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Forum: Weekly Photo Challenges
01-30-2017, 03:45 PM
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Some images taken with a K100D in the evening at Heybridge Basin in Essex.
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
01-22-2017, 05:56 PM
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Hi Mike, I gave up on Windows when XP expired. Had a Vista laptop and hated it so tried Linux as a dual boot and found I used Linux all the time and eventually deleted the windows partition. I still have a laptop with Windows and every time I switch it on, it reminds me why I hate windows, takes ages to do windows updates and download new anti-virus update, running anti virus scans, defragging, it just goes on and on.
Tried several varieties of Linux and the best for me was LXLE
I am also very impressed with the photography software available. As I mentioned I use Darktable which is a Lightroom equivalent. There is also RawTherapee, UFRaw, Luminance HDR and Gimp to name a few. Shotwell is good for downloading from the Camera and cataloguing . Best of all, it is all free :) You don't need a modern PC with loads of RAM either. I use a dual core processor with 4GB ram which copes fine.
A capture from Sunday using my K100D which I was quite pleased with. RAW file processed in Darktable
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
01-22-2017, 03:59 PM
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I am a hobby photographer, Studied photography at college when I was younger (back in the 70's). Was a 35mm film user (used to do own developing) until the early 90's when work took me in a different direction and photography got moth balled. Still finding my feet in the digital world. Started off with a Cannon DSLR about 18 months ago and learnt quite a bit but never really happy with it. Have just acquired a Pentax K100D Super and it has fuelled the enthusiasm I used to have :)
It just feels right, I enjoy using it and the picture quality is great straight from the camera. Think my Canon gear will be going on Ebay to fund purchasing a new Pentax :)
Software I use for processing is mainly Darktable - I don't use windows, I use Linux instead :)
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