which I've built for our community project (first time I've ever built a house, but I thought this was a nice opportunity to step out of my comfort zone):

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It has a little bookstore on the ground floor and an appartment on the second floor/attic there's an appartment:
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[Bosco]

What is this... A bookstore for ANTS!!!?

 @Stefan  I would point out the irony of all the brick faced structures in your photos and your hobby with LEGOs, but that was just standard building material at one time! Something cozy and blending into the environment about old-brick buildings.

Who wants to join me for a pint at the RA!N bar?

[Csar]

One advantage of having "just" a display in the viewfinder is that you can see the effect of your settings (though you can turn this off if you wish). Adjusting shutter speed up or down? The image gets brighter or darker. Raising or lowering ISO? The image gets brighter or darker... While lag is still present in many models (my Z6II, for example, still has it), the manufacturers' flagship models (Nikon Z8/Z9, Canon R5/R3/R1, or Sony A9/A1) have essentially eliminated it.

It's definitely an advantage to see the exposure in real-time. I believe, though, that's only true up to a certain f-stop (think f5.6) for some lenses as it would get tricky to focus beyond that when the aperture is to tiny to let light through. Beyond that I think it's being simulated.
The lag and visual impression of looking at a TV-screen was always a bit off-putting to me in those earlier models I tried at the store. It didn't feel as natural as an optical viewfinder. But I believe the z6 III's EVF is significantly better, as far as I remember. But damn, this was rather heavy to lift compared to my little D5500.

No back or frontfocus from the camera itself, however, the optics can still suffer from focus errors; in that case, you have to exchange them or send them in for adjustment. I've never actually had to do the latter, though.

It's not really a camera-issue. Rather it's the technology of these two systems. Optical cameras had mostly contrast-based focusing with a separate focusing system inside because of the mirror. That could often result in focusing issues for lenses (either right out of the gate or due to physical shock causing misalignment), especially at lower f-stops, causing them to either focus in front of or behind the object. They then had to be calibrated together with the camera (higher tier models had options to do that in-camera to a degree).
Mirrorless (or live-view mode) does the focusing directly on the sensor, so this is no issue any longer.

[Stefan]

@Stefan I would point out the irony of all the brick faced structures in your photos and your hobby with LEGOs, but that was just standard building material at one time! Something cozy and blending into the environment about old-brick buildings.

Brick builings do look nice, though. I wish they were more common here. Although many Viennese Altbau buildings are also really nice.

But damn, this was rather heavy to lift compared to my little D5500.

One reason why I favoured APS-C over FF. My setup (Camera Body, 17-70/2.8; 10-18/2.8; 70-350/4.5-6.3) comes in at just over 2kg. I know myself that I don't like to haul around tons of gear.
And yes, unless there is something seriously wrong with either the lens or the camera, mirrorless shouldn't be affected by front/backfocus. I think that the dedicated focus sensors on a DSLR are more sensitive, at least I had some (admittedly low-contrast) situations where the AF of the a6700 struggled, where I think my old 600D wouldn't have had a problem. But that is really rare, most of the time the AF is fast and accurate. 
I also suspect that the focus point is smaller than the smallest focus field on the mirrorless camera. Of course, on the newer camera you can do fancy stuff that isn't possible with my older camera, like that you can put the focus point anywhere across the whole screen/sensor and not just a few selected points, and subject recognition and object tracking. 

[Bosco]

Brick buildings do look nice, though. I wish they were more common here.

Chicago has significant history with brick buildings due to devastation from the 'Great Chicago Fire'. So brick structure is a pretty common trait among buildings here in Chicagoland. They even have a famous type of house called the "Chicago Bungalow".

If you ever fly into/out of Midway International Airport in Chicago, it has one of the shortest runways for a major commercial airport, and you literally take-off/land in a neighborhood surrounded by Bungalow style homes. The approach pathway for landing is an amazing treat on clear day. It's one of the most underrated two-for-one sightseeing experiences one can have while visiting Chicago.