How about we sticky a “MF/GFX/X2D - best practices” thread?

[Butteredtoast]

Online forums will invariably have redundant threads where questions about general best practices are asked again and again, and their answers, gained thru the experience and testing of its members, are rehashed over and over. It’s the nature of the beast, as knowledge in any forumgets obscured by the piling on of other issues/questions/show and tell etc.



Can we sticky a “best practices“ thread? One where we simply outline agreed-upon best settings for a particular range of cameras?



I think we can add the 16 bit versus 14 bit answer to this, and for GFX, here are two questions to add and move forward with:

1. in camera profile settings closest to raw histogram.


2. IBIS, continuous or shoot only?

 

[Schrodingers cat]

agreed-upon

On DPR ?

 

[AshleyMC]

I doubt anyone, in a forum setting, has the time to create and maintain a well-organized “best practices” thread.

As to the piling on of unrelated questions and comments, welcome to forum dynamics.

When I have a question, I spend time “searching” for any relevant information. Most of the time, though, I do the experiments on my gear and draw my own conclusions, my premise being that many keyboard people are more confused than I am.

Have a great day.

 

[Doppler9000]

agreed-upon

On DPR ?

I literally laughed out loud.

 

[Butteredtoast]

agreed-upon

On DPR ?

fair point :-D

 

[DavidMillier]

I doubt anyone, in a forum setting, has the time to create and maintain a well-organized “best practices” thread.

As to the piling on of unrelated questions and comments, welcome to forum dynamics.

When I have a question, I spend time “searching” for any relevant information. Most of the time, though, I do the experiments on my gear and draw my own conclusions, my premise being that many keyboard people are more confused than I am.

Have a great day.

I just spent ages trying to search for an answer on the web as to why double sided printing from my PC was printing single sided, then the next page on a separate sheet was upside down. The weird thing was the printer is trying to print double sided - it keeps pulling the paper back in and flipping it around then printing the other side blank.

Endless amount of opinion on the web as how to fix this, none of it of the slightest use - I was already doing all the things you are supposed to do.

In the end, I just printed as a pdf, downloaded the pdf to my desktop, then printed it double sided from there. Worked fine.

The problem appears to be something mysterious to do with google docs. Printing locally solved the problem, not the half-arsed opinions of keyboard warriors!

 

[SrMi]

Online forums will invariably have redundant threads where questions about general best practices are asked again and again, and their answers, gained thru the experience and testing of its members, are rehashed over and over. It’s the nature of the beast, as knowledge in any forumgets obscured by the piling on of other issues/questions/show and tell etc.

Can we sticky a “best practices“ thread? One where we simply outline agreed-upon best settings for a particular range of cameras?

I think we can add the 16 bit versus 14 bit answer to this, and for GFX, here are two questions to add and move forward with:

1. in camera profile settings closest to raw histogram.

2. IBIS, continuous or shoot only?

The two points above are camera-specific. It would be best to split by manufacturer.

 

[JimKasson]

Can we sticky a “best practices“ thread? One where we simply outline agreed-upon best settings for a particular range of cameras?

I don't know how to make DPR threads sticky.

Jim, as a moderator

 

[DavidMillier]

Can we sticky a “best practices“ thread? One where we simply outline agreed-upon best settings for a particular range of cameras?

I don't know how to make DPR threads sticky.

Jim, as a moderator

Create one, lock it.

As soon as it falls down the list, open it,post a reply. Lock again.

When it falls down the list again, open it, delete the reply, create a new one. Lock.

Repeat ad infinitum

 

[Stan Disbrow]

Hi,

Yep. Someone says X, that triggers Y for someone else. Simply human brains at work.

Which is why we added Threaded View so long ago. If one isn't interested in a subthread, just skip over the rest of it as it forms. Only interested in replies to the OP? Just read only the first level replies.

Stan