gscotten

gscotten

Lives in United States VT, United States
Works as a happily retired guy!
Joined on Jul 29, 2007
About me:

I am a simple man and I have a simple plan: I carry a camera with me everywhere and intend to live long enough to capture all the wonders of the world and learn the sum of all knowledge. So far, so good. :)

My first word as a baby was "f-stop" and I built a pinhole camera almost before I could walk. My earliest extant photo is a shot I took of my mother on my eighth birthday. Seven decades and several intervening hobbies later, I am now enjoying it more than ever.

Other interests include astronomy (I build my own telescopes, including the optics), offshore sailing, dancing, biking, downhill skiing. I am lucky to share my life with a fabulous wife who tolerates my passion and loves to dance.

I took an early retirement package from IBM in 1993, did some consulting for a few years, and ran a tech startup for a few more. I retired completely (and irrevocably) in January of 2000. I haven't had a free minute since.

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  • Ooops! Wanna check that math?
  • I am curious if these were done by an experienced user with each app? Some programs automatically pick settings while others such as Lightroom don't. In my experience, even the auto ones usually ...
  • Since we are talking noise reduction, I'd go with D as well. The NR is a little too aggressive for my taste, but you could always dial it back a little. The others didn't touch the noise except ...
  • In the Settings>Viewer tab there is a check box on the upper left for "Loop". Uncheck it.
  • That is where Lightroom looks for plug-ins. If it doesn't exist, create it. The plug-in has instructions for installation.
  • There is also Aardenburg. The owner, Mark McCormick, is a regular visitor to this forum. Home - Aardenburg Imaging and Archives (aardenburg-imaging.com)
  • Wilhelm Research is a business that tests long term permanence of inks and papers, not some random internet poster. Their initial testing of the ET-8550 looks very promising.  I have not said a ...
  • I am not looking to replace my two Pro-100 printers.
  • Replied in RP vs R8?
    After three years of loving my RP, in November I upgraded to the R8. For me, the difference in AF alone was worth the price. There are a lot of other little niceties that generally improve the ...
  • Although I agree with you as a general principle, I am curious how often these maintenance tanks need to be replaced on home-use printers. I have printed over 3800 (mostly A3+) pages on my primary ...
  • Did you unzip it first?  Also, try to install it manually in the correct folder as I suggested in my last reply. That is easy to do and has always worked for me.
  • The web site says, "Works in all Lightroom versions (CC, Classic) above 5." I have used it with every version since 5, and it has worked with all of them. You might try to download another copy. ...
  • BWRobins answered this question a week ago with a link to a Wilhelm review of the ET-8550. It looks like it is far more fade-resistant than prior tank printers. I love my Pro-100, but this seems ...
  • Of course there is. Soft proof. Toggle between the rendering intents. Here is an example using the gamut test file from digitaldog.net. These are done in Photoshop, but Lightroom does exactly the ...
  • The area of the photo that is out of gamut does not change with the intent. The intent (perceptual or relative) is simply how these out-of-gamut colors are handled. (I know, technically the real ...
  • My packages of regular Canon photo paper all contain a slip of paper that says not to cover them for 24 hours. Longer won't hurt. :) I have a cord along one wall with clips to hang them from while ...
  • All of them? Sigma 60-600?  :) I am sure there are lighter 10x FF lenses, but I have found nothing on a par with the 24-240. If it does not suit you, that is fine. Everybody has different priorities.
  • A lens nobody has seen or tested. Only 7x, and 24mm is substantially wider than 28. It is definitely smaller and lighter, though. As for the weight distribution change as it zooms, on my R8 the COG ...
  • Wide open, the uncorrected image is actually 22mm focal length. The corrections crop and correct it to the stated 24mm focal length. You are still getting what you paid for. Quite often I crop the ...
  • Everybody who complains about the 24-240 distortion has posted an uncorrected picture to prove it. The lens was designed for those corrections, so it is an unfair claim. The corrected images are ...
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