10mm may be just a little mor, but not enough more, effective than .45. Most effective option is 12 ga. shotgun located alternately wit 00 buck shells and 12 ga. slugs. Pistols just piss off the bear. In which the pistol may be more effective to shoot yoursel and avoid the mauling. Please report if you survive.

Conventional wisdom by those with experience encountering bears in Alaska (where I live). Unless you are a most excellent shot with Mod 1911 .45, there’re virtually useless. They jus piss off the bear. Not enough stopping power unless too close for comfort, in which you better know exactly where to hit it AND THEN actually hit it. And even you may only piss off the bear. Better use for .45 is to use it on yourself befoe the inevitable deadly mauling takes place

Better, way more effective protection—12 ga. shotgun loaded alternately with 00 buck shell and 12 ga. slugs. Just sayin. Good luck.

Macrium Reflect—bulletproof

I used Acronis for a long time, but after being burned a few times with unreadable backups, I switched to Macrium Reflect. Problems solved.

UHH’s snappy philosopher king!

Please don’t.

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I used TrueImage for several years until I became frustrated with after several failed backups. I switched to Macrium Reflect and SyncBack and have had no problems.

I’m surprised no one has yet mentioned a Wimberley Sidekick with a good ball head.

Does anyone have any experience with this software or know what it’s suppose to do. The website is pretty opaque.

Forget Pismo and follow Iron Sight’s advice.
I spend a lot of time in Morro Bay.

Nikon just released a firmware update for the D850 that enables the use of CFExpress cards, which are faster than the identically formatted XQD cards.

Is there any substantial reason to install the update?

Any reason to "upgrade" to CFExpress?

Going through his credit card issuer is the best idea.

I’ve heard for a long time that Nikon would be updating the D850 firmware so that the camera can accept a CF Express card. Is there any truth to this, or is it pie in the sky?

Damn, I must be a lesbian too.