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Building a high-end PC for 4K video and photography
As someone who started using computer in the late 70's, I am amazed at just how far technology has advanced.- WDB
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- Forum: Computer Forum (PC & Mac)
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Building a high-end PC for 4K video and photography
It looks like the new AMD Ryzen 7 1800X is a great bargain for a $500 CPU, it outperforms my 12 core HP Z600 at stock speeds, I saw the AMD chip hit 1600 on the Cinebench R15 CPU score. With the most recent version of Cinebench R15 my Z600 is only a little over 1300. Intel processors that are...- WDB
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- Forum: Computer Forum (PC & Mac)
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Digital Upgrade: Is Full Frame Worth it for Our Use?
I know some people were not happy with the newer VRII version of the 70-200 F2.8 lens, it has a problem with focus breathing.- WDB
- Post #69
- Forum: Photography and Videography Forum
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Building a high-end PC for 4K video and photography
Those are the processors in my old HP Z600, I have very limited upgrade ability with such and old computer. I am booting off one of these https://www.amazon.com/Apricorn-Velocity-Upgrade-Array-VEL-DUO/dp/B00NTQGZH4?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0 with dual SSDs on it but it will never match the...- WDB
- Post #11
- Forum: Computer Forum (PC & Mac)
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Sony's new full-frame cameras with compatibility of Canon, Nikon, etc. lenses!
Zeiss lenses and Voigtlanders too are made in Japan by I believe Cosina.. Some Leica lenses were made in Canada. With powerful computers and light path simulation software it is easier to design exotic lens designs that would have been hard in the past, lately Sigma has been making some real...- WDB
- Post #67
- Forum: Photography and Videography Forum
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Building a high-end PC for 4K video and photography
What are you getting for your Cinebench score? When I upgrade I want something about twice as fast as what I have now, I have an about 6 year old HP Z600 with dual six core Xeons in it, it does about 1280 on the Cinebench CPU score. I use it mostly for Photography but I occasionally work with...- WDB
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Sony's new full-frame cameras with compatibility of Canon, Nikon, etc. lenses!
This thread from the Fred Miranda forum goes into the problems with AF adapters on Sony E-mount cameras. http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1342176/1#lastmessage With my Panasonic GX7 and G7 I get fast autofocus with Canon lenses that I have but my Tamron and Tokina lenses don't work...- WDB
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- Forum: Photography and Videography Forum
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Sony's new full-frame cameras with compatibility of Canon, Nikon, etc. lenses!
The ?6000 does not focus quickly with Canon lenses, the newer ?7 II and ?7R II are supposed to work much better with adapters. The new ?6300 may also work well with af adapters. I have a couple of ?43 cameras that focus very fast with my Canon lenses, these little mirrorless cameras are great...- WDB
- Post #37
- Forum: Photography and Videography Forum
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Digital Upgrade: Is Full Frame Worth it for Our Use?
" Both Canon and Nikon have lenses that are much smaller than normal lens designs using Diffractive Optics, Canon has made a few lenses and now Nikon has their "Phase Fresnel" 300mm f4 lens...- WDB
- Post #49
- Forum: Photography and Videography Forum
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Digital Upgrade: Is Full Frame Worth it for Our Use?
MIT working on a cool program to determine how memorable a photo is. http://memorability.csail.mit.edu/demo.html- WDB
- Post #38
- Forum: Photography and Videography Forum
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Digital Upgrade: Is Full Frame Worth it for Our Use?
You can get very high resolution landscapes with any camera if there is nothing moving, crop sensors work fine, people have been making extremely high pixel count landscapes by stitching together multiple shots. Microsoft even has a free program for doing this...- WDB
- Post #34
- Forum: Photography and Videography Forum
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Sony Announces A7 RII
For AF tracking a good DSLR just seem to work much better at this point in time, for me I have a bad right arm and even my Canon 50D feels like It weighs a ton now, most of my photos can be taken with manual focus lens so I will be fine with the Sony, if I was still taking action shots I would...- WDB
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- Forum: Photography and Videography Forum
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Sony Announces A7 RII
I have been shooting Canons ever since I dumped my Nikon stuff in1991, the last few years I have branched out adding a couple of micro 4/3 Panasonics and then last year I bought a Sony alpha 6000. The Panasonic cameras are outstanding for video and the Sony is an amazing little camera that can...- WDB
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- Forum: Photography and Videography Forum
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It's Pi Day...............
It's funny that so many people worry about being precise in stating the value of ? but very few actually know how to pronounce the name, I'll put it this way, last Saturday at 9:26 I did not eat a slice of pie, I took a leak.:)- WDB
- Post #19
- Forum: General Discussion
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Ducati
I went to all of the 500GP races at Laguna Seca back in the 80's and 90's, If I could get around better I would love to go see a MotoGP race in person, too bad they don't race at Laguna anymore.- WDB
- Post #51
- Forum: General Misc Discussion
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