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albedoa posted:Yeah I appreciate the response pwn, but you might be on the other end of the curve from me I do pretty much what pwn does. I crop to 8x10 dimensions mostly, or leave it uncropped, and save at 12, then post full size to flickr...mostly as a storage/backup medium.
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I pretty much take full size RAWs. I always end up exporting at 1024-long-edge. Flash memory isn't that expensive anyways. You'll never regret taking a picture that's too high-res, but you will probably regret taking a picture that's too low-res one day.
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CanuckBassist posted:I pretty much take full size RAWs. I always end up exporting at 1024-long-edge. Flash memory isn't that expensive anyways. You'll never regret taking a picture that's too high-res, but you will probably regret taking a picture that's too low-res one day. Indeed. I usually run with 8GB and 16GB cards as opposed to a bunch of smaller cards because nothing sucks more than getting a chance at a killer shot only to be greeted with "CARD FULL".
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I'm getting sick of waiting for Lightroom to render my RAW files. I'm running a 2.66Ghz Core 2 Duo with 4GB RAM, what should I be looking at upgrading to increase Lightroom's speed?
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psylent posted:I'm getting sick of waiting for Lightroom to render my RAW files. I'm running a 2.66Ghz Core 2 Duo with 4GB RAM, what should I be looking at upgrading to increase Lightroom's speed? Processor.
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psylent posted:I'm getting sick of waiting for Lightroom to render my RAW files. I'm running a 2.66Ghz Core 2 Duo with 4GB RAM, what should I be looking at upgrading to increase Lightroom's speed? Shoot JPEG? FAKEDIT: I usually queue up all the rendering and then do it as a big batch while I go for a dump, or have a meal or something
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I have a core2 duo 3.16Ghz with 8GB of RAM, I can't complain at all. Are you using the 64-bit version? Does LR utilize the GPU much? If so, maybe look at that? e: I've never changed any of the thumbnail/preview settings, so that's not it
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Interrupting Moss posted:I have a core2 duo 3.16Ghz with 8GB of RAM, I can't complain at all. GPU usually isn't considered much for processing specs. Psylent, what camera are you using and what size RAW files are you using? RAW, mRAW, sRAW? Does your camera write 12 or 14-bit RAW? My friend has an i7 Quad 3.2 and even he renders his 5D Mark II's RAW files slowly due to the size of each photo.
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psylent posted:I'm getting sick of waiting for Lightroom to render my RAW files. I'm running a 2.66Ghz Core 2 Duo with 4GB RAM, what should I be looking at upgrading to increase Lightroom's speed? How many photos do you process at once, because I have this exact same set up and it's pretty speedy. Alternatively, take up smoking.
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brad industry posted:How many photos do you process at once, because I have this exact same set up and it's pretty speedy. it seems like 'Lightroom preview-generating time' is pretty much always 'smoking time'
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When doing a concert shoot, I load up the files into Lightroom, go to bed, wake up, post-process the photos then have breakfast while the files are finishing up and exporting.
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HPL posted:When doing a concert shoot, I load up the files into Lightroom, go to bed, wake up, post-process the photos then have breakfast while the files are finishing up and exporting. Same with just about any event I shoot. Export, go to bed, wake up, first round of culling, break, second round of culling, break, process, export, go to work.
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Do you people wake up at 5am or something? For short runs I just have a smoke break, for the longer stuff I just do something else. If you're smart about it you'll never wait more than a couple of minutes, but huge DNG imports are going to take ages no matter what you're running on. Switching to 64bit (OS + LR) helps a little, and so does having a bunch of fast cores. I don't think LR2 offloads anything interesting to the GPU.
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You can shave a considerable amount of time off your wait by not saving 1:1 previews; that poo poo takes forever.brad industry posted:Alternatively, take up smoking. 
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evil_bunnY posted:Do you people wake up at 5am or something? No, usually shooting a show means crawling into bed at around that time. If it's just a few photos, it's not bad, but for an event shoot, you're potentially looking at several hundred shots. I don't exactly have a lightning-fast computer.
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I'm probably going to head over to the ball drop in White Plains, usually a few thousand people turn up, maybe I can get a good photograph or two. Any advice on settings and such? I'm assuming it will be well lit, I'll try to keep the shutter as fast as possible to minimize shake but is there anything else I should keep in mind?
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brad industry posted:How many photos do you process at once, because I have this exact same set up and it's pretty speedy. I had to upgrade my Core2Duo setup that was similar to an i7 when I went from 5D to 5D Mark II. The 22MP shots were killin the thing... especially when exporting to photoshop and back a lot too (though i think a lot of disk is also involved in that)
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Tiny Fistpump posted:I'm probably going to head over to the ball drop in White Plains, usually a few thousand people turn up, maybe I can get a good photograph or two. Any advice on settings and such? I'm assuming it will be well lit, I'll try to keep the shutter as fast as possible to minimize shake but is there anything else I should keep in mind? Are you using an slr? If so, which lenses do you have acces to?
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JaundiceDave posted:Are you using an slr? If so, which lenses do you have acces to? Yep DSLR, XSi, and just the kit lens.
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Tiny Fistpump posted:Yep DSLR, XSi, and just the kit lens. Look for railings and other solid objects you can set or brace the camera on, if you're not bringing a tripod.
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Interrupting Moss posted:Are you using the 64-bit version? What's that? I need a new video card to replace my 2 year old 8600GT? I better tell the wife you guys advised me to upgrade...
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Does anyone have a good, yet fairly basic, overview on the physics of lenses? I'm mostly looking for something that describes the way that light passes through the lens, how and why the interior layout of the groups matters, and the role the lens' focal length plays in all of this. Preferably something with handy diagrams.
