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Jul 19, 2015 11:10:57   #
I have both on my PC. There is nothing I have found so far in Elements that I can't do in Photoshop CC. However, there seem to be many things I am used to that just aren't in Elements. It is hard to come up with a list off the top of my head. My advice is this: it depends on your personality. Many good photographers I know who used Photoshop switched to elements, usually saying it was easier and did what they wanted, Photoshop Full edition is more complicated. I myself prefer the depth of Photoshop Full/CC, I like having all kinds of extra tools to work with. It is complicated and took me a long time to learn. Also the layout of each is different. Once you get used to one, the other layout uncomfortable. If you don't like a lot of post processing in your photos, Elements is for you. Personally I live for post processing, (using the Raw converter in CC is unmatched, so is its Panorama stitching and it can do focus stacking for instance) and CC is for me.
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Jul 12, 2015 13:35:42   #
If I understand what others are saying, the password would be on the bottom label of the router (the unit that attaches to the computer, like an antennae, sending and receiving the signals through the air. It is just a box with electronics in it) itself. It had me up in a tree when I tried to set up wireless too. For instance when you want your laptop to communicate with the computer, it asks for a password. A camera would be the same.
jbeejay80120 wrote:
Mac Pro recognizes the wireless device but says I need a password. I find no password in instructions, literature that came with wireless unit WU-1a. I need Help Everything I search tells me how to recover a password but I never had one to start with. The unit is so small there is no room for a password to be printed. Anyone have an idea where to start? Thanks in advance
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Jul 12, 2015 13:30:20   #
Very interesting. The plane that could accompany a bomber all the way to Berlin and back right? Goering, or one the top Nazi's, said when he saw them flying with the bombers over Berlin he knew the jig was up. Can't believe how small it looks in their, like riding a bicycle in a cage or something. I can't imagine flying one all over Europe! Maybe the wide angle lens has something to do with it.
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Jul 8, 2015 15:05:40   #
There may some "one click" programs (see above) for a simple point and shoot approach, I have to admit I have never tried them. However, I do a lot of post processing on prints I sell at a gallery and removing unwanted spots, objects etc., is just one of many things I use to enhance my photos: Of necessity is the "rubber stamp" tool in Photoshop. Once mastered you may use it if you want to just reform a cloud, or add a cloud. You can use it not only to remove but add as well. You can paint in forms, reshape them, as well as remove them. It is more accurately called a cloning tool. I tried to "paint" over unwanted areas with color but it almost always looked faked because the texture of the surrounding area did not match. The cloning tool actually allows you to "graft" an area of the image to another area. If you have a paper cup on the grass, the tool takes another area of grass that you select and grafts it over the paper cup. the tool uses a circular area and the edge can be softened to create a seamless "patch". It does not have to be just a circle, you keep the left click down and drag the cursor and it creates a grafted "brushstroke". The size of the area grafted is variable down to one pixel, and the opacity can also be adjusted to zero transparency. The latest version in the 'cloud' photoshop even shows a preview of how the graft is lining up before it "pastes" it, allowing the clean edge of a building or tree branch to be maintained without trial and error. This gives me total creative control over the operation instead of letting the computer decide and just do a "one click" removal, although I wish I had that capability on more than one occasion.
Jim Bianco wrote:
Is there any programs out there to erase unwanted objects in your pics? Thanks Jim Bianco
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Jul 8, 2015 14:55:32   #
So you are saying that the video function is basically just a bunch of still photos taken in sequence using still functions and just stringing them together makes if "video". That would make sense, but when I see a video camera it is so totally different looking, form follows function and the technology is assumably very different than a DSLR.I don't think I have ever seen or heard of a prize still photo taken out of a video stream.
LFingar wrote:
Not going to "attack" you, but I have never understood why some people get so worked up because their camera has video capability.
I never shoot video, but having that function available doesn't bug me at all. There is always the chance that something unexpected will occur that will make me glad to have it. As far as paying extra because of it, unlikely. It's a function of the firmware and merely makes use of the existing hardware. Do you make use of every single function available on your camera? I would bet not, and I would bet that having those functions doesn't bother you. Why should video capability be any different? Do you think it makes you look like less of a "photographer" because your camera has the function?
GPS? Both of my Canons have it and I rarely use it. Some people use it all the time. I would imagine that it does add some cost, but not enough that I am going to worry about it. If you don't want to pay for it, then there are plenty of fine cameras available without it.
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Jul 1, 2015 12:06:53   #
Of course we al want to know how you took this wonderful photograph, what kind of camera, settings etc. I think that if you click 'download' when posting, we could get this info from the exif data.
LILY66LADY wrote:
Nature up close and personal
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Jun 27, 2015 10:32:53   #
I have to admit I don't know what a 1" sensor is. Is it square? Is it bigger than full frame? As for the 10-600, I think that would be a great range and I would be interested if it were on a DX mount. I think the crop sensor is the standard of the industry, for Nikon and Canon, etc. Anything smaller is too little and anything larger too expensive. I just bought a Tokina 10-16 wide angle DX, I think it is an ignored range for a serious photoghrapher, who would also love to have the 600 range. To have that capability without having to change lenses is something I cannot imagine anyone would not want. The 98% negative comment rate here on UHH is a real eye opener, I am beginning to wonder who these people are. Just a smattering of the rest of the population of humanity who have pretty much f'ed up the world.
JPL wrote:
Now Nikon has secured a patent for a 10-600 mm lens to use in front of a 1" sensor according to various websites that cover camera and lens news. With the sensor zoom factor of 2.7 this will give a range that is comparable to 27-1620 mm lens on a full frame camera.

