Ocean Boy Posted March 22 #4526 Share Posted March 22 1 hour ago, CSHS1979 said: Sunset tonight, all cell phone through a window Nice! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSHS1979 Posted March 22 #4527 Share Posted March 22 16 hours ago, orville99 said: I paid more than that just for my lenses😇📸 Lenses? John paid that for one and he never uses it because it's to heavy🤣🤣 It's a ridiculous hobby. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare orville99 Posted March 22 #4528 Share Posted March 22 1 hour ago, CSHS1979 said: Lenses? John paid that for one and he never uses it because it's to heavy🤣🤣 It's a ridiculous hobby. As a hobby, probably, but it was how I made my living for almost 30 years😇 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted March 22 Author #4529 Share Posted March 22 1 minute ago, orville99 said: As a hobby, probably, but it was how I made my living for almost 30 years😇 Wow...love it!! Must have been a fantastic career! 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare orville99 Posted March 22 #4530 Share Posted March 22 Just now, island lady said: Wow...love it!! Must have been a fantastic career! 🙂 Upside - took me all over the world and met some fascinating people along the way; downside - I averaged ~200 days a year either in hotels or airports. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another_Critic Posted March 22 #4531 Share Posted March 22 13 minutes ago, orville99 said: Upside - took me all over the world and met some fascinating people along the way; downside - I averaged ~200 days a year either in hotels or airports. So you changed that to ~200 days a year on cruise ships. 🙂 😄 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare orville99 Posted March 22 #4532 Share Posted March 22 22 minutes ago, Another_Critic said: So you changed that to ~200 days a year on cruise ships. 🙂 😄 Just about half that - we average about 95-100 days a year depending on ships and itineraries. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted March 22 Author #4533 Share Posted March 22 39 minutes ago, orville99 said: Upside - took me all over the world and met some fascinating people along the way; downside - I averaged ~200 days a year either in hotels or airports. Your bro Bucky can relate to that. He was also all over the world, but in power supply...setting up power plants (mostly in Asia). Not nearly as glamorous as you, but indeed spending his life in hotels, and airports. Could never plan anything at home...he could be gone within hours after the dreaded phone call. 🥺 But my boss loved it...I spent more time on my sales work when he was gone. 😉 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted March 22 Author #4534 Share Posted March 22 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Another_Critic said: So you changed that to ~200 days a year on cruise ships. 🙂 😄 Bucky as well...but now he has his "co-pilot" with him. 😉 Edited March 22 by island lady 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare orville99 Posted March 22 #4535 Share Posted March 22 1 hour ago, island lady said: Could never plan anything at home...he could be gone within hours after the dreaded phone call. 🥺 I always had a “go bag” in the trunk of my car with all my gear because there were occasions when the “call” came from the corner suite that I had a flight to (insert destination) in an hour and there was no time to get home to pack. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapau27 Posted March 22 #4536 Share Posted March 22 On 3/21/2024 at 3:17 AM, CSHS1979 said: Cell phone pics from John Stunning photos Laura. I hope John is well. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Oceansaway17 Posted March 22 #4537 Share Posted March 22 9 hours ago, CSHS1979 said: Sunset tonight, all cell phone through a window gorgeous photos. Thank the man for us all. And give the nice white doggie and hug. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Lomas Posted March 23 #4538 Share Posted March 23 12 hours ago, orville99 said: I paid more than that just for my lenses😇📸 Boys and their toys. Some boys really like their big toys. 8 hours ago, CSHS1979 said: Lenses? John paid that for one and he never uses it because it's to heavy🤣🤣 It's a ridiculous hobby. I never invested in the long lenses. A few short ones which are excellent, but really heavy. The new mirrorless cameras do photos just as well and are so much smaller and lighter. Too bad I invested in the full size camera and lenses, because it is so hard to give up after a large investment. I will be bringing my full sized DLSR with a couple shorter lenses to the leg starting in Southampton. I will have to chat with him again when we board. I am sure there will be days though where I leave the full sized camera on the ship and just venture out with the camera phone as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSHS1979 Posted March 23 #4539 Share Posted March 23 12 hours ago, Russ Lomas said: I never invested in the long lenses. A few short ones which are excellent, but really heavy. The new mirrorless cameras do photos just as well and are so much smaller and lighter. Too bad I invested in the full size camera and lenses, because it is so hard to give up after a large investment. I will be bringing my full sized DLSR with a couple shorter lenses to the leg starting in Southampton. I will have to chat with him again when we board. I am sure there will be days though where I leave the full sized camera on the ship and just venture out with the camera phone as well. John went mirrorless for this trip, but stayed with Canon and an adapter. The expensive lens isn't long, it's just really heavy. Look him up when you board 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Lomas Posted March 23 #4540 Share Posted March 23 16 minutes ago, CSHS1979 said: John went mirrorless for this trip, but stayed with Canon and an adapter. The expensive lens isn't long, it's just really heavy. Look him up when you board I have not seen him since the Bella Cruise. Looking forward to chatting with him again. I will likely bring two short really heavy lenses (non-mirrorless) so my camera will be bigger and heavier. Keeps us boys with toys in shape. