Hudson Henry is a big fan. He sells them on his site.

Thanks for all the replies. Have to get shopping as my prep time is flying by.

Budget is up to $2k

Looking for recommendations on a PC laptop for travel. I will be taking an extended trip this spring to visit the National Parks in the west. I will be on the road for 6-8 weeks. I will need to work one day a week on the road. The work entails QuickBooks and MS Office applications. I also want to be able to do some photo and video editing while I’m on the road so anything that is powerful enough for that will be plenty powerful enough for the work stuff. What specs should I be looking for in a PC laptop? Thanks for any suggestions.

Thanks for the reply’s. I have been watching YouTube videos. Didn’t want to miss other available resources.

I recently purchased a Nikon Z6-II. I will be taking a trip to the western national parks in May and want to take some video during my trip. I am a video beginner. Looking for tutorials and resources that can help me navigate this new endeavor. I will be looking through the posting in this section but looking for any and all suggestions.

Thanks for your replies. I figured out the problem. When I set Denoise in Preferences I neglected to change the file type from PSD to TIFF. All is well now!

I recently purchased Denoise AI to replace Denoise 6. I have it set up as a Plug-in in Lightroom Classic. When I go to do an Edit In it opens Denoise AI and wants me to drag a file into it to open it. Previously Denoise 6 would open with the photo already there and ready for adjustments. Have I set up the new Denoise incorrectly or is this the way it works now? I hope I have messed something up since the older version worked smoothly! Thanks in advance for any words of wisdom. I’ve searched the web but haven’t found anything helpful yet.

Thanks for all the reply’s. My use of the RAID will be for storage, not backup. My backup process is two-fold. Cloud along with external drives kept at a location separate from home.

My purpose is to protect my files by having the redundancy a properly raid system will give me. I have offsite storage of backup drives but want to have “backups” locally available as well.

Considering setting up a Raid system to store my growing photography collection. I’d like to get rid of the multiple external hard drives that currently hold the collection. I’d love to hear from those of you that use a Raid. Why you chose the one you have, etc.

Thanks in advance.

Thanks again for all the suggestions and good wishes. The surgery I am having is a proximal row carpectomy (PRC). This involves removing three bones from the bottom row of wrist bones. “Full” recovery can take from 8-12 months. I have been dealing with the pain, limited range of motion and lack of grip strength for over a year so have become very left-handed. I guess I’m just going to have to suck it up and get used to my tripod setup in an open window and take pics of “backyard” birds or talk someone into going with me to carry and deploy the tripod. Can’t miss the spring migration!

Thanks for the replies. I have a tripod and gimbal head but I’ve tried to set it up one handed without much success. Maybe practice will make it better! I thought a monopod might be easier to deploy with one hand. I thought maybe I could use the crook of the bad arm to hold it while I deploy the sections with my good hand. I think I’ll try to borrow one to see if it might work.

Good Morning. I need suggestions on a monopod. I will be having right wrist surgery in a month and for about two months my wrist will be in a cast. About the only thing I’ll be able to do is wiggle my fingers and hopefully press the shutter button! I mostly do bird photography. I have a Nikon D500 and D850 that I use in combination with the Nikon 300mm PF and 500mm PF lenses. Sometimes a 1.4 III teleconverter is attached. Since I’ll be pretty much one handed I’m thinking maybe a monopod will allow me to still get to do some shooting while I’m recovering. Thanks in advance.

I ordered my lens in November of 2018 from one of the NY stores and received it last Thursday! I must say it was worth the wait! It is hand holdable even for this 62 yo with a bad wrist! Gives me the reach that my 300 PF w/ 1.4 teleconverter didn’t! Patience!!