Episode 347 – A non-Windows world

This week, David Marland steps in again.
He’s been eyeing off the forthcoming Canon 5DmkIV. In case you’ve been living under a rock, here’s a video of the new features, and here’s dpreview’s summary of the dynamic range capabilities of the new beast.
This led to a discussion about gear lust, a topic thrust back into my radar this week after I saw this status update on Facebook:

“Yesterday I set out to buy the 24-70 2.8 G master. Drove 40 miles one way. Got to the store, held it in my hands and then walked out the door without it. Just couldn’t seem to reason with myself why I needed it. I’m not a pro, I’m just a picture taker. So I went home and put a Sakar 135 2.8 manual lens that I bought 22 years ago for $6 on my A 7 mkII. Took a photo of my wet dog and called it a day.”
– Millie Latimer

Kudos to Millie for not being swayed by gear lust!
Paul from hedgeformac wrote to tell me about a competition that LaCie is running at the moment. You could win a 12BIG NAS tower with 48TB of storage. Go here to be in the running! Thanks for the tip, Paul!
Greg H. commented on last episode’s discussion of drones (UAV’s) and their use or misuse:

“Please stop spreading the misinformation that a drone hit an aircraft. It is really damaging to the industry and it never happened. It turned out to be a plastic bag.
Thanks,
Greg”

Steve Peters sent us this story about photography schools, and why you shouldn’t.
Adam told us about Snappr,
and David brought us stories on fake mountain climbers,
Yongnuo’s Canon-mount 35mm/f2 at a carazy $95!
The U.S. obsession with taking selfies while driving,
and for his book review, the annually-updated Landscape photographer of the year book.
We also talk about some of his landscape work, which you can find on Flickr.
And we wrap it up with my latest attempt at self-harm…. a potential migration away from Windows and over to the wild frontier that is Linux.
So far, I’m VERY impressed with Darktable, a Linux equivalent to Lightroom.

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Bruce Williams

I have been a professional audio engineer since the mid 80's and am happy to do for free in my spare time what I get paid to do during the week. I created Shutters Inc in May 2005, and it is today (as best as I can tell) THE longest-running photography podcast in the world.

5 thoughts on “Episode 347 – A non-Windows world

  • September 5, 2016 at 5:15
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    Thanks for sharing the drone information on the show. Also, I just ordered the landscape photographer of the year book – collection 8 for $9 on Amazon. Other years are $45.

  • September 5, 2016 at 7:50
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    Glad to hear you discovered Darktable. that’s what I use since some time and I love it. For Mac users there’s also a package ready to use. You’ll probably find out that the XMP files don’t import to other programs I’m afraid. If you persue this make sure you get the latest versions from the PPA unless Mint already provides them.

  • September 5, 2016 at 7:53
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    Still listening… For Panoramas you have to install hugin and a simple script. Google it that’s how I found it 🙂
    For Import from Lightroom there might be something but that’s a problem I don’t have so I never researched it 🙂

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