The 1" sensor is becoming more and more popular, with Nikon, Sony, Lumix, Samsung and Canon all using this sensor in more and more cameras every year. The latest of them the Canon powershot G3X.

There are some possibilities for Nikon to use this new lens patent to bring us much closer to the ultimate camera than has ever been possible before.
They could make a bridge camera with this lens and they could make a lens of this kind to use in the Nikon 1 lineup of cameras. Either way, we can now expect to get the lens many have been dreaming about, a lens that covers almost all the zoom range we ever dreamed of, a lens that we can use handheld with in camera or in lens 5 stop stabilizing, a lens that many of us never have to take off the camera, the all round travel lens, the sports and bif lens and a lens that we can put in front of a good in low light backlit sensor that is big enough to produce much better image quality than has been possible in the most popular bridge cameras so far.

And it is possible that this lens or a camera with it will be available soon, as this lens was already designed in 2013, but patent not secured until few days ago. So it is quite possible that we will see something very interesting from Nikon later this year based on this new lens patent.

What do you think about this? Anyone interested?
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Jun 21, 2015 23:55:35   #
Yes, I would agree with the other member who recommeded trying Nikon's kit lens. I bought the D5200 when it was new and was totally satisfied with the sharpness of the 18-55mm lens that came with it. I used to use a Canon Rebel for years and before that the original Canon 5mp D60, and I used to like the Tamron 28-300zoom, but as I progressed I just never seemed to get the tack sharp pictures I was seeing online by other photographers. I finally got frustrated with the softness of the Tamron lens (I developed a habit of using Photoshop's water color filter, that seemed to be the only way to get a clean crisp edge, with the Nikon equipment I actually have stopped using it and not looked back) and have not even picked up the Canon's with Tamron once since I switched to the Nikon D5200 with the Nikkor 18-55 lens (and a Nikon 70-300, 55-200, 50mmf1.4...its called Nikonitus lens disease). I have bought some more Nikon lenses and they all seem to be superior. I did buy a Takina wide angle (11-16mm for $479) because I ran out of funds, andI am thinking it is just a tad short compared to the Nikon lenses, but it is still very fine. I see a lot of pictures online taken with the newer Tamron lenses that look great. But so far my experience is that my Nikon camera works best with the Nikon lenses. The Nikon 18-55mm lens is very inexpensive as lenses go, I have seen it new for around a $100.
randik wrote:
I'm not happy with the resolution I am getting from my new Nikon D5300 and Tamron 18-270 lens. The photos are not as SHARP as I think they should be. I have only shot in auto mode because I think I should perfect that before I experiment. Could it be something in my settings? I am a rank amateur, so please help in baby words... Thanks.
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Jun 9, 2015 01:52:52   #
Maybe they did that in response to a bunch of UHH'ers who complained about not having their work "protected" but "up for grabs", so they made it like a vault. Most of the negative arguments here are about others seeing and stealing your work because it is too open(In this case maybe it just Google saying it is reserving the right to use your photos. I expect this is a good argument and Google will be addressing that issue... maybe). I would think something that gives a privacy clause would make many users happy. I know that some sites allow viewing but no downloading. It would seem the technology would be possible for this, but maybe there is some reason that it is an expensive technology that is not cost effective for a free product. (There is that darn 4 letter dirty word again: Free)
Mojaveflyer wrote:
I took Adobe up on their offer of 2 GB to share pictures because I bought Photoshop Elements... Until they changed their policy and limited the access to just me and no one else could see the pictures. I'm still angry at Adobe for that stunt... I would take any offer like that with a major grain of salt!
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Jun 9, 2015 01:40:16   #
That was a 2014 document. I would like to see the current doc that goes with the new unlimited service. It may or may not be the same. I understand everyones skepticism, but it seems like everyone is afraid their photos are the value of a Mona Lisa or something, just waiting to be ripped off to make oodles of cash for Google and the photographer getting nothing. The creative alteration clause for instance seems to be directed to the business listings on google maps, which may not be possible without it. I am sure we should be grateful for that free advertising service for our business. Seeing the unanimous disapproval by photographers here I wonder about services like flicker which not only store like google (which seems private enough for me) which show your work to the world, according to us they must be getting ripped off like crazy...??? I don't think the Google unlimited storage means that anyone can go in and fish, your would need to provide the viewer permission to download. But I have to admit I so far have not had time to investigate directly the Google system. But again, all the responses have given me the intelligence to watch out for pitfalls. I would however like to hear a good positive rebuttal argument (at least just for debate purposes) by someone who has tried it, if it is in operation yet. Free unlimited storage should have some good. (No! No! Please charge me money! This is not right! It is UnAmerican!)
bibsthecat wrote:
I read it the same way. I think I will stay away for now.
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Jun 8, 2015 03:01:08   #
Time will tell if it really is unlimited as first reported. At least after reading all the comments we know what to look out for. I am getting the feeling that the general reaction is "If it sounds to good to be true, there is a price tag on it somewhere" the present day version of "If it sounds too good to be true it usually is" The article did say and gave detailed evidence that Google had the space and technology to do it. As usual I am just agnostic: skeptical but possible, always looking for the best hope but being realistic. PS: Google does seem to have unlimited storage space for emails... they have that as a free service and have been expanding the capacity continuosly, I have used it for years now successfully, no flys in the ointment there. Ok, somebody will find some.
JimH123 wrote:
This is what I had heard too. Its not the JPGs that I worry about storage space. It's the RAWs and TIFFs.
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Jun 7, 2015 17:17:40   #
I beg to disagree. The world itself is free, essentially. It is companies with governments and big guns who take it and put a price on it. It WAS NOT ceated that way. The internet? Open source is free. More power to it.
GENorkus wrote:
Sound of future things? One cloud source send me a notice, they are stopping all free cloud accounts which I didn't use in the 1st place.

