Recent content by fstorm

I know there are lots of experience on here. I'm looking for an alarm system and CCTV. CCTV Must not rely on cloud services for operation. Cloud service must be optional and granular. i.e. ok for stuff to be sent to cloud if I allow it, but if the cloud service disappears, then it all still...

Ah - I see. Exactly what I needed to know, thank you Ned.

Is that using time machine or some other back up method ?

OS independent backup of my photos and videos, so that I can keep copies of my photos on multiple hard disks that can be read by other computers and devices. I buy a new HD at least once a year, sometimes twice to keep an entire backup of my files. I'd rather not do a time machine backup, unless...

I use the Samyang 14mm f2.8 in Sony E mount, mainly for astro stuff. Works well for me. Easily in your budget.

Short of clicking on all of them and then pressing export ? Using El Capitan. In the previous OS you could just drag and drop, must more sensible.

I use the Samyang 14mm MF, Sony E mount, works great with my A7ii. The colour is different to Sony/Zeiss, Nikon and Canon lenses I use, but easily corrected if it bothers.

A concur, I'm getting very agreeable results from a 1950s 50mm lens on my A7. The SZ 55mm is much sharper and better contrast, not 100% convinced I like the photos from it more though, which is worrying ! Whatever, it's feeding my GAS and general geekiness.

If the Olympus 12-40mm f2.8 or 40-150mm f2.8 was scaled up to FF size, it'll probably look like the G master and weigh just as much ! Would be great if Olympus made Sony FE lenses. I'd even buy APS-C type Olympus pro lenses and use them in cropped mode, there is enough MP, esp for an A7rii. For...

The Olympus E-M1/M5ii was a serious contender as a successor to my Nikon D700 kit. Enough for me to borrow the kit from them for the weekend for a "test drive", was very close to buying one and the associated PRO lenses, which were giving me excellent results, certainly much, much better than...

Also I'd give the 28-70 a miss, unless you buy it 2nd hand and use it as a stop gap, I say pay around £150 for a mint copy.

I've just procured an A7ii (from Rizvan) and two weeks later, I have a 2nd user SZ 55mm, 35mm and 28mm. Before I bought the native lenses, I was using my old Nikon primes and a couple of RF lenses, Leica and Voigtlander. I'd go for quality glass every single time. Good glass retains it's value...

On the subject of wants, I'd like an A7 and lenses with weather sealing and one that works well with legacy UWA Lecia/Zeiss/Voigtlander RF glass. Something to do with the sensor glass acting as a filter where the rear lens element is close to the sensor. The fancy multiple focussing point of the...

Could do with an UWA 15mm f2.8/f3.5 that isn't overly big 100mm f2.5 like the Nikon one. May be a DC version. Got the 28mm SZ lens with me today. Overcast today, so more PP and B&W probably.

Jonathan, Any PP ? raw or jpg ?