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Hi all Wasn't wanting to cause arguments. I have a laptop which has one slot for a SSD. I've got a 2TB SDD and I will store everything on there while also backing up every month or so to an external SSD. I haven't quite decided yet whether I'll just back up the data regularly or whether I'll...

Well if I have 2TB and no partitions, then I have complete flexibility on how to use that space. I keep on adding photos and that uses up some space but then all remaining space is completely free for other software, games etc If I partition it to say 0.75 gig for software and 1.25 gig for...

Hi Thanks for the advice. My laptop only has a slot for one drive. I'll not partition it as on balance I think the disadvantages of adding in restrictions on what I can use the space for outweigh the advantages I hadn't thought of cloning the entire drive when I backup. That actually makes a...

I have a new computer arriving which has 2TB SDD included. Is it advisable to partion the SDD so photos are in a 1TB partition? Or if I am backing up regularly on an external SDD does it make next to no odds anyhow?

Not sure if this useful for others but I've done a list of the various weekly and monthly challenges I have found. It's not intended to be exhaustive. And I won't do all of them each week But others may find it useful...

Not sure if it helps inspire you to get out but I've done a google sheet of the various weekly and monthly challenges I'm aware of https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Kj5Jp-W1eMertB9VrXMPzInzTOrSRf7jmHp9BftWD98/edit?usp=sharing

To me, they seem like really very good photos indeed. If I can produce anything close to that in 2-4 years, I'd be delighted

To the OP, I'm someone who generally likes structure in my life. I like clear processes and organisation. I'm good in activities that can clearly be measured with a clear way of improving (running, cycling) by applying clear training techniques where all that is required is effort and discipline...

I plan to shoot in jpeg plus raw. I figure that my post processing skills on a raw file might be less good than the camera's. I'll still process the jpeg too but I figure it'll give me a better base to work from until my processing of raw improves (I'll play around with that too)

I have the Olympus OM-D E-M10 mk iii micro four thirds camera with the stock lens. I know micro four thirds have a smaller sensor and image quality allegedly suffers but the camera or lens isn't the limiting factor right now. And it's a very small camera which means it's easy to chuck in my bag...

Thanks all Sounds very good advice!

Hi I have read up on the basics of how cameras work in terms of how ISO level, aperture and shutter speed combine / offset each other for a photo to be appropriately exposed. And I have a basic understanding of depth of field (low f-spot = background out of focus and subject more prominent)...

My PC has Intel Iris XE integrated GPU rather than a dedicated graphics card I take it LRc will run on that ok. I know it meets the "minimum specs" but I mean in a real world scenario it is actually ok and not going to crash or be very, very slow etc? The processor is i5 10 core and it has 32...

Thanks. So when you backup, do you just backup from file explorer in Windows or do you use some backup function inside LRC?

Thanks. I didn't realise that. I thought LRC copied the images and put them into its catalogue I was thinking if tags were added to a photo that would only be in LRC though?