Posts for: OldCADuser
Feb 21, 2023 15:46:28 #
The weight of DLSR's and the load on my neck is one reason I switched to mirrorless APS-C cameras. I'm currently using a Sony a6500 with an aftermarket Sony camera strap, which is about 1.25 inches wide. When I was still shooting film, my last camera was a Minolta X-700 with a motordrive. In that case I had a Minolta neck strap that was a good 2 inches wide. In fact, when I moved to digital and bought a Sony A65 DSLR, I repurposed that old wide Minolta neck strap as the original one that came with the Sony was very narrow (less than an inch).
Feb 21, 2023 15:28:23 #
For those not familiar with the CanoScan or for that matter, any dedicated film scanner, here's what my unit looks like:
Feb 21, 2023 15:19:52 #
I use both a Canon CanoScan FS4000US film scanner and an Epson V550 flatbed scanner. The CanoScan is 23 years old and while Canon stopped supporting it years ago, Hamrick Software makes a product called 'VueScan' which supports this as well as many other scanners.
Note that my archive contains over 54,000 images, 4,751 of them were scanned from slides, 5,024 frames of APS and 7,642 from B&W and/or color negatives, most of which were scanned using either the CanoScan or a flatbed scanner (I've had several over the years).
Note that the CanoScan cost me just under a grand in 2000, but it's worked fine over the years despite several changes in my computer platform and having to find software to support it when Canon dropped support about 10 years ago.
Note that my archive contains over 54,000 images, 4,751 of them were scanned from slides, 5,024 frames of APS and 7,642 from B&W and/or color negatives, most of which were scanned using either the CanoScan or a flatbed scanner (I've had several over the years).
Note that the CanoScan cost me just under a grand in 2000, but it's worked fine over the years despite several changes in my computer platform and having to find software to support it when Canon dropped support about 10 years ago.
Feb 16, 2023 13:30:16 #
I recently swapped my 10 year old 15" MacBook Pro for a new 14" MacBook Pro M1 and it's blinding fast, particularly with Photoshop (the app opens in only a second or two). I only got the 512GB drive as I've got two external, one a 3TB and the other a 4Tb, hard drives. The 3TB is a small portable unit that goes with me when I travel, while the 4TB stays home as that's my back-up and archive unit (it goes in the safe when we're on the road). I thought that going down to the 14" display would be an issue, but it's working fine, and I'm glad I didn't shell out the extra bucks for the 16" model. Besides, when I'm at home, the MacBook is hooked to a 'docking station' and a 28" monitor.
Dec 17, 2022 14:29:41 #
It's been better than a year and half since I've updated the list of images sold, so here goes:
Xujiahui Park, Shanghai China - July 2012 - Sony DSC-H2
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The Church of God in Turner, Oregon - August 2008 - Sony DSC-H2
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Buddy Holly crash site memorial near Clear Lake, Iowa - June 2002 - Canon IXUS V
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My wife's feet before Bunion surgery - May 2011 - Sony A100 - 18-70mm
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My wife's foot after Bunion surgery - November 2011 - Sony DSC-H2
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Sign on the Wyoming border crossing from Montana - October 2009 - Sony A100 - 18-70mm
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Texas School Book Depository near Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas - December 2003 - Minolta DiMAGE 7Hi
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Winchester No. 3060 Rabbet Plane after I had restored it - October 2016 - Sony a6000 - 16-50mm
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An old boiler at the De Mores Packing Plant site near Medora, North Dakota - April 2019 - Sony a6000 - 16-50mm
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Th old Quincy Copper Smelter next to Portage Lake, across from Houghton, Michigan - July 2021 - Sony a6500 - 18-135mm
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Mar 15, 2021 21:15:03 #
I just had a conversation about Daylight Savings Time with someone and it reminded me of what happened when Washington finally passed a federal law, the 'Uniform Time Act', requiring that ALL states which observed DST to change their clocks at the same time. Prior to this law, every state, and in some cases, even cities decided for themselves if and even when they changed their clocks. This created a lot of confusion around the country, the worst example of all was St. Paul and Minneapolis. Minnesota, where the two cities changed their clocks TWO WEEKS apart from each other (don't ask why).
Anyway, I was a freshman at Michigan Tech in the UP (Upper Peninsula) of Michigan and when the day came in the Spring of 1966 to set our clocks ahead one hour, all the clocks at the university were changed but the locals in town refused. In fact, the entire UP refused to change, but since we were a state university, we complied with the law. So for awhile we had 'Tech time' and 'Town time'. It seems the issue was that since the federal law had been just signed the state had only a couple of weeks to hold hearings on whether they were going to opt IN or OUT, and chose to opt IN, but Michigan has a unique situation because of our geography. For all intents and purposes, it's like there are TWO different states, the UP and then the rest of the state, and so there is a law on the books that says that any law before the legislature which will have an impact on the entire state, they must, in addition to holding public hearings in the state Capitol, they must also hold them in the UP since for some UP residents, it's more than a 500 mile drive to Lansing, the state Capitol. Anyway, in the rush to meet the federal deadline, they never held those UP hearings so the local municipalities all said NO, and stuck to Standard time. Anyway, this lasted about two weeks when the state gave in and said OK, they would delay for one year the decision to opt IN or OUT so that they could hold the legally mandated public hearings in BOTH parts of the state. So in 1967 the legislature, after holding the public hearings, voted again, only this time they voted to opt OUT. And so Michigan did NOT adopt DST. However, after a lot of complaining by companies and citizens, the issue was revisited in 1972 and the state finally vote to opt IN, and that's the way it's been since.
