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Nov 3, 2014 10:58:27   #
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Robots at Lowes
fly boy wrote:
In partnership with Lowe’s Innovation Labs, Fellow Robots and Singularity University, Orchard is the first retailer to explore how Autonomous Retail Service Robot (ARSR) technology can improve and enhance in-store service and training. Our San Jose Midtown store will be the home to OSHbot, an associate and customer assistance device designed with a number of ground-breaking features that help customers navigate the store and associates work more effectively

http://youtu.be/Sp9176vm7Co
Jobs for humans. Hire Americans who have been here awhile.
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Nov 3, 2014 10:57:13   #
(General Chit-Chat (non-photography talk))
Robots at Lowes
Fstop12 wrote:
True, but it will create higher paying technology jobs that will be needed to produce and maintain this robot.
true, but these jobs will mostly be given to immigrants... not people who have lived here all their lives and paid taxes as well for all those years.
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Oct 27, 2014 19:05:36   #
(Main Photography Discussion)
Focusing speed
SharpShooter wrote:
SC, #3 makes me want to go shoot surf!!
That's like music making me want to get up and BOOGIE.
Spectacular shot. 🌊
( :thumbup: on the 200-400)
SS
thank you, that's John John Florence at Pipeline... I love the 200-400 and it shoots tack sharp even with the 1.4 teleconverter engaged... it's an amazing lens!


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Oct 27, 2014 17:01:28   #
(Main Photography Discussion)
Focusing speed
SharpShooter wrote:
Jim, welcome to the Hog.
No apologies needed to anyone.
It's a pretty flat out well known fact that Canons focus better/faster than any other brand. Sure any given camera may just sputter along, but this is NOT about just sputtering along, this is about cameras at the professional level! I assume you're not asking about Kodak Brownies here.
Have you been watching the World Series?? See any black lenses out there?! NO
Jim, there's no way to be coy or shy about this.
Anything else is just YADA, YADA, YADA ❗️❗️❗️
If your conclusion was any different, then you need to ask you question again. 😊😊😊
SS
Jim, welcome to the Hog. br No apologies needed t... (show quote)

ditto, and the new and not all that expensive Canon 70D pulls a center fire focus soooo fast on my Canon 200-400 w/1.4 converter built in / f/4 that I rarely use the 1Dx...!


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Oct 27, 2014 16:43:55   #
(Main Photography Discussion)
Focusing speed
mwsilvers wrote:
Does it really make a difference if one is a tenth of a second faster than the other?
it surely does...! my bank account depends on it!


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Oct 7, 2014 15:22:04   #
(Main Photography Discussion)
Need help on picking a new camera.
Grandpa in the mountains wrote:
Hi, I am interested in upgrading my camera. Back in the olden days of film, I used Minolta cameras. I haven't done much for several years, but have recently gotten the bug. I am looking for recommendations on what camera to buy to get the sharpest still images. I am not currently interested in video, and the simpler the better. I have been using Olympus point and shoots and like them because they fit in my pocket for hiking. I have been able to get the attached photos with the Olympus SZ10 and SZ16. I was a little disappointed that the 16 was not superior to the ten, and in fact in some applications it is worse. Thanks for your help.
Hi, I am interested in upgrading my camera. Back i... (show quote)
As people here have said, your photos are wonderful already. That being said I would recommend a refurbished by Canon 5D Mark ll and a 17 to 40 Canon "L" Lens. It's a full frame digital camera that captures great images and since it's full frame you would get the 17mm setting. I really look forward to seeing your work with a good full frame camera!


