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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.
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.:)
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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.
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    Dogs are much smarter than previously thought

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Shepherd
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    Why was the smart dog thread locked?

    I don't understand why it would be locked but to answer the question I was asked in that threads last post, yes Aussies and some other breeds also can sometimes end up blind, deaf or both when you breed two merles together. Some breeders will breed two merles on purpose to get white Aussies. We...
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    Dogs are much smarter than previously thought

    I have an Australian Shepherd I took in as a stray about 6 years ago, he was opening doors right away, smartest dog I ever had. I like to tell people that I am going to get him a chess set for when he is bored. I also have a blind and deaf double merle female Aussie that I believe mapped out...
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    Canon's New 50 megapixel DSLRs: 5Ds and 5Ds R

    One thing about buying quality Canon lenses is they retain a lot of there original value. I have around $40K original cost in cameras and lenses that have lost a lot of value over the years, my medium format Bronica zooms are worth maybe a couple hundred dollars each now and were about $2K each...
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    Amir's CES 2015 Report and Picture Thread

    Polaris Slingshot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGtB3B-Gikc
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    Canon's New 50 megapixel DSLRs: 5Ds and 5Ds R

    Have you seen the cut-away of that new wide angle zoom? It is not really insanely priced once you see what went into it. low volume lenses will always be more expensive. http://www.dpreview.com/articles/4273095999/cp-2015-canon-shows-11-24mm-in-cross-section
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    Canon's New 50 megapixel DSLRs: 5Ds and 5Ds R

    You can get a 51MP Pentax 645Z medium format camera Body for a little over 8K, you can find an older but still new Pentax 645D with 40MP for a little over 4K.
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    Outernet, Internet for areas without Internet

    They have plans to make content available in many languages, right now they are still in testing phase and have mostly been broadcasting in English but lately they have been sending some stuff in Arabic to get info into Syria. They are up on two Satellites right now. To get the stream right now...
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    Ducati

    Italy has always made beautiful bikes and cars, I always wanted a Ducati but I wreaked my body years ago and can't ride anymore.
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    Outernet, Internet for areas without Internet

    Seems like a great idea to bring information to underserved parts of the world. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/lantern-one-device-free-data-from-space-forever They have been broadcasting on satellite for a short while now but this is their new expansion plan. I built an Outernet setup...
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    LED Light Bulbs

    I see the Philips L Prize winning bulb is now available for sale at Bulbs.com, it's quite a bit more expensive than the Endura LED A19 60w equivalent bulb Philips sells. I can get the Older bulbs for $24.95 and the L prize bulb is $59.99 for now. The new L prize bulb is 940 lumens vs. older...
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    Rush Limbaugh-Can America Ever Get Wise To This Despot

    I am a Republican but I can't listen to most of the talk shows on either side of the aisle, for a conservative talk show the only one I like is John Batchelor out of New York, I download the podcasts on iTunes.
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    LED Light Bulbs

    I have quite a few of the Philips 60 watt equivalent LED bulbs that I have been using for about a year now, so far no failures. I bought some of the EcoSmart 13 watt A19 bulbs that I like better than the Philips bulbs but I have not been using them as long. This is the EcoSmart bulb I bought...
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    Ruining an icon: American Top Gear

    I thought the Speed channel car show "The Car Show" with Adam Carolla was a lot better than the American version of Top Gear. The American version of top Gear is painful to watch.
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    Dual-Core/Multi-core CPUs -- The Hype and Reality

    The number of programs taking advantage of GPU acceleration will be increasing, for now the types of programs that can most benefit from it are the ones that have it now or will soon, to be honest most people don't need anywhere near the power of todays computers.

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