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Eutheria posted:Does anyone have a good, yet fairly basic, overview on the physics of lenses? I'm mostly looking for something that describes the way that light passes through the lens, how and why the interior layout of the groups matters, and the role the lens' focal length plays in all of this. Preferably something with handy diagrams. The wikipedia entry on optical lenses isn't enough to help with your homework? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lens_(optics)
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benisntfunny posted:The wikipedia entry on optical lenses isn't enough to help with your homework? It's helpful to a degree. But I'm looking for something more specific to camera lenses, rather than just lenses in general.
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I just found a vivitar 285 which reads 8.1 volts across the contacts. Is it safe to use with a 500d? I realize it wont explode, but will it cause damage over the long term?
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Eutheria posted:Does anyone have a good, yet fairly basic, overview on the physics of lenses? I'm mostly looking for something that describes the way that light passes through the lens, how and why the interior layout of the groups matters, and the role the lens' focal length plays in all of this. Preferably something with handy diagrams. You're going to have trouble finding anything that explains optics in serious depth without getting really mathy, since math is pretty central to modern optics design. This site: http://www.opticalres.com/gentle_introduction.html has some good info, and references at the bottom. You can also try finding optics books at your local library.
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Eutheria posted:It's helpful to a degree. But I'm looking for something more specific to camera lenses, rather than just lenses in general. It's pretty god drat complicated, but try to find Nikon's 1001 Nights page for stories told by the actual lens designers. Also, fun fact, focal length is not actually what makes a lens "telephoto", but the presence of a telephoto group in it (regardless of focal length).
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Katton posted:I just found a vivitar 285 which reads 8.1 volts across the contacts. Is it safe to use with a 500d? I realize it wont explode, but will it cause damage over the long term? No. under 6 volts only.
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SoundMonkey posted:It's pretty god drat complicated, but try to find Nikon's 1001 Nights page for stories told by the actual lens designers. Also, fun fact, focal length is not actually what makes a lens "telephoto", but the presence of a telephoto group in it (regardless of focal length). Or more simply, that the actual length of the lens is less that it's focal length.
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Probably ben asked a thousand times already, but im getting an imac on monday (oh god cant wait) and dont know whether to go with what i know and get lightroom or try aperture. What does everyone prefer?
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fronkpies posted:Probably ben asked a thousand times already, but im getting an imac on monday (oh god cant wait) and dont know whether to go with what i know and get lightroom or try aperture. I use Lightroom now after using Aperture initially.
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fronkpies posted:...get lightroom or try aperture.
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psylent posted:Running Windows 7 64-Bit, and the LR 3 Beta. I've got pretty much the same setup as you and I think there could be something buggy with the beta because when I first installed it everything was great and very snappy but a couple weeks later it started to take forever to render. I went back to LR2 and it was snappy and responsive again.  Caveats of beta software I suppose.
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fronkpies posted:Probably ben asked a thousand times already, but im getting an imac on monday (oh god cant wait) and dont know whether to go with what i know and get lightroom or try aperture. Aperture locks up your metadata and rating and poo poo in it's proprietary database so you should use LR.
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DJExile posted:I'm flying from Detroit Metro to Boston Logan on Thursday and taking my gear. DTW security is going to be on loving lockdown. I'll let y'all know how it went when I get in. Well I'll be damned. I cruised through DTW and Logan security without so much as a "can I look at your bag, sir?" in either case. Color me shocked.
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fronkpies posted:Probably ben asked a thousand times already, but im getting an imac on monday (oh god cant wait) and dont know whether to go with what i know and get lightroom or try aperture. I started out in Lightroom on windows and switched to Aperture when I got a mac last year. The big thing for me was at the time in LR, if I wanted use a filter like noise ninja or what ever, I'd have to go into photoshop. In Aperture, filters don't require Photoshop. I've heard they've made it less painless in LR now a days, but I think most filters require that you have Photoshop installed. Probably not a big deal if you already own it. I think the new LR 3 might be a bit better than the current Aperture 2, but we're due for Aperture 3 and who knows what's in store. One advantage is that LR will always have is that there is a lot of support material for it. You'll find a lot more books, websites, and goons using it than Aperture. I thought about switching back to LR but it'd be a lot easier to stick with the horse I got than trying to relearn everything.
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brad industry posted:Aperture locks up your metadata and rating and poo poo in it's proprietary database so you should use LR. Haggins posted:I thought about switching back to LR but it'd be a lot easier to stick with the horse I got than trying to relearn everything.
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DJExile posted:Well I'll be damned. I cruised through DTW and Logan security without so much as a "can I look at your bag, sir?" in either case. Color me shocked. Perhaps they realised that if the bad guys were using exploding underpants, there's not much point in making a big deal about carried bags. Though, that sounds too sensible for the TSA. Haggins posted:I started out in Lightroom on windows and switched to Aperture when I got a mac last year. The big thing for me was at the time in LR, if I wanted use a filter like noise ninja or what ever, I'd have to go into photoshop. In Aperture, filters don't require Photoshop. I've heard they've made it less painless in LR now a days, but I think most filters require that you have Photoshop installed. Probably not a big deal if you already own it. I find that filters are easy to use in LR, without needing PS. The only one that I would need to load PS for was noise, and they have that in LR now - so I only really need PS for stitching panoramas. I am a big fan of LR now.
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spog posted:Perhaps they realised that if the bad guys were using exploding underpants, there's not much point in making a big deal about carried bags. Entirely too sensible for them. Also for the curious, the bag I just got for it (Lowepro Computrekker AW) was loving fantastic on the trip.
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