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare bobmacliberty Posted March 23 #4541 Share Posted March 23 12 hours ago, Russ Lomas said: Boys and their toys. Some boys really like their big toys. I never invested in the long lenses. A few short ones which are excellent, but really heavy. The new mirrorless cameras do photos just as well and are so much smaller and lighter. Too bad I invested in the full size camera and lenses, because it is so hard to give up after a large investment. I will be bringing my full sized DLSR with a couple shorter lenses to the leg starting in Southampton. I will have to chat with him again when we board. I am sure there will be days though where I leave the full sized camera on the ship and just venture out with the camera phone as well. 11 hours ago, CSHS1979 said: John went mirrorless for this trip, but stayed with Canon and an adapter. The expensive lens isn't long, it's just really heavy. Look him up when you board My 70-200 2.8 is my favorite lens, and my most hated lens. It's big and heavy so I never want to take it with me when traveling. If I was still using my DSLR enough, I'd love to switch to mirrorless. I was drooling over the R5 for a while. Doesn't make sense for me to spend the money though. There are a lot of other toys that I can buy instead. 😎 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted March 23 Author #4542 Share Posted March 23 17 hours ago, orville99 said: I always had a “go bag” in the trunk of my car with all my gear because there were occasions when the “call” came from the corner suite that I had a flight to (insert destination) in an hour and there was no time to get home to pack. OMG...I am so glad those days are over! 😄 Now all travel arrangements are made by me for us alone. 😉 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arzeena Posted March 23 #4543 Share Posted March 23 19 minutes ago, island lady said: OMG...I am so glad those days are over! 😄 Now all travel arrangements are made by me for us alone. 😉 When will you be back on the WC? Looking forward to reading your posts especially about your food tours. I find them so interesting! We have the Serenade booked for end of October. Hope it is still in good shape after the WC ends in September. 😉😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted March 23 Author #4544 Share Posted March 23 39 minutes ago, Arzeena said: When will you be back on the WC? Looking forward to reading your posts especially about your food tours. I find them so interesting! We have the Serenade booked for end of October. Hope it is still in good shape after the WC ends in September. 😉😁 Aww..thanks! 🤭 We fly into Barcelona on July 9th, reboarding Serenade on the 10th until she ends her tour in Miami on September 10th. Looking forward to being back on board again and the wonderful itinerary coming up for that last quarter. I will be posting my experiences again. 🙂 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovesthebeach2 Posted March 23 #4545 Share Posted March 23 21 hours ago, Another_Critic said: So you changed that to ~200 days a year on cruise ships. 🙂 😄 I came here to say that too 😁 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delmom18 Posted March 25 #4546 Share Posted March 25 Trying hard to remind myself that people have posted on that other site that there might bot be internet for a few days and not allowing myself to stress that this thread was on page FIVE of CC. Hope all aboard are well and looking forward to hearing from you in the not distant future! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Lomas Posted March 25 #4547 Share Posted March 25 On 3/23/2024 at 8:50 AM, bobmacliberty said: My 70-200 2.8 is my favorite lens, and my most hated lens. It's big and heavy so I never want to take it with me when traveling. There are a lot of other toys that I can buy instead. 😎 I will likely just use my Tokina 11-16mm and Sigma 18-35 when I join the world cruise So many other toys, but also, money could be spent on another cruise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dm1336 Posted March 26 #4548 Share Posted March 26 (edited) 1 hour ago, delmom18 said: Trying hard to remind myself that people have posted on that other site that there might bot be internet for a few days and not allowing myself to stress that this thread was on page FIVE of CC. Hope all aboard are well and looking forward to hearing from you in the not distant future! When I was on Spectrum last year during times when the ship was in China waters (even in Hong Kong and Taiwan) Starlink does not work and they had to revert to using the older Satellite network and it was very slow. The next port of call is Hong Kong and the ship is in or nearing China waters so we would likely see less posts until folks get Hong Kong wifi or cell phone data. The next 5 or so days is going to be a bit quiet for Serenade posts until out of Taiwan (I’m not on the ship for a few more months) Edited March 26 by dm1336 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSHS1979 Posted March 26 #4549 Share Posted March 26 21 hours ago, dm1336 said: When I was on Spectrum last year during times when the ship was in China waters (even in Hong Kong and Taiwan) Starlink does not work and they had to revert to using the older Satellite network and it was very slow. The next port of call is Hong Kong and the ship is in or nearing China waters so we would likely see less posts until folks get Hong Kong wifi or cell phone data. The next 5 or so days is going to be a bit quiet for Serenade posts until out of Taiwan (I’m not on the ship for a few more months) Yep, getting close to Hong Kong, but Starlink seems to have a hub there. I'm enjoying my Food Network charter and have a new bestie😉 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare bobmacliberty Posted March 26 #4550 Share Posted March 26 1 hour ago, CSHS1979 said: Yep, getting close to Hong Kong, but Starlink seems to have a hub there. I'm enjoying my Food Network charter and have a new bestie😉 Is that Anne Burrell? I've seen her Worst Cooks show a few times. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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