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Apr 4, 2022 11:08:11   #
supercub wrote:
Is there a way to insure my camera equipment so I can put into my luggage instead of carrying it with me as a carry on?
We travel with our dog and I carry my valuables in a carry on bag so i usually have my hands full. My camera gear takes up to much space but I am afraid it will not make it in my luggage. so a lot of times I leave my Nikon D7200 and just take use my iphone. Any suggestions?


Have you checked with our insurance agent?
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Mar 22, 2022 10:54:30   #
JD750 wrote:
Hello Hoggers,

I'm wondering how many change the camera time setting to Daylight Savings vs just leaving it in standard time?


I'm not sure what the time setting is on my camera, only once did I pay attention to that, when we were on holidays and had to sync with others in our group. I was nominated to collect the images from the other guests, and make a photobook for the couple whose wedding it was. It was obvious that not everyone had set their camera times, and so I picked a scene that everyone had taken a photo of: First kiss after they said "I do".
From that it was easy to tell how much the times differed and with a bit of math easy to get all the photos in chronological order.

I think that if our government is finally going to keep it's promise, I will check, and maybe reset, the camera clock once more: We have been promised that we're going to DST year round.
I grew up with the same time year round, and still remember my Dad telling us how nice that was, as he had grown up with time changes twice a year.
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Mar 17, 2022 11:13:07   #
LoganDerrick wrote:
Hey!
I would like to restore old family photos. Scan in high quality and work on them properly. Some are cracked, some are faded, well, you know what photos that are over 50 years old turn into.

Need some advices about photo restoration software.
What software should I choose, pros and cons, etc.
Yes, I know about Photoshop, but it's too complicated for me.


All software, regardless of how easy it is supposed to be, has a learning curve.
Why is PS too complicated for you? Because you haven't spent the time to learn what you can do with PS and how to do it? May I suggest that you put your photos in a safe place for now, then start "playing" with PS and some images for which it doesn't matter if you ruin them permanently.
Check videos on YouTube, see if you can find a book about PS, ask questions of those who are very familiar with PS and above all, take notes so that the next time you want to do the same thing, you can look up how you did it.
Oh, yes, it is going to take a large investment of time, but the rewards will be well worth it!

I have not used PS myself, always found the price too high, but I do have Photoshop Elements, and so far I have been able to do everything I wanted with that program. Yes, it it too, took an investment of time, but not nearly as large a chunck of my money.
Everything you learned since the day you were born took an investment of time: talking, walking, eating without half your meal on the floor or in the dog's mouth, learning to read and write, etc., etc.
So, decide you really want to learn PS, set aside 15-20 minutes a day and go for it!
In a month or two, post some original pictures together with the "restored" ones.

Going back into time a very long way, I was 4 1/2 years old, when my grandmother taught me to knit. She was a wise woman! In her mind she had already divided the art of knitting into small steps. She cast on 10 stitches, showed me how to knit them, then handed the work to me and made me do what she had just shown me.
It cost her the entire afternoon to have me knit 10 rows over 10 stitches. But she stuck with me and I was mighty proud when a year or so later, I could show her something I had made for my doll - without her help but certainly with what she had taught me in my mind.

So go for it with PS, or any other program that you think you will like. It will be your determination that will help you learn the program, not what others tell you!
Esther.
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Mar 6, 2022 11:04:11   #
So sorry, but the post I was replying to, disappeared...
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Mar 6, 2022 10:59:40   #
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Mar 6, 2022 09:52:52   #
imagemeister wrote:
Do you go out in bad weather ?? Is there anything you think is wrong with the Sigma ??
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I don't know anything about the Sigma; My go-to brand is Olympus. They too are weather resistant.
And yes, I sometimes do go out in bad weather: rain with wind, or snow with wind, or just plain cold.
It's never been a problem for the camera, although it has been for me! Raindrops or snowflakes on my glasses don't improve my vision much.
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Mar 6, 2022 09:41:08   #
Longshadow wrote:
A bunch!


