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Here we go again. After constant problems with intermittent refusal to AF on my 150-600mm a011 (the first generation of this lens) I bought the new G2 version and sold the old after a complete overhaul by Tamron. Now the new one is giving me more problems than the old on ever did. 1. Complete...

A nice summary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfPHPGxrN2U

I have about 20 pictures on display at a local Cafe called the Super Mini Walnut. (It's a branch of a restaurant in Boulder that's just called the Walnut Cafe.) This is a great location for local artists to display their work, so I'm happy to get this opportunity. :) The owner is in the second...

I have always noticed that my prints always show much less noise, and look sharper, than what I see on the computer screen. I've never really figured out why this is. Maybe even my nice, fairly high resolution monitor can't match the quality of a high quality print? Does anyone out there have...

I have been lucky enough to schedule three shows of my photos in the next few months, and I'm looking forward to it. I haven't done this in many years, so now I have to go through my pictures from the last 2-3 years and pick what I want to print. I'm having a really hard time narrowing it down...

Happy Mother's Day!

Like almost everyone I know who has the Tamron 150-600 G1, I have had autofocus issues with the lens since I bought it in 2014. Lately they have been very frequent, the autofocus motor makes some horrid noises, and occasionally the lens simply doesn't communicate with the camera, so the camera...

They levitate. Here's proof.

Does anyone else have this issue? I will find myself frustrated that my pictures don't look sharp on Lightroom, then I will realize that my eyes are just tired and NOTHING looks sharp when I look around the room. Sometimes the next day I'll look at pictures that I thought were unsharp, and they...

So I made an appointment and brought my laptop in to the Apple Store today. It appeared that the hard drive had died, although I wasn't 100 percent sure it wasn't a system software problem. Anyway, the little Apple guy looks at the laptop and informs me that it is too old for them to work on...

My favorite lens is sick. It won't focus properly, and I mean it's not even close. I've cleaned the contacts and tried it on three different cameras, both with and without the teleconverter. The poor thing is just ill and needs a doctor. It's a grey market, so no Nikon service, but our local...

Starting up in 2018 with a Prairie Falcon.

I updated a bunch of software on my Mac today, and tried the new Lightroom Classic. It is certainly a lot faster on many operations, which is nice. The new range masking feature using either color or luminance levels to create selections does not impress me so far. I'm seeing significant...

Extensive article on possible replacements for LR and PS. https://petapixel.com/2017/12/15/tested-10-photoshop-alternatives/

https://petapixel.com/2017/11/28/select-subject-tool-coming-photoshop-cc/ This could be quite a time saver.

We all know that, to a certain extent, gear matters. You can't drive a nail with a screw diver. But at what level does it stop mattering? I really like all of Sean's videos, and so I thought I'd share this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pekicGW9qyA

I picked up a used 18-140mm for a walk around, having heard that it is pretty sharp for an inexpensive kit lens. Well, the one I got is about as sharp as a butter knife. I wasn't expecting tack sharp, but this is pretty bad. Maybe I got a bad copy. My Tamron 17-50 is a zillion times sharper, and...

I am thinking of updating my system software from Mavericks 10.9.5 to High Sierra. Part of the reason will be to take advantage of the latest updates Adobe is offering. I'm just wondering if anyone has had any issues with High Sierra. I'm using a late 2013 Imac.