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Comment by Don posted on Long term future of PEF RAW at 27/05/2006 - 16:57
I responded to the media component as the file (image or otherwise) is just data. I find Iphoto and spotlight sufficient for my needs. I shoot mostly jpeg with raw as needed. Raw for Wedding portraits and some studio work, but everything else is about speedy workflow. Wedding shoot, to web proofs, to Multi media DVD, to prints. (in a week with no glitches) 90% jpeg, 10% raw, all delivered jpeg srgb. I have to get it right in camera the first try. The devil's in the details. I hope a raw workflow is in my future, but right now I use what works and sells for me.
Comment by Don posted on Long term future of PEF RAW at 21/05/2006 - 03:18
My somewhat limited understanding is this:
there a (often gold colored) cd-rs that are sold as archival..think 20 or so years.
I burn a dvd back-up and keep the hard drives. Yes I keep hard drives. they are the cheapest, per/megabite storage period. kept in an off site fire safe, and the dvds in a safe deposit box at the bank.
I use external drive enclosures and swap drives when they get full.
that means I'll have to put a retired computer(plus software) into storage, so I'll have equipment to read the drive in the future, when something completely new comes along and I'll need to move the data.
That logic would apply to ANY file format. I look at it this way there was lots of room on a 60 gig drive to move the files from an older 8 gig drive. There was lots of room to move the files from a 60 gig drive to one of my newer 300 gig drives. There'll be room ffor the data on my 300 gig drives when the newer 80 terabite hologram laser storage devices get invented.
My guess is sometime in the next five to ten years I'll have to transfer the files.
there a (often gold colored) cd-rs that are sold as archival..think 20 or so years.
I burn a dvd back-up and keep the hard drives. Yes I keep hard drives. they are the cheapest, per/megabite storage period. kept in an off site fire safe, and the dvds in a safe deposit box at the bank.
I use external drive enclosures and swap drives when they get full.
that means I'll have to put a retired computer(plus software) into storage, so I'll have equipment to read the drive in the future, when something completely new comes along and I'll need to move the data.
That logic would apply to ANY file format. I look at it this way there was lots of room on a 60 gig drive to move the files from an older 8 gig drive. There was lots of room to move the files from a 60 gig drive to one of my newer 300 gig drives. There'll be room ffor the data on my 300 gig drives when the newer 80 terabite hologram laser storage devices get invented.
My guess is sometime in the next five to ten years I'll have to transfer the files.
Comment by Don posted on Long term future of PEF RAW at 19/05/2006 - 15:57
want to know how to read your sales rep?
do some research. write down 5 questions you'd like to ask. (write down 2 intelligent sounding questions you know the answer to, and three dumb sounding questions, two you know the answer to and one you'd like to know.
Ask the questions in reverse order I've listed there, and if you get ANY disrespect, condesention, or B.S. Buy it somewhere else.
I think the pentax bodies will hold thier value better than the comparable canonikons because of build quality, backward compatibility and supply/demand issues.
I had similar experiances to snap. I didn't buy from that store. I did talk to the rep the next time I was in. I asked that sales rep why he was working at a retail chain store. He answered that he wanted to be a pro photographer. I showed him my portfolio, he was impressed. I showed him my istds2 that I bought from a smaller store for more money...told him that I bought it from somebody that didn't try to fool me. Suggested that if one follows the crowd, one cannot stand out from the crowd.
He accused me of wasting his time, said he works on commision.
I wasn't wasting his time, I was giving him mine. I was trying to help him improve. I walked out of that store and went to the same small camera store that sold me my camera and bought my 10-17mm fisheye.
Speak with your mouth...vote with your wallet.
do some research. write down 5 questions you'd like to ask. (write down 2 intelligent sounding questions you know the answer to, and three dumb sounding questions, two you know the answer to and one you'd like to know.
Ask the questions in reverse order I've listed there, and if you get ANY disrespect, condesention, or B.S. Buy it somewhere else.
I think the pentax bodies will hold thier value better than the comparable canonikons because of build quality, backward compatibility and supply/demand issues.
I had similar experiances to snap. I didn't buy from that store. I did talk to the rep the next time I was in. I asked that sales rep why he was working at a retail chain store. He answered that he wanted to be a pro photographer. I showed him my portfolio, he was impressed. I showed him my istds2 that I bought from a smaller store for more money...told him that I bought it from somebody that didn't try to fool me. Suggested that if one follows the crowd, one cannot stand out from the crowd.
He accused me of wasting his time, said he works on commision.
I wasn't wasting his time, I was giving him mine. I was trying to help him improve. I walked out of that store and went to the same small camera store that sold me my camera and bought my 10-17mm fisheye.
Speak with your mouth...vote with your wallet.
Comment by Don posted on I want a ist-dl for my manual lenses....... at 16/05/2006 - 12:41
promhandicam said:
more accurate for me to have said many instead of all right?
My information comes from having met an albino a long time ago when i was in fostercare. His eyes were pale blue. I remeber something about scar tissue in the retinas and cornia.
You'd know more than me though....I got twenty odd years to fog my memory from that experiance.
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PS. The bit about albinism comes about from the work I’m involved in here in Cameroon and from which I take my moniker – if your interested take a look at http://www.promhandicam.org/23800/index.html
I just had a look. Very Interesting.PS. The bit about albinism comes about from the work I’m involved in here in Cameroon and from which I take my moniker – if your interested take a look at http://www.promhandicam.org/23800/index.html
more accurate for me to have said many instead of all right?
My information comes from having met an albino a long time ago when i was in fostercare. His eyes were pale blue. I remeber something about scar tissue in the retinas and cornia.
You'd know more than me though....I got twenty odd years to fog my memory from that experiance.
Comment by Don posted on Red Eye in individuals. at 16/05/2006 - 00:07
only 2 factors cause red eye.
A) lack if melonin- albinoism (I'd like to figure out how the albino in the davinchi code could've been driving at night or shooting people, as all albinos are vision severely impared to clinically blind as a result of the condition).
b) flash bouncing off the retina back to the lens.....long lenses plus low light, flash too close to the lens.
A) lack if melonin- albinoism (I'd like to figure out how the albino in the davinchi code could've been driving at night or shooting people, as all albinos are vision severely impared to clinically blind as a result of the condition).
b) flash bouncing off the retina back to the lens.....long lenses plus low light, flash too close to the lens.
Comment by Don posted on Red Eye in individuals. at 15/05/2006 - 21:12
I read a review somewhere recently that stated the Huey works great on high end lcd screens, but mixed results on more affordable units, causing the reviewer to give it a low rating as it is marketed towards people that are less likely to have high end monitors.
Comment by Don posted on Basic Colour Management: C1 & PS at 14/06/2006 - 18:43
Women can be practical. If I ask for a new motorcycle, she'd hurt herself laughing...but if I ask her for a $24,000 bmw motorcycle, she knows that even my dillusional, twisted little brain can do the math...so I hum and hah about how slow my yamaha fj1200 was and how It's reflexes aren't as fast as mine...about how I'm getting older and want a new bike while I'm young enough to enjoy it....she starts talking about upping my life insurance...and all of a sudden a Ninja zx12 starts to look affordable to both us....
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Comment by Don posted on Good excuses at 17/05/2006 - 05:08
pentax forgets to mention that the new d lenses have a flourite coating....Canon makes a big deal about it...I thoght it prevents cavities....(kidding)...
Comment by Don posted on D-FA 100mm Macro at 17/05/2006 - 13:24
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