Thanks Gene, I now really know what IPS means! Regardless of how many bits the display shows my collection of prints better than I've seen them.
It might be tricky for me to find out the true bit rate.
All the best, your sat pics of the East USA looks to be a standard White test card which I still have from Kodak 40 years ago with 18% Gray on the back.


Old Jim.

Hi Folks from London UK. Can I just add a thought. regardless of what computer you have, the weak point is the monitor. I have always
been disappointed with normal LED monitors. Especially the variations in the image appearance with head movement,making it tricky to evaluate the image before printing regardless of your calibration.
I can report great success with the newer IPS monitors. The image is superb and they give your plenty of settings to play with.
The model I have is the HP Pavilion 23Xi,which is not very expensive even in London where most goods are marked up.
IPS means. Inter Plane Screen. Try to see one working.

Old Jim

Hi Folks, Greeting from cold London UK !
I've not seen any info or user comments on the
Sony NEX 6. Are there any snags before purchasing
a secondhand one?

Cheers
Old Jim.

Regarding the use of elderly exposure meters. Most of them, like the Famous Weston meters used a selenium cell to generate a small current proportional to the light falling on it. As these delightful meters are now well over 60 years old and the Selenium can degrade until the needle stops moving.
A nice idea to use one, if it works at all you may have to re calibrate it from a digital camera. This involves moving the speed (ASA) until the readings match.
OLDJIM.

Hallo Makane
For copying those old slides I use one of my digital cameras, usually a Panasonic FZ7.
Tape a piece of milky white plastic sheet or Opal glass on a window that faces the sky. You can try tracing paper. Opal is best.
Tape a good slide on top of the Opal
Put your camera on close-up or Macro setting.
Place the camera on a sturdy object or tripod.
Bring the camera up a close as you can get and still be sharp.
Get the full area of the slide picture if you can. I use a 5 cm gap.
Just take a picture using the delayed action if you have it to stop shake.
Play around with settings, ie. White balance etc.
When I got mine working roughly I made a little box with a slot for the slide, another slot for the Opal or stick it on the end near the slide. You will have to be inventive to hold the box onto the camera.
On the Panasonic camera it has a parallel section you can use with a Plastic retaining screw to prevent scratching. If you can find a threaded ring with the right thread that's ok IF your camera has such a thread on the front end.
The results have been pretty fair, certainly OK for 4 by 6 prints.
PHOTOSHOP will help a lot to improve the image.
The total cost is nearly nil just to try it out.
If you make a little box fixed to the camera you will not have to worry about camera shake, just hold the whole gizmo up to a nice bright midday day sky.
Have fun,

OLD JIM

Hi All, Yes folks, I'm also suffering from too much information syndrome. The main problem is that I experiment with setting's say WHITE BALANCE. I get what I need, then being decrepid I take the camera out again and ruin a bunch of shots that all have a BLUE tint. In other words my instructions do not default and go back to where they were!!! I need a new brain with lots of RAM and ROM!
Am I alone here? I would buy a LEICA if I could afford it. I did enjoy my old Pentax Spotmatic with just aperture,focus and shutter speed.ks

Bye folks............... OLD JIM (84)

Hi Folks, I find that the latest IPS ( Inter Plane Screen) are the best, not only is the resolution good but more importantly the image does NOT vary as one move one's eyes, ie. changing contrast and density. This make it so much easier to evaluate the image and make the correct adjustments in Photoshop or any other image manipulator.
I have a low cost HP Pavilion 23 xi. Around £130 British Pounds.


Old Jim in North London UK

Hi Folks, I went out with Canon G10.
I left the Digital Zoom on in case it needed it.
Nearly all the shots were severely cropped.
ie. The finder did not match the actual shot area.
Got a few animal pics not too bad.
Anyone noticed this, or have I ticked
another Wrong Menu Box???
Lets face it there are far too many items in the menu,
This is indicated by a 300 page manual HAD to print out.
With a poor memory this is hell !!
Bye folks.

I would like a compact with a 24 by 36mm CCD

OLDJIM

Hi all, I have an ARCA ball joint- It's massive at 3 inch diameter
and would suspend a horse, no trouble.
Lovely to use If you can accept a 3/8 thread?

ARCA & standard ball joint

Hi all, I have an ARCA ball joint- It's massive at 3 inch diameter
and would suspend a horse, no trouble.
Lovely to use If you can accept a 3/8 thread?

ARCA & standard ball joint

Hallo again, Of course ! on some cameras you can set the screen brightness. If so it might be turned down. Just a thought.
The worst feature of still and video cams today is the useless
glass screen in even average outdoor lighting, unless the weather
is dull an accurate composition is a struggle.
I just can't face lugging a BIG, HEAVY SLR around.
Happy shooting.

On my Fuji compact (without proper viewfinder) I use a Kaiser 2 by2 slide viewer in bright sun. Then I can read all the menu setting and compose.
I took off the Opal/Milky diffuser, no problem except you may not see all of your screen to compose. It's helped me a lot.
The Kaiser is still available in N. London. UK.
My other camera is a Canon G10 which is one of the very few cameras
with an optical finder.
Bye. Old Jim.

I have a Canon G10. There are over 100 settings and the manual
has nearly 300 pages, which I had to print myself!
All I want is a digital version of my old PENTAX SPOTMATIC.
with a knurled ring for f number, focus, shutter speed, and a
needle to centre for exposure. Why has life got so complex.
Also whilst I'm having a rant - I can't read any menus in Sunlight,
let alone compose, I carry a Kaiser 2x2 slide viewer with the Opal screen taken out
to read the screen info. Thank God for a viewfinder at least.
A big digital reflex camera is too heavy to keep on my person
when walking and cycling.

Grumpy........... OLDJIM

I have a Canon G10. There are over 100 settings and the manual
has nearly 300 pages, which I had to print myself!
All I want is a digital version of my old PENTAX SPOTMATIC.
with a knurled ring for f number, focus, shutter speed, and a
needle to centre for exposure. Why has life got so complex.
Also whilst I'm having a rant - I can't read any menus in Sunlight,
I carry a Kaiser 2x2 slide viewer with the Opal screen taken out
to read the screen info.

Grumpy........... OLDJIM