However, across the UP, particularly out at the Western end, people do not like the idea of observing DST time. If you've never been in the UP, look at a map and you'll see that over half the UP is WEST of Chicago. In fact, Michigan stretches as far West as Iowa, and yet Michigan is in the Eastern Time Zone. They did later move a few of the UP counties into the Central Time Zone but only those that border Wisconsin.
John
Anyway, I was a freshman at Michigan Tech in the UP (Upper Peninsula) of Michigan and when the day came in the Spring of 1966 to set our clocks ahead one hour, all the clocks at the university were changed but the locals in town refused. In fact, the entire UP refused to change, but since we were a state university, we complied with the law. So for awhile we had 'Tech time' and 'Town time'. It seems the issue was that since the federal law had been just signed the state had only a couple of weeks to hold hearings on whether they were going to opt IN or OUT, and chose to opt IN, but Michigan has a unique situation because of our geography. For all intents and purposes, it's like there are TWO different states, the UP and then the rest of the state, and so there is a law on the books that says that any law before the legislature which will have an impact on the entire state, they must, in addition to holding public hearings in the state Capitol, they must also hold them in the UP since for some UP residents, it's more than a 500 mile drive to Lansing, the state Capitol. Anyway, in the rush to meet the federal deadline, they never held those UP hearings so the local municipalities all said NO, and stuck to Standard time. Anyway, this lasted about two weeks when the state gave in and said OK, they would delay for one year the decision to opt IN or OUT so that they could hold the legally mandated public hearings in BOTH parts of the state. So in 1967 the legislature, after holding the public hearings, voted again, only this time they voted to opt OUT. And so Michigan did NOT adopt DST. However, after a lot of complaining by companies and citizens, the issue was revisited in 1972 and the state finally vote to opt IN, and that's the way it's been since.
However, across the UP, particularly out at the Western end, people do not like the idea of observing DST time. If you've never been in the UP, look at a map and you'll see that over half the UP is WEST of Chicago. In fact, Michigan stretches as far West as Iowa, and yet Michigan is in the Eastern Time Zone. They did later move a few of the UP counties into the Central Time Zone but only those that border Wisconsin.
John
Mar 15, 2021 15:27:18 #
When I travel I try to remember to keep my camera(s) set to the local time because we often use the timestamp on our images as a record of our vacations and such. Of course, my wife shoots virtually all of her pictures using her iPhone so those have accurate timestamps as well as the geotagging, which helps as well.
John
John
Mar 15, 2021 15:03:58 #
11 clocks (two were on the Oven and Microwave and one on the programmable thermostat). Plus two cameras and one watch (my wife's) and one car (mine). My watch and my wife's car took care of themselves.
John
John
Mar 15, 2021 14:56:46 #
I'm running Photoshop 22.3.0 on my MacBook Pro with no problems.
John
John
Mar 15, 2021 12:04:22 #
We're concentrating on one of our granddaughters as a possible engineering candidate. She's a high school sophomore and universities are already trying to recruit her, including my alma mater (with no help from me).
John
John
Mar 14, 2021 13:56:26 #
My advice is to create an archive where you can access all your images quickly and easily, and then have some sort of database to keep accurate records. After a few years you'll realize that this database, and the images, will become a sort of dairy of your family's life. My wife and I are constantly using the database as a place to look up such things as family events, travel experiences even such things as whenever we have any work done on the house, I document it with photos and they go into the database just like birthday and Christmas pictures. That way, we have a record of when we did this or that to the house. After awhile it becomes just part of everyday life, something interesting happens, take a few pictures, document them and later you're got a chronological record of your family's experiences.
John
John
Mar 13, 2021 16:59:35 #
As I stated in my first 'Cemeteries' post...
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-689002-1.html
...when I travel, one of the things that I find myself stopping to see, and getting some nice photos, is when visiting cemeteries. Some are where family members are buried, some are ancestral, some are famous and some are just interesting.
John
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-689002-1.html
...when I travel, one of the things that I find myself stopping to see, and getting some nice photos, is when visiting cemeteries. Some are where family members are buried, some are ancestral, some are famous and some are just interesting.
John
American Cemetery, Cambridge, England - May 1993 - Minolta XG-M 50mm
Cemetery near Manchester, New Hampshire - November 2004 - Minolta DiMAGE 7Hi
Johnson Family Cemetery, LBJ Ranch near Johnson City, Texas - August 2007 - Sony DSC-H2
Cemetery at the Little Bighorn Battlefield site near Crow Agency, Montana - October 2009 - Sony A100 18-70mm
Miramar National Cemetery, San Diego. California - April 2016 - Sony a6000 16-50mm
Miramar National Cemetery, San Diego. California - June 2016 - Sony a6000 16-50mm
Mar 13, 2021 01:07:35 #
Mar 13, 2021 01:03:27 #
I do it myself using a sensor cleaning kit from VSGO:
https://digital-photography-school.com/vsgo-camera-sensor-cleaning-kit-review/
John
https://digital-photography-school.com/vsgo-camera-sensor-cleaning-kit-review/
John
Mar 12, 2021 14:56:51 #
When I travel, one of the things that I find myself stopping to see, and getting some nice photos, is when visiting cemeteries. Some are where family members are buried, some are ancestral, some are famous and some are just interesting.
Enjoy...
John
Enjoy...
John
Cemetery near Saginaw, Michigan - July 1969 - Minolta SRT-101 58mm
Cemetery near Saginaw, Michigan - July 1969 - Minolta SRT-101 58mm
Cemetery near Pequaming, Michigan - Setember 1970 - Minolta SRT-101 58mm
Arlington National Cemetery, near Washington DC - June 1973 - Minolta SRT-101 35mm
Ancestral Cemetery near Rumbeke, Belgium - May 1994 - Minolta XG-M 35mm
Family plot in the St. Francis Catholic Cemetery near Lewiston, Michigan - July 2002 - Canon IXUS V
