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I'm beginning to take this photography lark seriously.
No number of backups is any good if they are all in the same location. If you have a theft or a fire you may lose everything. A home backup is good, but an offline backup is essential! There are many which are free for small amounts of data, but the best I have found is www.livedrive.com for £4...
Posted by George Lazarette on 27/02/2012 - 13:27
I'm beginning to take this photography lark seriously.
Quite a lot of industry is still using tape backups, last large IT firm I worked for had a big contract with Capita Symonds and we were backing up to 28 tapes at the end of every week there! That was about twelve months ago and before my total midlife crisis!:shock: No more IT for me! I think In...
Posted by jules on 27/02/2012 - 14:19
I'm beginning to take this photography lark seriously.
Tapes! What century are you living in? Supprisingly tapes are still very viable cost effective option with a 20year shelf life. For most though the cost of the tape drive would not be justifiable though 1.6TB in the space of a DAT tape does have a certain appeal! I back up my photos to a 50...
Posted by beakynet on 27/02/2012 - 14:30
I'm beginning to take this photography lark seriously.
FWIW re Ivy Bridge: It's official: Ivy Bridge release pushed back by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on February 27, 2012 And just like that, Intel has confirmed last week's rumors—well, partially so. Intel China Executive VP Sean Maloney gave the Financial Times the scoop over the weekend, reveali...
Posted by Shaky on 28/02/2012 - 06:54
Ref Converter (Right Angled Viewer)
Hoodman make a right angled viewfinder which comes with a variety of adapters, including Pentax. To fit you remove the rubber eyepiece and slide the viewfinder in place. Mine is a tad stiff to focus, but once done tends to stay put regards Bernard
Posted by Frogherder on 28/02/2012 - 12:33
PPG - yet another thread!
After the initial flurry of voting activity on PPG when it started afresh, looks like it is back to how it used to be. I uploaded some shots almost 3 weeks ago and they are still pending voting. I must admit I have been as guilty as anyone because I haven't voted on any photographs for the past few ...
Posted by NaimKhan on 29/02/2012 - 13:12
PPG - yet another thread!
It seems that the main criteria for acceptance are that the picture should be over-saturated, heavily photo-shopped, and competely unnatural. LOL - welcome to the world of '99.2 popular rating on 500px.com', '1000+ views on Flickr', 'landscape shot of the year', 'macro shot of the year' top photogra...
Posted by Dodge69 on 29/02/2012 - 22:16
PPG - yet another thread!
It is both, supposedly, with the Premiere Collection. Looking through the reecently added images, there is some nice stuff there. It seems a bird or a butterfly only has to be not too out of focus to qualify and there are too many wonky sea levels, but by and large it looks alright. It doesn't re...
Posted by DrOrloff on 05/03/2012 - 08:33
PPG - yet another thread!
Charlotte, my posting was not a direct reply to yours. It was just an opinion formed from reading all the posts in this thread, where the consensus was photos should only be submitted if they are of The London Salon quality, which thinking about it, it should be. Then again judging a photo, apart fr...
Posted by tyronet2000 on 06/05/2012 - 11:09
Lens vs Photoshop
You can fake a lot of techniques on PS, you can stop down a lot of decent lenses and get them to perform etc. I used the 18-55 & 55-200 combination for 2yrs and would quite happily go back to it if pressed. But then you need a fast 50mm, then a dedicated macro, then.... then... Guess its just ...
Posted by Dodge69 on 02/03/2012 - 00:46
Lens vs Photoshop
Based on my own experience I'd advise you to pick up some good used Pentax M or A primes and have a play with them. Other than them needing to be used in manual mode/manual focus there isn't a great deal optically between the best of them and the modern primes. I'd start with a M or A 50mm 1.7 an...
Posted by milamber on 02/03/2012 - 10:56
Lens vs Photoshop
Going back to the original post: the question is not either lenses or post production, but both are required. There is no point having fantastic lenses, but can't make corrections afterwards. There is no point being a Photoshop guru, but having out of focus photos to work on. As you develop, you wil...
Posted by timd on 05/03/2012 - 10:50
Lens vs Photoshop
I have to agree with many of the comments already posted. I get some amazing photos just using the kit lens and polish them up with a little post-processing (usually no more than 5 minutes of work). Photoshop, Lightroom, etc. will not make a bad image good or a blurry image sharp but can easily make...
Posted by NocturNalis on 16/03/2012 - 05:03
Lens vs Photoshop
Yes it is the IPS version. There is however only one problem in that it has a touch panel for adjustments such as contrast brightness etc which has a mind of its own and it is pretty frustrating to use - at one point I inadvertently changed the language to Russian - fortunately I had sufficient fami...
Posted by miles500 on 16/03/2012 - 12:19
Lens vs Photoshop
@ Miles, that's a damn fine monitor. I personally went from a 14 inch crt (ouch...painful) to a 22 inch Philips led (the smallest full hd I could find) and it was literally like night and day. I even went back and looked at some of my images that I had processed while using the crt and, suffice to s...
Posted by NocturNalis on 16/03/2012 - 13:49
Lens vs Photoshop
I must admit that I can be a little obsessed by image sharpness sometimes, my pet hate is soft corners and I've sold lenses because of this (18-55 kit lens and Sigma 10-20)- I'm not really happy having to resort to Photoshop to try and sort it out, I want the best sharpness I can get straight from t...
Posted by simonkit on 17/03/2012 - 11:21
Sharpening challenge
I got rumbled. Thanks for taking it in the right spirit. Moon photos are a personal and addictive thing. It's really just a technical exercise and the challenge is to get the best out of you own kit rather than compare anybodys pics to anybody elses. Moon shots really do benefit from a lot of sh...
Posted by DrOrloff on 08/03/2012 - 13:26
Sharpening challenge
I might have over sharpened a touch, but I think it is clearly defined. LMAO - the winner so far for me. Funny how the Dr's April fool actually makes you try harder, but alas... Definitely something I want to get into, if the price is right, some of those Astro Amateur Prize winning shots ...
Posted by Dodge69 on 08/03/2012 - 13:49
Minolta Auto Bellows I Focusing rail
Thanks. I'll pm you with my e-mail address, but the reason I've been looking at the Bellows 1 is that the focus rail is an entirely separate unit which can, I believe, be used with the camera alone or to mount the bellows on. It has a tripod mount below and camera screw thread on top. If you take...
Posted by milamber on 06/03/2012 - 14:27
Minolta Auto Bellows I Focusing rail
I don't know how much you are having to part with for the minolta unit, but have you considered the Velbon super mag slider? It gives sideways as well as forward/backward adjustment as well. SRS have it for £60 Andy Thanks Andy. I have looked at that one, but it gets mixed reviews (but so did my...
Posted by milamber on 06/03/2012 - 15:31
