Recent content by James Blonde

Thanks @Harlequin565 - it was a better answer than I expected! :D I'd swear it didn't used to be baryta on the reference sheet and that's why I thought I'd do a firmware update! But alas no. Obviously the printer is getting old :( Will give the premium semi gloss a shot - it's a...

I've got an Epson P7000 that I don't use much, and use Permajet papers. I've got their FB Pearl 300 paper that I've used before, however their old paper settings sheet doesn't show it - I always referred to the online version. It appears that they've changed the online version to show the FB...

Thanks both My last few phones have been Samsung Galaxy Notes or Ultras and in a case are too big to fit in the Mavic controller space (and getting them out of the case is just too much of a faff!) and the mini controller wasn't much easier to be fair - the USB connectors were always a bit...

I've previously owned a Mavic 2 Pro and currently still own a Mini 2. My biggest bugbear with both was probably the setup time and poor experience connecting my large phone to the (2 different) controllers, though the continued CAA faffery on >250g drones led me to sell the Mavic. I do have an...

You're probably / almost certainly right, but it would be a SERIOUS mind shift for me personally - one I'm not sure I am capable of taking :/ BUT one I will need to take at some point in my life.... Mind you, if I did manage that, there's no telling what else in my life I might decide I no...

Thanks @Nod - makes sense! I'm pretty bad at thinking about the whole problem at once, rather than trying to think of it in manageable chunks :rolleyes: I guess the only outstanding question at the moment is, it trying to manage all of this in one catalogue the best route still? Or should I...

I've always been a big fan of superzooms and used to use the 18-200 DX on my D7100 infrared camera. I got the 24-200 specifically for my Z5 full spectrum camera only to find it hotspots really badly in infrared. So I've ended up using it on my Z7, and use the 24-70 F4 on my Z5 as it works...

I think that's likely to be the key - keeping a copy of everything either on my NAS or on Amazon Photos. I'm quite distrusting of cloud service providers though, so maybe that solves the other problem of how to / whether to manage my NAS photos - maybe I just do that lightly

Thanks @Sangoma - I've got everything in triplicate (at least) so could be an option to leave "everything" somewhere - probably Amazon as I'm not paying any more than my prime membership for it. I think that's effectively what you're proposing - with the "new" system being me clearing down my...

Thanks all, this is great stuff!!! @Box Brownie thanks, I'll have a look at that software - might give me a bit of a head start at least! @Craikeybaby, thanks! You give me hope! :D yeh the NAS copy is just a straight duplicate - not synced. Always felt there was too much risk there for...

Finding I've dug myself into a hole over the years and made the fundamental mistake of never culling my photos and just throwing hard drives at my local PC when I run out of space. I don't think this is sustainable any more, especially as my PC doesn't have any spare hard drive bays. Sure, I...

Zf was never on my radar - had been considering upgrading my Z7 to a Z8, but felt like I was possibly going backwards in terms of size and weight towards DSLR territory again. But given I am a lazy git and almost always shoot handheld, even when any sensible person would be using a tripod, 8...

2 of the same lens? Not something I'd considered, but..... an interesting idea...! Especially given the price of the 24-70! Is that more to enable the purchase of the 70-200? (Honestly kicking myself now for being so keen to get rid of my F lenses)

Struggling with lens choices / GAS... Any thoughts / advice welcome I've got a Z7 and a Z5 full spectrum. I bought the Z5 to convert to full spectrum, with the 24-200 kit lens, with the expectation that this lens would basically sit on my Z5 as a vaguely decent quality, general purpose lens...

be curious to know how you get on! Might just have been my perception, but the prices seemed to reduce quicker than I'd expect even rapid development consumer electronics to reduce, rather than a model agnostic pro level lens.