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Cuba at nearly $5k seems inaccurate.

Offical exchange rate is 24:1 USD. But real life was 80 last time I heard. This may be the problem.

If you own a car, car camping around the state lands and national parks would totally be doable.

I did a 2 month road trip. Fuel is cheaper in US than muxh of the world. Groceries too. Restaurant food has gone way up with inflation.

Problem is you can't really buy a car as a foreigner. And renting one for 3 months is going to be insane.

Van, campers rentals were expensive when I looked in 2019. Cheaper to stay in a hotel. I can only imagine now after the COVID hype how expensive they are.

Hostels aren't really a thing in the US, so finding a place to sleep for under $50 a night is a challenge

I was surprisednto see Taco Bell in Kuala Lumpur, it was kind of a b

The cause is that the readout speed of the sensor is too slow (eg 1\50s), so the lights turn off and on while the sensor is reading different parts of the image. Even if you use a very fast shutter time like 1\500s

Mechanical shutter solves this as it wipes the entire sensor in like 1\200s, so the brightness change in the scene doesn't change significantly from top to bottom.

Get a faster read camera like Canon R3, Nikon Z8\9. Or use mechanical shutter.

Film emulation is a huge topic.

Dehancer seems to be the most full featured tool for the consumer space.

https://youtu.be/vX5uqbHU8k0?si=2LQtANmaH0Me9pHB

Lots of free and sit options out there too

https://youtu.be/7aC8OD9EcIk?si=JrCzqwmOV6oGKhbH

Fast will let you cull and burn rating into the metadata and then see that in LR

https://www.fastrawviewer.com/

If Kim Kardashian wants professional photos of herself on her Greek holiday, I am sure her PA has a guy to call to fly out there. Or they will find a local photographer.

For video, eg Best Damn Food Review, they have a full video crew they bring with the host and a dozen people in back office editing.

Others, eh Nate Kara, are making BANK. But they still film everything themselves and have someone else edit.

I can't think of an equivalent example for stills work. But again, I would expect it would be a full time job permanently attached to the organization. Not a two week job you can pick up between a few different clients.

ML Noise reduction tool added to LR recently is amazing.

So don't be afraid to raise the ISO to get the motion blur you want