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Oct 4, 2014 20:35:39   #
(Main Photography Discussion)
Lightroom backup
Frank2013 wrote:
I agree with all you have said. When you add a folder on import, it is my understanding that Lightroom is just pointed to the folders that contain the files. When you copy files on import you give the files a destination folder. I think it just keeps a catalog of all the edits you do and is the library you use to find your photos. Then on export I think it makes a copy of the file with applied edits and send it where you want for viewing, printing, ect. Don't hold me to that as I have not gotten that far yet. Good Luck.
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All you say here is true. I think for some of us though it works more smoothly if you leave LR closed and physically copy your files off the shooting card and in to a folder manually. I use something like this "09_04_2014_US_Open_Surf" ... and then I open LR and import that folder. This way I always know where my photos are and I am more comfortable with this "manual" copying process. On the fun side, just wait till you get to the Web Module... the linked page here was generated by LR and I just pasted my navigation code in to the page LR generated. Amazing and useful stuff!

http://imagewavephotography.com/lr_test_gallery/may16_nssa_west/index.html


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Oct 4, 2014 20:05:37   #
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Lightroom backup
georgevedwards wrote:
I think I understand what you are saying, it sounds like a way that I can understand to start because you are also at the beginning. But then you don't have my problem of having a method already like using Adobe Bridge I think it is called but it really should be called Browser like in the menu you click to get in on the screen. I am assuming Lightroom is some kind of advanced browser right? When I decided I wanted to browse some photo file folders with it I looked carefully at everything on the initial screen but nothing seemed obvious as to where or how to start. I think I have eventually found when you want to browse a folder you click "Import" to get a list of folders on your computer to browse. It took me a a while because I was already trained to understand and import command to mean moving a digital information file from my Epson scanner or my Nikon camera, but evidently Lightroom has a different meaning for it. Sort of like the archaic development of the English language where you say the sound "pear, pare, or pair" and have completely different meanings for it despite it having the sound. You would think the developers of Lightroom would have assigned terms without changing the meaning. But then that would make too easy wouldn't it!
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"Import" only means what it says. To import something in to LR means something different than importing something to an excel spread sheet. No one has reinvented anything here. What you need to understand is that LR does not work like Photoshop. When you make any change in Photoshop it manipulates the pixels and renders the file every time you make a change or adjustment. LR never touches your raw file until you output it or open it in P'Shop. LR works on a "preview" image and the edits you make are recorded in text in a sidecar file. This is a huge difference from P'Shop and what allows LR to do so much more than P'Shop. Did you know that you can make 100 adjustments to a photo in LR and then press "Command+Shift+C" and a dialog box will open which lets you copy every adjustment you made to that photo and then, when you jump to the next file.... you press "Command+Shift+V" and all those adjustments are pasted to the next photo or any number of photos you select! You can also create "Virtual Copies" of a photo which adds an 8k text file to your hard drive in LR and you can edit this file just like a real photo. This is a huge asset as you can make many copies of a photo without using up a lot of hard disc space. LR is not a photo browser but it has that as one of its many functions. Stick with LR and you won't be disappointed! I do recommend using it on a mac because it's far less aggravating when you use LR on a computer that runs a modern operating system.


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Oct 3, 2014 18:25:43   #
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Lightroom backup
georgevedwards wrote:
What is a catalog? Why is different than what I have, my computer with the photos in files with their designations is a catalog, to remake another catalogue system on top of one I already have seems redundant, it sounds like it requires, ideally, detailed keywords and etc I would now have to invent for each of my 10,000+ photos? I know I am missing something that makes it so appealing, I just can't figure out what.(it seems whenever I talk to a photographer about how they do PP on a photo, many now say they use Lightroom).
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Here's one for ya.... I might need to look back at some files for a photo editor but I'm in Zimbabwe and the photos are on a drive in Hawaii.... but Lightroom (LR) keeps the previews on my boot drive so I can always search for photos by tags or file numbers and see the preview without the actual photo being on my hard drive! I have even taken a screen shot and sent it to photo editors when the actual file is 5 thousand miles away!


