Algernon

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Algernon
I had to stop using mine when Johnsons of Hendon stopped selling the Magnesium Powder needed for the FLASH!

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Comment by Algernon posted on Survey of Pentax istD series cameras at 09/02/2016 - 14:34

Algernon
Have a look at the reviews/tests here Stan...

http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/

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Comment by Algernon posted on Monitor for photo editing. at 09/02/2016 - 08:51

Algernon
johnjbloomfield wrote:
Do you use it yourself Algernon? Or have you in the past what do you think it's strengths and weakness's are?

Algernon wrote:
johnjbloomfield wrote:
[quote:3496ace15f="womble"]Darktable.
I thought Darktable was MAc and Linux only - is there a windows version?
Try here for Windows 64bit .......

http://www.partha.com/

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[/quote]Sorry never used it. I only noticed it the other day. I'm going to DL it but I'm using a 32 bit laptop at present. My desktops 64 but I've not done any editing during the winter.

Another good one especially for JPG's is Zoner. They often giveaway the previous version for free.....

https://www.zoner.com/

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Comment by Algernon posted on Lightroom and Photoshop Alternatives at 03/02/2016 - 10:54

Algernon
johnjbloomfield wrote:
womble wrote:
Darktable.
I thought Darktable was MAc and Linux only - is there a windows version?
Try here for Windows 64bit .......

http://www.partha.com/

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Comment by Algernon posted on Lightroom and Photoshop Alternatives at 03/02/2016 - 08:08

Algernon
Evo-Stik Hair Shampoo....

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Comment by Algernon posted on Another pointless thread at 01/02/2016 - 08:37

Algernon
K10d's are quite useless at underexposing. I wouldn't risk higher than 400ISO with one.
Try a few tests at home in room light.

The Cavern's very noisy and you will need to get close to the stage.

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Comment by Algernon posted on Wish me luck at 31/01/2016 - 10:47

Algernon
Darkmunk wrote:
AH, great minds
I haven't done any tests but I suspect PEFs are faster to capture and to work with.
Generally, compression and decompression is faster than writing to disk.
Ha! Ha! I get it now..... Generally doesn't mean generally and disk doesn't mean disk

I can now go down to the pub and have a few pints

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Comment by Algernon posted on KS-2 DNG vs PEF at 29/01/2016 - 21:01

Algernon
Some tests on compressing/decompressing HDD files...

http://directedge.us/content/to-compress-or-not-to-compress-part-ii

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Comment by Algernon posted on KS-2 DNG vs PEF at 29/01/2016 - 17:02

Algernon
Darkmunk wrote:
AH, great minds
I haven't done any tests but I suspect PEFs are faster to capture and to work with.
Generally, compression and decompression is faster than writing to disk.
Time to move on from all those Floppies! Get a computer with a HDD or SSD

That's just nonsense To Compress 512MB of Data takes about 30 secs. and it still has to be written to disk,

To write 512MB takes 1 to 5 secs.

Benchmarks:
http://uk.hardware.info/reviews/4993/24/intel-core-i3-4330--i5-4440-review-affor...


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Comment by Algernon posted on KS-2 DNG vs PEF at 29/01/2016 - 11:13

Algernon
DSTE make excellent batteries and you can buy them direct from their UK site.

£7.97 inc Free Postage via ebay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DSTE-D-LI109-Rechargeable-Battery-for-Pentax-K-R-K-30-...

or with their own charger £12.99. They usually show up RED and Green LED's.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DSTE-D-LI109-Battery-UK-Charger-Kit-for-Pentax-K-R-K-3...

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Comment by Algernon posted on Lithium-ion rechargeable battery D-LI109 at 26/01/2016 - 19:00

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