Truthiness!

Absolutely! UHH for breakfast with coffee every day!

"some of the photo and video image files saved in the 10GB long-term storage prior to June 16, 2020 9:00am (JST) were lost"

https://gizmodo.com/the-canon-ransomware-attack-probably-more-costly-than-t-1844625348

I have both. I have a Canon mount Tamron 24-70mm F/2.8 G2 which I love and a Canon mount Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5 which I also love. The Tamron has image stability which the Canon does not and that was important to me.

Check the specs carefully.

I'm an old IT guy and have been working with "micro-computers" since the late 70's. I currently manage my wife's online psychotherapy machines. We buy nothing but machines with dedicated discrete graphics processors (gpu's). In our case we buy MSI gaming machines.

Why?

Because speed. For rendering video and photos, especially RAW photos that is where the bottleneck is. As for other specs, the more graphics RAM and system RAM the better. An SSD for booting up the machine will cause it to boot in a few seconds.

The other aspect, in which I am not as well versed, is the monitor. But if true color is important I will leave it to others to recommend.

MSI gaming laptops. I use them exclusively. They are fast, relatively rugged, well made and excellent dedicated graphics gpus. I have found them used for under $700. Get one with an SSD and plenty of RAM.

My Canon 80D and Tamron 34-70 is WHAT I HAVE and that is the reason for my answer.

If I had it do over again I would end up with the same rig... cost-benefit vs budget.

Canon 80D and Tamron SP 24-70mm F/2.8

This is a wrenching issue. Who knew!

I have two 80D bodies for when I need a quick lens change. I see no reason to "upgrade" at all. My Tamron 24-70mm f/2.8 gets me a long way as my main go to and I often use my cheap 50mm f/1.8 on the second body. But it varies.

I am curious; what was the solution?

I too have been using Affinity Photo since it became available for Windows. I use it almost entirely for RAW processing and converting.

Mostly I think it's the cat's pajamas. But, when I was using my 18 - 135 mm Canon kit lens it did not handle the distortion well even though it claimed to support it. When I switched to a Tamron 24 - 70 mm 2.8 all of that went away.

So your mileage may vary in some of the details. I highly recommend it.

Quick Access is the Bad Gall Bladder of Windows 10 LMAO

The wind was blowing HARD and I had to use the Live screen on my Canon 80D, handheld of course, and ended up cropping it a fair amount. Still I thought my Tamron 24-70mm F/2.8 lens did a fair job.

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Good question. I have two bodies too. I will see if I can try an installation in a few days.