LTA1992

You can't be serious......... Ain't no way. Even wikipedia would have been a better first choice.

I mean, that's pretty easy to do when ridership dropped to levels not seen since 1910....

Shells my guy, shells. Nothing else. I do feel like some members have forgotten that the 211s were still being built while delayed

I remember this too. I was part of the debate that happened on these forums over it. It made sense because the design is similar to the 160

You just told me your age with that first sentence lmfao. Get over it. Anyway You said all this, but didn't give a S-I-N-G-L-E piece of evidence. Second, you're blaming this nameless individual like the 2008 recession wasn't still being felt and was the REAL reason why the number was reduced. I was there. I don't need your lecture.

It set the bar for that generation of cars. The 211s are the base of a new generation. I still think the generations will be defined from the first digit from now on. There's no other explanation for numbers bloat as when it came to pre-NTTs, close contract numbers usually defined families. R1-9, R12/14/15/16/17, R21/22, R26/27/28/29/30, things like that. There would always be minor differences (for example, picture windows appearing on the 32/36WF), but families nonetheless. Divisions don't apply

The third option was a rumor and never actually confirmed. While there was a decrease from the original 1,700 number, that doesn't mean there would have been a third option. It just means one or both options were smaller than originally intended. I don't know where that person saying the 179s were originally Option 3 is coming from with that

You know, just because the had cars needing to be retired, doesn't mean it would have gotten them. And plans changed. I do remember there being a time when the was an option, though only vaguely

Crazy how some of y'all be sounding....

If you can pick up Gene Sansone's Illustrated History of New York City's transit cars, that's a great resource. It's a big reason why cars in OpenBVE got so detailed (Courtesy of yours truly)

Forgot to mention, when it comes to ISO, you wanna mess with you aperture first. Only if that doesn't do the job do you increase/decrease ISO. If your ISO is too high, let's say 1000 and above, it starts getting grainy. And it's will be quite noticeable in the subway, or just in dark period. 800 is a good start point. (This is exactly why I don't teach, always forgetting stuff lmao)

I will never understand why people took those chimes seriously. The announcements were text to speech too

(Apologies for the multi-post, I'm seeing things I wanna respond to way too late lol) Professional opinion? Depends on the environment and, ultimately, your personal style. Shutter speed depends. You want the film look (24fps), 1/48 is your setting. Shutter speed is always double the fps you want. You want 60? 1/120. I wouldn't advise messing with the shutter speed because then you need to compensate your light and other things. So just stick to 1/48. Focus should ALWAYS be manual. You can hear and see the focusing so it would be better to train your focus pull. White Balance? Whatever you need to get white looking white. Easier aboveground as florescent green is an annoying issue, speaking as a Gaffer/Set Electrician. All of the things you want to know will come with time and your own talent. Experiment. Don't be afraid to mess up either. Some of your best work will come from happy accidents. Oh, and if you don't know the Rule of Thirds, learn it. A very important fundamental that will destroy the notion of needing a professional camera to take amazing shots. And don't breathe. That's the key to truly stable shooting. All my pics are via phone. But most don't know unless I tell them.

However, saving the debut for the first day of Black History Month (you know, on a service that directly connects Harlem and Bed-Stuy and the Fulton extension was one of the main factors that contributed to Bed-Stuy becoming a Black neighborhood) could have been planned and is pretty genius imo

The real time changing was one of the best things I read in the spec sheets. Glad to see you're satisfied with it