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Reading through the thread....everything was better "back in the day" and everything modern, from mirrorless cameras, recordings to carbon-fiber cycles sucks and is worse. Sad.

Because after endless "DSLR vs. mirrorless"-threads everything has been repeated multiple times? I am sticking to my DSLRs, but the next camera will be mirrorless. It's not an "if", but a ...

On some vacations, I haul huge amounts of gear with me (superteles or large-format gear). But on some, it's just the smartphone. Especially for extended weekends in a city. Those are about having ...

No. :-D Softproofing: use the OUTPUT profile. If you are editing for a print, it won't be Adobe-RGB, it will be the printer's ICC. If editing for web, sRGB. But, honestly, I don't make too much ...

Monitor stays in AdobeRGB. And, depending on the output (printer, paper, sRGB, contractor,..) I soft-proof with the corresponding ICC.

I shot a lot of alpine skiing, ski mountaineering, mountaineering.... Didn't worry about the camera at all. Don't breathe on the front lens. :-D Take many batteries for you. As for condensation ...

Come back when you mastered Photoshop. Thousands of retouchers out there who have that skill set. From the cheap "retouching farms" to masters of the craft. With just ACR in your toolbox....you ...

Same here. I would buy that F7.

Modern Linux distributions are easy enough. The day of endless shell-typing for everything are long past. Even nVida-drivers are easily installed. GIMP is installed with a few mouse clicks and ...

Photoshop, DXO stuff, Topaz stuff, Premiere, DevonThink, OmniFocus, Fusion, .... the list of software without a comparable equivalent on Linux is long (an no, GIMP, FreeCad, etc. are not even ...

I am using the Elgato Keylight Air. Two of them, one on either side of the monitor. They make a substantial difference. And can be controlled from the computer.

I am using the Elgato Facecam after trying several webcams. IMHO better than all the Logitech cams.

"Why this isn't a standard option on computer cams, baffles me." Because people usually sit at their desk, right in front of their computer?

I go through the hassle of using a "proper" camera (with HDMI capture) only for bigger presentations, webinars, etc. For weekly meetings, project meetings...a webcam is good enough.

Can I send you a 4x5 scan with several layers I am working on for a huge print? Your post talks about "online". If just posting photos online is your thing, feel free to stick to C2D.

WhiteWall is a good starting point.

What is an "interacting" dark room?

Correct. For corporate software we are using "subscriptions" (Oracle!) for quite a while.

Correct. Way before other major players were even considering moving to a subscription model.

The solution is simple: stick to open and compatible formats. All my keywords in LR are exported into carrier file as EXIF/IPTC. I can leave LR and start managing my catalog with any other ...