Thank you. Yes I did, and I use it. Its an improvement for me, but is an unnecessary kluge. I run 10 on a couple of high end laptops and a tablet. I run 7 on my desktop and three sophisticated laptops that I could still purchase with 7 instead of 10. All my serious work including photo processing, if I am not travelling, is with 7. When Microsoft stops supporting 7, I will cross that bridge.
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Have you tried the classic shell?
I have been a Microsoft OS user since the earliest days of MSDOS, and still am. Windows 8 was an ill conceived, perhaps even panicky, response to the Apple OS, and the market let Microsoft know that with its almost total indifference to the product. Microsoft recognized its mistake by offering its successor, Windows 10 (where did Win 9 go?), free for a year to build a user base. It has been marginally successful. It may be a rock solid OS, but if users don't like the user interface (I don't), it won't be fully successful. I hope Microsoft's next effort will be better conceived and executed. I will buy it.
So are mine. Better than 8, but I still detest 10.
I have lived in Washington DC, and my wife and I still love visiting the city. For fine art, the National Gallery is a must see. Photography is allowed; no flash. Free! Mt Vernon is an important historic and scenic place to visit. Not free (but not expensive), and you need to make reservations online. It is approx 12 miles outside the city. As others have indicated, DC is far too large an area to cover fully walking; especially in the summer. To get an overview, a Hop-on Hop-off bus works well, but they are not cheap (about $40 per person as I recall), and you are tied to the bus itinerary. More pricey, but much more flexible, is to hire a private guide/driver. A four hour tour of DC, including the monuments, National Cathedral, a visit to Arlington National Cemetary, etc. costs about $400. Spread over a party of four, the per person cost is $100. You may dictate your own itinerary, stop to visit a site take photos whenever and wherever you wish. You are also not stuck on a bus with your 50 new best friends and dirty windows. We have found highly qualified driver/guides in DC and world-wide using Travel by Locals and VIATOR (no relationship to either company except as a satisfied customer in the past.) You can check on them on line. However, they may be totally booked. The sooner you book, before you trip, the better. Don't wait to your arrival in DC, and expect to find someone is available.
I grew up with Monarchs, and loved them. They are incredible insects - their migration! We don't see them in Albuquerque, so you photos, and learning of your work with the Monarchs was a special treat for me.
Ultimately, the true cost of these products isn't the cost of the download, jewel box or subscription. To find the true cost of a program, it is necessary to factor in the amount of time invested to learn, stay current and use to use the program to process your photos. This total cost is balanced againt the program's functionality (ability) to achieve the photographic image you, as an individual, are seeking to create. For me, a "poor" product would be one with a high cost to functionality ratio. Conversely, a good program will have a low cost to functionality ratio. This ratio may vary widely from one person to another for any given program. All in all, this is a convoluted way to state the obvious: "the best program is the one you know, and are using, that you are satisfied by your results." This principle doesn't exclude experimenting and investigating new programs, but there is, on an individual level, no "best" program.
Agree. I use the subscription model. Relatively painless.
That or the 1.2 50 mm prime is precisely what I had in mind. On a walk around day, stick it in your pocket for a dark interior or whatever. P.S. I can wear the same flight jacket patches.
Concur with monopod. I do a lot of, cruising and have found the monopod useful on an off the ship. Using a Canon 5DMk4, I like a 50 mm prime for interiors and walking around, and the 70-200 mm EF in IS for more reach from photos made u/w on the ship. A 28-105 mm IS is also good for walking around. More gear, but you only unpack once on a cruise, and these options give you more flexibility.