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Oct 3, 2014 18:24:26   #
(Main Photography Discussion)
Lightroom backup
georgevedwards wrote:
What is a catalog? Why is different than what I have, my computer with the photos in files with their designations is a catalog, to remake another catalogue system on top of one I already have seems redundant, it sounds like it requires, ideally, detailed keywords and etc I would now have to invent for each of my 10,000+ photos? I know I am missing something that makes it so appealing, I just can't figure out what.(it seems whenever I talk to a photographer about how they do PP on a photo, many now say they use Lightroom).
What is a catalog? Why is different than what I ha... (show quote)
Here's one for ya.... I might need to look back at some files for a photo editor but I'm in Zimbabwe and the photos are on a drive in Hawaii.... but Lightroom (LR) keeps the previews on my boot drive so I can always search for photos by tags or file numbers and see the preview without the actual photo being on my hard drive! I have even taken a screen shot and sent it to photo editors when the actual file is 5 thousand miles away!


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Oct 3, 2014 18:15:15   #
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Lightroom backup
georgevedwards wrote:
I like ACR, if the adjustments are available for tiff and jpeg that is a big step forward, to be able to use it at will. Now once you open your RAW negative you get one chance to to go through a lot of adjustments that aren't in Photoshop proper, a lot of graphic equalizer and fine tuning types. Once you get close too your final print in Photoshop you can't go back to ACR. Lightroom seems schizophrenic, it is not sure if it is an editing program or a filing system! It has gone psycho with its James Joyce word salads. I will comprehend soon, as soon as I complete the transition to a schizoid state.
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Stick with it. It's both a catalog system and an editing powerhouse and there's no reason it shouldn't be. That's why it's a leap forward in processing technology. It does both jobs phenomenally well!
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Oct 3, 2014 14:33:12   #
(Main Photography Discussion)
Lightroom backup
Searcher wrote:
I have one catalogue of approx. 100,000 images (+ a much smaller one) and a colleague of mine has a catalogue of almost 200,000 images. The (100,000) catalogue itself is 750 megabytes whilst the images themselves amount to something over 1.5 terabytes.

300,000 raw files is not the problem. a catalogue of over one TB may well be too much for the computers ram and cache to handle.

As I understand it, the catalogue is based on a SQL database. Whilst these are fairly small in structure, they do need a bit of working area to fulfil their functions.

I think the upper limit on Lightroom to handle data, taking into account the transition from 32 bits to 64 enabled a huge number of database locations, probably into several millions, but the computer hardware would not be able to stretch that far.

I used to maintain an Access Database, (SQL) which contained over 7 million entries, but the computer system to drive it was far more powerful than any consumer desktop.

I would stop at 100,000 and give serious consideration to creating a new catalogue, the searching will be faster as will the backups.

I forgot to mention the previews, on my 7,000 image catalogue they amount to 3.5 GB. I do not have any previews on the 100k catalogue, I delete them to save space and rebuild them if needed. (Its an overnight job rebuilding).
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Thank You Sir...!!! much appreciated.


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Oct 3, 2014 12:57:04   #
(Main Photography Discussion)
Lightroom backup
Searcher wrote:
Like so many, I think George is a bit stuck on the import/export and file handling. It is different to most programs and very different to Photoshop.
It is worth it to learn Lightroom as it is an amazing leap forward in processing software. I am wondering if Searcher has a recommendation on how many photos in a catalog before creating a new one. I encountered a disaster when an old photographer friend of mine let a catalog get to 3 hundred thousand photos and was unable to export pieces of said catalog while maintaining tags and labels and such...


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Sep 21, 2014 18:31:27   #
(Main Photography Discussion)
Canon 6D vs 70D
gemlenz wrote:
You may also consider the 7DMII, depending on your budget, but the 6D would suit your needs for landscapes and portraits.
i think the 5D Mark ll might be even better...


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Sep 21, 2014 14:51:24   #
(Main Photography Discussion)
Canon 6D vs 70D
Beercat wrote:
I think what is being communicated is the 70D will out perform the 6D for sports because of the superior speed of the focus and metering. If I buy a 6D and I'm heading to the Friday night football game ........... ah ......... I'll grab one of my 70D's before I would grab the 6D .......... so long as you have a tele lens on the 70D that will open up enough so you don't push the ISO so high. I don't like to push over 800 on my 70D ......... a 6D will buy me another stop and a half on the ISO.


ditto, well said


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