Recent content by JohnMcL7

I've had genuine calls regarding potential fraud on different credit cards with varying levels of stupidity, in one case the phone call was automated and advised me they suspected fraud and to call the CC company using the number on the card which is the correct way to do it (and they were...

An RX100 was my thought as well if wanting a good zoom range in a noticeably smaller package, it's small enough to fit in a jacket pocket. It obviously depends on what priorities there are size/weight and zoom range.

That's surprising because all the comments and tests I've seen show the Z6III's partially stacked sensor to have less DR (the A9 with the original stacked sensor also had less DR): https://www.dpreview.com/news/8412798138/early-testing-suggests-nikon-z6-iii-pays-a-price-for-its-speed/ Given...

A few years ago (but not that long ago) I was part of a migration to move a set of databases from a very old database server to a new one. These databases were very important and it had taken 18 months of work to reach the point we were ready to migrate, the database was shut down and the...

The discussion is in this thread I'm guessing: https://www.talkphotography.co.uk/threads/high-end-bridge-cameras-sony-rx10-panasonic-fz1000-etc.624521/page-85#post-9740783 I think it's worth having its own thread for visibility though and specifically for the mkV. I guess Sony see a market...

I don't think it's hacked it's just a dodgy user trying to scam people, I suspect they've misconfigured their tool because it should be sending messages to people not posting messages in threads. Edit: Looks like the staff have taken action and banned them

After getting heavy use of the Mavic 2 Pro the last week I decided to bite the bullet and go for a Mavic 4 Pro as some aspects of the Mavic 2 are getting annoying particularly the lack of USB-C support for charging and the weird USB-C support on the smart controller. However the Mavic 4 has...

I'd agree with above that most of the DJI drones can do what you want - they start at small mobile phone sized sensors (1/2in, 1/2.3in), through the range so there's some with 1/1.3in sensors, 1in sensors and 4/3 sensors. There's obviously a few trade offs to be made with each drone. The Mini...

So do you use PTGui or what tool did you choose?

I'm getting exactly the same issue when I click any of the liked lists on the posts above. Single tab, Vivaldi, Win 11 25H2 and no VPN

If you can explain what your requirement are for a drone I'm sure you can get some recommendations here. I find a lot of drone sites are more focused on the video side of drones rather than the photo side.

I'm looking for panorama stitching software that can handle a large number of raw files, allow adjustment to the stitched image as if it was a single image and that is available as a perpetual license. My drone takes 21 photo panoramas (3 rows, 7 columns) which I've been processing in LR6 which...

The problem is 'AI' is an extremely general term that covers a very wide range of technologies and many features and processes you've been using for years are already technically 'AI'. When I studied AI in the late 90s and early 2000s, some of the techniques went back decades since at the time...

For some reason Google news occasionally recommends BBC articles in Pidgin which was the first time I'd come across it. In the sci-fi series the Expanse, the Belter faction have their own language and I wonder if it was based on Pidgin English as much of it seems quite similar.

I bought a little fire safe bag for lithium ion batteries to carry my spare batteries when flying earlier this year. As mentioned above each airline has different rules on exactly what capacity of batteries you can take and how many of each although no-one ever checked any of mine.