Me too! Especially when our boys were young, and now when we go and see them and the grandkids are willing to "look at the birdie."
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Mar 2, 2022 10:14:12   #
My Dad was a professional photographer and had 5 or 6 cameras. When one of my brothers, or my sister, or myself wanted to use a camera, there was always one available, with film already loaded, as long as we asked Dad first if we could use it on a given day.
When we came home, we took the film out, then handed both camera and film back to Dad. The film sat in his darkroom till he had other films to develop as well, ditto for prints: when he had other photos to print, he'd do ours too.
Then I came to Canada (from The Netherlands) initially for just a few years - without a camera. One of the first things I bought after I had a job, was a camera- if I remember correctly it was an Agfa Silette. Then saved as much of my earnings as a could, and just as I was thinking of returning to The Netherlands, I met this fellow who next month will have been my husband for 53 years!
I used that Agfa till my brother suggested the Olympus E-5. I really liked that camera, but not long after that purchase, arthritis made it difficult to deal with a camera that heavy.
I still have the E-5, but now use the OM-D E-M1 Mk3. It fits my hands perfectly, with a fairly short lens it is not too heavy and I manage to get the photos I want (most of the time - will just have to teach the grandkids to stop behaving like quicksilver and to sit/stand still till after I push the shutter-release button!).
Recently my best grandkid-photos have been the ones I took with the camera sitting on a table, or chair or other solid object, and use a remote cable to take the photo. As long as I don't have the camera pushed against my forehead, the kids don't seem to realize I'm taking their photos!
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Mar 1, 2022 10:37:05   #
Thanks for the memories!!
My Mom had several of these sundew plants in the livingroom (this takes me back some 60-70 years)
She loved to have the windows open when the weather was nice, which an invitation to insects to come and visit us.
Once she had these sundew plants, the insects were much less of a problem, especially the flies!
So, not only nice-looking plants, but they earned their living as well!
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Feb 26, 2022 08:49:42   #
My first Olympus camera was the E-5. Unfortunately, when arthritis set in, it was simply too heavy for my hands.
On the advice from my brother, I bought the OM D EM1. I was very happy with it: it fits my hand perfectly, the body is not too heavy for my hands. When the Mark 3 was released, I bought that as well, mostly because of the "extra" things I could do with it.
These two cameras fit nicely together in my camera bag, as well as a couple of lenses. When we "hit the road" both cameras and "all" my lenses for these two come with us. On one camera I will put a short lens, on the other one a long lens - saves me some time changing lenses, and I believe saved me some camera repairs when I wanted to use "the other lens" in an area where there was quite a strong wind blowing and with that, lots of sand in the air!
Bonus: besides the ease of using these cameras, I am more than happy with the photos I take with them!
I do not yet have all the possibilities of the mk 3 in my brain and fingers, and often will sit on the couch in the evening with Tony Phillips' book and the camera: I'll either find something in the book I want to learn, or I'll have tried something with the camera, didn't get the result I wanted and looked it up in the book. So slowly but surely I'm learning everything about this camera!
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Feb 21, 2022 10:48:42   #
bobforman wrote:
Can't wait for a jokester to build an exploding camera. Remote controlled.


Don't give them any ideas, they do enough damage already, without being given more ideas!
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Feb 13, 2022 10:39:14   #
I'm not going to tell you whether you should or not.... that's your decision to make.
I've got both the OM-D E-M1 and the OM-D E-M1 Mark III.
I love them both. When we travel I have both in the car, one with a short lens and one with a long lens.
Saves switching lenses on the road and especially nice when the weather is bad: rain, snow, wind...

When I got the Mark III, I also bought Tony Phillips' book for that camera. I printed it out on letter-size paper, and before putting the spiral in, I inserted blank pages between each chapter.

When the TV programming is 'blah', I sit on the couch with camera and book, or when the weather is nice, on the patio with camera and book, find something in the book that seems interesting and then do whatever that is, with the camera. Or, if there is something specific I want to do, I find it in the book also to see how to do that.
I make notes on the blank pages, or in the margins of the printed pages.
Next thing I will be "digging into" is the 60 frames per second setting (right after the Olympics are finished).
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Feb 12, 2022 09:44:33   #
LiamRowan wrote:
I need to send a 12x20 inch photo in the mail. What would be the best way? I'd prefer not to roll it into a tube.

Thanks for recommendations.


I just received two large photos from England - both rolled together int he same tube of quite sturdy cardboard. Took them out and placed them on the bed in the spare bedroom for a day or two. They started to unroll by themselves, though not very far.
I've got an atlas that is larger than the photos. Put both of them in the atlas (with some pages between the photos). They've been in there for a week now and are almost flat.
If you don't have a large atlas, I'm sure that if they were just placed on the table with something on top of them to hold them flat, will work equally well.
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Feb 9, 2022 11:03:52   #
Charlie7 wrote:
I'm not a professional photographer, but I enjoy learning more and improving my skills. I often ask folks if I can use their iPhone to take a photo for them. They are at the same place as I am to enjoy the area and capture memories.



I have come to decline that kind of offer immediately! Fortunately I was warned before I ventured into Vienna on my own. There are a lot of "things" there that are very worthy of a photo. There was a statue of a horse and rider, and while I took a photo of it, a young fellow walked up to me and offered to take my photo with my camera, with me standing next to the statue. But I had already been told, that more often than not, once the person has the camera in his hand, he'll make a run for it, never to be seen again by the owner of the camera.
So, there were a couple of locations where I would like a photo of myself with the building, statue or whatever - easy solution: went into town with my cousin and we took photos of each other and had a very pleasant, fun-filled afternoon.
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Feb 6, 2022 09:57:23   #
When GAS hits me for something expensive, it usually means I have to save up for it. Loose change at the end of the week, bottle deposit money, etc., all goes into my piggybank. It is surprising how fast it fills up....
Even so, it takes some time to get the money together. Which helps to not spend it on items I don't really need:
It has happened several times now, that by the time I had enough money in my piggybank, I had forgotten what I was saving for!
Going out for dinner and a movie or play with my husband, proved to be a good substitute for the forgotten item!
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