ChuckB

I mis-read the OP. I think he meant for a camera user who is starting over, not a beginner. Apologies. No cost limit: Webb Telescope (I'd settle for a clone here). Budget and real world: can't ...

Your "problem" is ridiculous. First system? Who buys a Bugatti Veyron for their first car? Who buys a Steinway D for their first piano. Really.

I have never owned an 'adjustable' camera where the adjustments were 100% intuitive and required no effort from me to understand and use. Even the automatic or other predetermined (by the mfr) ...

It's really not that hard. Set to Manual, twiddle the dial of your choice until the exposure looks good on the LCD, and fire away. You can cover more than the pan, e.g. a 5x5 series. ICE will put ...

Sadly I agree. 7 years ago a pit bull broke my LCD (and left some toothmarks in that metal body!) and Sony's repair estimate was $300. Today, what, $500? I replaced the LCD myself for $90 but an ...

The popup EVF isn't really a pain. I mean, use it as an on/off switch. Camera turns on when you pop it up and shuts off when you push it back down. The real on/off button is tiny - sometimes I ...

Basically, yes. We took a French river cruise (during the floods, darnit) and enjoyed it, AND had no trouble taking photos. I did a travel blog and this URL starts with the cruise (we did more on ...

Bikerguy - whose cruise line were you on?

I have almost the same variety of equipment as you do, only older.  I travel with an RX10 III if I know I will need the long end (birding trips) with an RX100 iii for backup. Otherwise I take an ...

If I can't fix my Pixma 6820 it's time to go into the attic and dig out that Pro 100 I bought 3 years ago just in case. First question: will the inks still be any good? Should I do anything before ...

My Pixma 6820 has served me well. Yesterday I got a B200 error - bad print head. I soaked the head overnight, dried it out and reinserted. Got rid of the error message. But, now the nozzle check ...

Granted. But you said only an "analogue print". Now you're saying only a 30MB scan can do it. You're moving the goalposts.

Gonna have to explain that. A print, be it inkjet or Durst on Cibachrome, can only approach the resolution of the film or the digital original. If we were talking about the best print from film or ...

I don't think anything at this price level is museum-quality for photos, but IMHO it does and excellent job at it.

You might check out a Fujitsu ScanSnap. It works like the Epson. I bought a used one and it is quite good.

I'll echo those in praise of the RX10. My A77 is gathering dust. One thing though - the newest post-processing software is beyond the capabilities of my computer. I can use Topaz AI Clear but ...

Good question - try it in the retouching forum.

That's very interesting. I ran the 'after' through one more time and it got about as good as your first try -- but there are still lots of power lines in front of the yellow building in both of ...

Similarly to others, I find that removal of power lines is not so great. A before and after is below. A close look at the 'after' shows lots of lines in front of very light backgrounds - you would ...

Certainly not. I used film for 45 years before getting all digi. The experience and feeling of being limited to ASA 200 (for me), developing the film, making the prints and cleaning up my darkroom ...