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Jan 24, 2024 20:51:32   #
Jeffcs wrote:
My neighbor dropped her WD passport external drive with a ton of information and photos on it.
That’s the back story, she called me for help!
I checked it out the drive makes some noises but failed to run and it won’t show up on the computer.
I checked it out with my usb cord same results.
What I’m asking is where can she get her information and photos off of the drive?
I think you hogs


This is why making backups is so important. What would she have done if it was all her personal and financial data.
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Jan 24, 2024 08:57:13   #
Jersey guy wrote:
Various posts claim that Microsoft 365 no longer includes the old photo editing feature that had been available. But when I click on any JPG image that I have, there is some sort of program that opens up and allows for adjusting of the usual parameters (contrast, color saturation, "auto adjustment", etc.). So what am I looking at?


Microsoft 365 is the current name of the subscription version of Microsoft Office. In addition to the office apps it also includes a number of productivity tools. I have had a subscription to it for years. It never contained an image processing app. Windows 10 however does contain a very basic photo app.
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Jan 21, 2024 10:33:35   #
maxlieberman wrote:
The folks who publish N-Photo and Digital Camera also publish a magazine which focusses on Canon cameras and lenses, but I don't recall the name. The publisher is "My Favourite Magazines"


PhotoPlus
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Jan 21, 2024 10:23:44   #
boomboom wrote:
Greetings, I was wondering if anyone has any recommendations for a photography magazine that would be worth subscribing to. In my area, there seems to be definitely a lack of photo magazines in stores. I'm looking for something that has some quality information and is not 90% advertising. I know that's a lot to ask for, but that's my goal. I appreciate your thoughts and Happy New Year to all my "HOG" friends.



If you are a Nikon or Canon shooter and can afford them, there are two excellent but expensive British Magazines with mostly content and very little advertising. PhotoPlus Magazine is specifically geared to Canon shooters and NPhoto is specifically geared to Nikon shooters. I think they are both from the same publisher. Theye are both on high quality heavy glossy stock, and when last subscribed I believe they had around 130 pages with about 75-80% content and 20-25% advertising. I subscribed to PhotoPLus for years when I was a Canon shooter.
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Jan 19, 2024 18:47:34   #
User ID wrote:
On my Zs I assign one if the front buttons for peaking On-Off, so I can keep my peaking set for intense effect but quickly disable it during magnified MF if its intrusive.


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Jan 19, 2024 13:27:50   #
User ID wrote:
Yes ... sort of.

Its not really a behavior, in the sense that magnified MF does not cancel peaking but peaking is often barely effective with the magnifier enabled. Take aim at some very contrasty hard edged details and you will rather likely detect a bit of peaking.

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Im quite pleased with that situation. I have some cameras that show plenty of peaking when magnifying for MF, and I hafta cancel peaking if I am relying mainly on magnified MF. Heavy magnified peaking obscures fine details as it comes ALMOST into focus, such that you cannot see to finalize EXACT focus.

IOW, peaking is best for a quick focus thaz sufficient with smaller apertures, but its a liability during the really critical magnified focus thaz needed with wider apertures.
Yes ... sort of. br br Its not really a I behavi... (show quote)


I mostly use peaking and magnification together on my Nikon Z fc and find the combination very useful. The peaking sensitivity I use does not obscure fine detail. I can set peaking to one of four colors, white, red, yellow, and blue. There are also three levels of sensitivity settings. While I will occasionally change the color and strength of the peaking, depending on circumstances, I find using blue at the standard sensitivity setting works best for me in most situations.
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Jan 17, 2024 13:45:01   #
Longshadow wrote:
The question was prompted by a comment in another thread.

INSTRUCTIONS: Post only ONE WORD: "RAW"; "JPEG"; or "BOTH".
No dissertations, no explanations as to why, no opinions, no recommendations,...
no matter how badly you feel you have to.

ANY response other than ONE of the three words will not be tallied.


Both
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Jan 17, 2024 08:28:56   #
Picture Taker wrote:
I would take your 18 to 400 and the extender maybe.


