TimG

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There is a market for retro gear. I’d try advertising them on the Classifieds……

Another vote for Stix Jumbo. Long-lasting, easy to change and relatively inexpensive (as u/w photo gear goes!)

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I reckon I take 80-100 images on a dive. Yep, after 25+ years, super ruthless. If it’s not a 3-4 star, it’s a delete. That probably gets down to 30-40% of the trip’s images. I usually do a second review about 72 hours after that cull and another batch will go to digital Valhalla. I now aim to end up with maybe 15-20images from a dive. Any doubts at all and it’s au revoir. What’s left is keyworded and filed by year and date all in Lightroom. This adds up now to about 55,000 images, almost 2TB. The catalog is on an SSD with a backup to a NAS and two backups to external hard disks. I did tackle the film images - slides - but foolishly scanned them as not very large jpgs. I should have done much higher quality or, better, TIFFs. I can’t face the rescan job! Ruthless. Why keep so-so? Are you really going to look back at them?

Hey Grantmac! Welcome to Waterpixels - great to have you with us. I have to admire you Canadian divers..... brrrrrr.... We hope you really enjoy the forum. Best wishes

Ooooof, thanks for that, Wolfgang. I'm still on v5.9.x which has then old icons. I might stay with that!

Then Loupedeck software is now up to v 6.1.4 Has anyone tried that and is it any better? Wolfgang?

Agreed on the RS. A super system that I used to lust after. I’m a big Subal fan too and have gone through various Nikon iterations including the D800. But have gone back to APSC with a D500 - and love it!

I’ve banged on about this many times….. so here goes again. FF, topside? Why not? There’s no real reason I can think of NOT to get an FF camera. However, underwater? It’s a different story. As Chris, Davide and David have all set out in different ways, non-FF systems can have real advantages. And I agree with Davide that we are seduced by camera manufacturers that if you’re not using FF, you’ve got less of a system. It boils down to what you plan to do with the images. Serious commercial sales? Massive prints? Then maybe FF. But for screen size images (including sales) and prints up to A2, sub-FF can work perfectly and you can’t tell the difference. The plus points: less expensive, less bulky, easier for travelling, usually easier to house the wide-angle lenses, easier DOF with macro….. Yep, back in the early-2010s I was seduced by the FF marketing and housed a D800. When it was time to move on I switched in 2017 back to the APSC D500 and haven’t regretted it for a second. Never had a moment’s Buyer’s Regret. Talking to Z8 users, I’m sticking with a D500 until Nikon comes up with a high-end mirrorless APSC. There. Said it. I feel better 🙃

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