I'm sure the big guns will be around for a while but remember that whoever it is, they want your money somewhere, somehow.

Nothing is "free" in this world.
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Jun 7, 2015 17:15:00   #
Yes, serious photographers like myself would never go for a free service that steal their images and sell them to a third party and do it legally. Still, like dropbox, a big step in the right direction. I fear even showing my "good stuff" at all on the internet for I know if it can be seen it can be taken. But a photographer has to show some good stuff online to make money these days. Keep them as small and lo res as possible though. I even fear posting something on Facebook and Google+, but viewers are somewhat limited, Flicker though I have head numerous stories of photos just taken and used commercially with no acknowledgement or compensation.
jerryc41 wrote:
Not true. Every online service uses your info somehow, but "any way they see fit" is a bit of a stretch.

http://thenextweb.com/apps/2015/06/05/im-totally-and-irrationally-in-love-with-google-photos/
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Jun 7, 2015 17:08:25   #
My problem was my Mac aged, it had one shutdown or slowdown after another and finally refused to recognize my 2 external hardrives. I had a PC too and found that better for most usuage as it was more universal, Mac better mainly for Graphics, which as an artist is the main thing with me, but I just couldn't afford to keep the Mac upgraded. I took the external drives to a shop and they said they were fine. But in Mac format. It would cost me a couple hundred to transfer them to compatible PC.
selmslie wrote:
I agree, but a single external drive can still fail. You are better off with at least two separate drives each holding identical information.

I use three - two on the computer and one in my safe deposit at the bank to cover the worst possible scenario. I rotate the one at the bank out on a monthly basis so I will never lose more than a month's data.
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Jun 7, 2015 17:04:38   #
Good point about upload speed. Dropbox takes me hours, overnight sometimes, to upload a batch of negatives with even their small limit of free storage.
Gene51 wrote:
The best archival storage is a quality external hard drive - not the $90, 4 TB junk that you see all over the place. Buy a fan-vented enclosure (Rosewill is a decent brand)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817173042

And put in a Western Digital Black, or RE drive - these have 5 yr warranties and excellent overnight swap service if you develop a problem with them.

Not sure what you mean you are backing up your important work to "Disk" - if you mean DVD or BluRay, then you are no better off than with a cheap drive. "Burnable" can suffer "disk rot" in as little as 5 years, though 7 to 10 is more common.

There is another type of disk - the M-Disk - that is intended for archival storage, and is estimated to last 1000 years or more. I don't expect to be around that long. :)

Did the drives actually fail? Sounds like an interface problem, and it is quite possible that the drives are recoverable. I would bring them to Apple and ask if the drives are readable. Or a PC repair guy and ask them to copy the contents to a new drive.

As far as cloud storage in general is concerned - it is a reasonable approach as long as you have a fast internet connection. Even with a 25 mpbs upload capability, it could take weeks to upload a Tb of files.
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