None of the Canon extenders will work with that lens. I believe the Tamron teleconverters are also not compatible with the Tamron 18-400. The 18-400 superzoom is intended as a casual vacation walk around lens, and while it can provide pleasing results for many people it is not a high quality optic and may not meet the needs of most discerning photographers. I had one for a over a year and it was a lot of fun to use because of it extreme focal range but in the end I wanted better results from my images and sold it.
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Jan 17, 2024 08:04:46   #
gwilliams6 wrote:
Latest Top Ten Cameras in sales at Yodobashi Camera stores in Japan. How did your fav brand fair?

1) Sony A7CII
2) Sony A7IV Kit
3) Sony A7CII Kit
4) Sony A7RV
5) Sony A7IV
6) Nikon Z8
7) Canon EOS R6II
8) Nikon Zfc
9) Fujifilm X-T5
10) Canon EOS R50 kit


It looks like my 2 -1/2 year old Nikon Z fc is still in the top 10. Nice to see that it is still very popular. This retro camera body certainly is not everyone's cup of tea. As I've mentioned before, I use it almost entirely with prime lenses, most of which are manual focus only. It is the most enjoyable shooting experience I have ever had with a digital camera and I am very satisfied with the images I get with it.
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Jan 12, 2024 11:15:02   #
ChrisKet wrote:
I’ve taken this approach for a very long time. My outgoing voicemail even says as much…”Leave me a message, unless you’re trying to sell me something; in which case I’ll block your number.”

I have had many legitimate people who start their message to me laughing and saying it’s the best message they’ve heard!

~Chris

Scams and most unrequested sales calls use spoofy numbers so that the caller ID you see is not the actual number of the person calling. Those numbers belong to people who have nothing to do with the person calling you.

While the odds of it happening were extremely small, I once even got a scam sales call on my cell phone from my own cell phone number.

As a result of the wide spread use of spoofied phone numbers, threatening to block these phone numbers is a useless exercise. Scammers and unexpected sales calls from people who use spoofied phone numbers can't be blocked and really don't care is that you block the phone number coming up on your caller ID. They constantly use different spoofied phone numbers as part of their scams and to call you back 5 minutes later using a different stolen phone number.
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Jan 12, 2024 09:23:27   #
Stan Fayer wrote:
Is it worth shooting Film if all your going to do is scan and digitalize your negatives, or is it self defeating.


If you need to ask the question you probably should not be shooting film. Dedicated film shooters should know why they ae shooting film, and how they plan to process it to get the results they want.
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Jan 9, 2024 11:44:34   #
Delderby wrote:
The pic included in your reply is, I think, very pleasant and well exposed, however it is quite soft. I would not expect anything else from a 30x zoom, and personally I wouldn't go there. Having said that, I achieved a sharper and much more acceptable result in 30 seconds after using Easy Photo Unblur - but that's not the point - I am sure that with my M4/3 Leica, 14mp, 3x zoom, cropped to same view I wouldn't need EPU.
My conclusion is - larger sensor and don't crowd the pixels.
The pic included in your reply is, I think, very p... (show quote)


It's hard to say how sharp it is because what's presented is only a lower resolution thumbnail. It's more than likely that if he had attached a higher resolution downloadable version It would have been much sharper.
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Jan 4, 2024 16:36:26   #
SuperflyTNT wrote:
Philosophical? He’s a flat out conspiracy theorist.


That is true, but he has posted thousands of videos over the years and many seem more philosophical to me even though I usually don't agree with him.
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Jan 4, 2024 13:54:15   #
Urnst wrote:
what happened to him?


Apparently, nothing happened to him. Here is the link to his active YouTube page with 4 videos from the last week alone. It just appears that he has not been doing any lens reviews for quite some time. His current videos are mostly philosophical.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVcxJ9k14bi__-uA1cGkEcA
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Jan 2, 2024 21:52:42   #
Ruraldi wrote:
Liberty state park in NJ. You can get the back of the Statue of Liberty in the photo if you want.
Also the teardrop memorial in Jersey City, NJ - the container ship port across from the teardrop memorial works great too.


There are actually two different skylines in NYC. One is in lower Manhattan and is accessible from Liberty State Park. The much larger and more iconic skyline, is in midtown Manhattan. You can't get good shots of it from Liberty State Park. For that, Weehawken is the best place to go. A very wide angle lens or the ability to capture multiple images for panoramas should be considered.
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