My pet hate is when people, particularly the media, use the words "almost exactly". The media people should know better than to use contradictory English. Is it peculiar to Australia or has it spread to your shores?
The changeover from Imperial to Metric can be tainted with confusion at the start but like all things the new system eventually falls into place. When Australia had just changed to metric length some years ago, I read a newspaper article about some school children having head lice. The article suggested a close examination in the child's hair and those nasty lice could be seen, they were supposed to be two to three centimetres long.
I will leave it to you good people in USA to do the conversion as I have largely forgotten about feet and inches, of course with some exceptions. I still say that "I will not give an inch" as it sounds stupid to say that "I will not give 2.54 centimetres".
There is still some place in the world for the old measures.
Okay, I cannot let this die yet.
What are those things on posts at the front? I haven't had one of these cars for quite a while and I have sort of forgotten what those weird bits are?
If you buy the Lenovo, then I don't think that you will be disappointed.[/quote]
My recommendation of Lenovo as a brand still stands but I have concerns about this particular model. Unless there is a new one on the market, that I cannot find, then this is an old machine with the CPU lacking grunt and screen resolution being quite inferior for photography.
Could thge Op please provide some specifics. Was it found on the net and can a link be provided?
I am using a Lenovo Ideapad 520 to type this on, it is several years old. Despite only 8GB of RAM, there is 7.88GB usable, and it has a modest I5-8250U CPU. It copes with Lightroom quite well and when not in LR, it quite often has a number of Office apps open along with 100 plus tabs in Firefox. I bought it with a 2TB HDD
and I replaced it with a 2TB SSD, relegating the old HDD to a secondary position by using a DVD/CD cradle.
I have used Lenovo laptops for several years and find them to be quite robust and very reliable. I concede that it used to be slow on start up, but that was my fault with all of the crap that I put on it.
If you buy the Lenovo, then I don't think that you will be disappointed.
Most contributors to this forum, seem to arrange folders by chronology or event or a combination of these two along with any other variable that they think is appropriate. Because of the fantastic search abilities of Lightroom, particularly if a good keyword structure is used, I don't find the need to organize the folders into some neat/tight structure.
I recognize that everyone's mind works differently as do their photographic objectives and volumes. I have my folders split by camera model, at least half a dozen point and shoots, plus my rather aged D5100. I also have folders of scans, being vintage family photos of my family and those of my wife, along with scans since we married 43 years ago. By default, this structure gives me some sort of chronology. As far as volume is concerned, the maximum number of event/location shots that I would do would be 100 at a wedding and probably 20 or so at some scenic location. Certainly no volume that merits a distinct folder structure. My total images is at 23,000.
I am a 'lightweight" in terms what many forum members do and my system would probably be described by many, as sloppy. This KISS model works for me and the reason for my ramble is to suggest to the OP that he get his mind out of the folder system and to learn LR. Really it is not that hard once the basics sink in, after watching some entry level videos.
I am not sure what you mean by manual. If you mean that they are without electrical contacts then you really need a lens that adjusts the aperture on that lens, not via the camera. If those extension tubes have the contacts then all is well. Suggest that you set to manual focus.
Once you get "the bug" you need a tripod, and if you extend only two legs, placed square to the camera, this allows you to rock backwards and forwards to achieve focus. I also suggest that you photograph a ruler with each tube as this allows you to instantly grab the correct tube to "fill the frame", and capture that elusive bug.
Have fun, bug hunting is a great sport.
There is no surf in this area and the smoothness of the water in the photos, is pretty typical. Melbourne is located on Port Phillip Bay and this is a quite large, almost totally enclosed, horseshoe shaped, bay.
I love your photo set and and also the very fascinating history. It may have been a little while ago but I love to know who did what to whom, and when.
Love your photos for their quality and the memories that they bring back. Have probably done the crossing ten or twelve times. Most were enjoyable but not so the first. As a young man I sought economy and had a seat for the night crossing. Bad choice as the seat had no head support and this caused a night of many wakeful periods but worst of all, when I woke I had to physically grab my head from its sideways slump and bring it back to upright position. Rather sore in the morning. I married in Tasmania and subsequent trips were in cabins.
Have you totally disconnected power to the "offending" monitor or just swapped input cables around?
My desktop had a spasm recently and the main monitor would not show anything and the second monitor switched on and off every three seconds. The answer was the simple one; the computer and one or other monitor could not handshake. The solution was to cut the power to the monitors, not just a turn off. It may work and it is cheap to try. Good Luck
Ron
I started from a similar position to yourself, but with only about 20K of images. Those images comprised a multitude of scans and images from many point and shoot cameras that have preceded my current Nikon.
You are certainly on the right track with Lightroom as this programme saved me from the chaos that my images were in. Contrary to the advice often given on this site, I just keep my images in folders named by the brand and model of camera; I don't bother with changing the file names. For my point of view there is no need to change the numbering or to try putting descriptors into the file names; leave all of that to LR.
When all of your photos have been read by LR you are likely to be presented with its tremendous ability to indentify faces. It will take you quite a while to do the complete job of putting names to faces, then you need to give plenty of thought to structuring a logical set of keywords. Whilst most keyword trees tend to be somewhat individual I can give you mine as a guide, if you care to PM me.
Good luck.
Ron
Don't go anywhere near it. It is only a Linux OS, probably free, put on a cheap stick.
This has been around for years and Google has plenty of information.
I went into Google with a search for the composition features of the Old Masters and I was so struck with the first page that I found.
The author hates that rule and suggests that is not even suitable for a beginner.
I found the content to be very thought provoking but I will need to read it several more times to fully comprehend the concepts.
https://ipoxstudios.com/10-myths-about-the-rule-of-thirds-master-composition-without-it/I hope that this material will generate many new ideas and no doubt many comments.
Ron
(sorry - cannot get it in as an active link)