My old carpet felt fine until I tried the new one without shoes. The padding underneath makes a huge difference, like walking on a firm cloud. I actually measured the old one and it had compressed nearly half an inch in the high traffic spots. That's why the new support is so obvious, your feet aren't sinking down anymore. It's a total game changer for how my knees feel at the end of the day.

Watched a neighbor's chimney catch fire last winter.

Stack the bad frames anyway, sometimes the noise averages out.

That "weaker muscle" feeling just means you're getting better at editing, which is the real skill.

Hell yeah, that's the move right there. I grabbed a T2i off Craigslist and did the same thing, kit lens and all. Once you stack those shots in free software, the detail just pops out.