Digital photography

SSD?

I ask because my ultrabook with 4GB of RAM and an old i5 runs PS Raw files pretty fine. It's possible that the speed of your HDD is slowing you down - i.e. the bottleneck might be data access as opposed to data processing

Before I drop money on more Ram I thought i'd ask what you guys are using on your computers?

Currently got 4gb but looking at buying another 8 so will have 12gb in total. Will this be enough to speed up lightroom and Sigma photo pro?

True. Is your hdd very full?

Nope got a Hdd just for pictures probably only 50 out of 250 gb. May even be a 500gb hdd I'll check tonight.

Get an ssd!

Get an ssd!

That's the plan once they come down in price again. 256 under £100 I'm in.

2 hard drive, one SSD and one normal? can use the SSD for operation system and the HD for storage.

Already have OS, Steam and storage drive.

Hoping to get an SSD for OS and programs then move the OS drive to another storage drive.

http://www.groupon.co.uk/deals/national-deal/ASK-Direct/20921448?nlp=&CID=UK_CRM_1_0_0_120&a=1664

Canon 1100 D with kit lens and 8GB card for £279

Shot some stuff at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome this weekend. Just waiting for film ones to get devved but here's the digi test shots. Apologies if huge..

http://25.media.tumblr.com/8bec1d261e4d0bc09a18c4d5dbf45dd6/tumblr_mm0kcr9OJA1qzf2cso1_1280.jpg

http://24.media.tumblr.com/9dd5801129c79550cc5fea878e80689b/tumblr_mm0kcr9OJA1qzf2cso4_1280.jpg

http://25.media.tumblr.com/89ea2cc5656517187ae14cecf2c9598b/tumblr_mm0kcr9OJA1qzf2cso3_1280.jpg

nice!

Dug-out my old super takumar 135mm and stuck it on the 450d to see if its worth using, the light was nice earlier, and yes, its worth using.

top one's nice

That airbrush artwork makes my head hurt.

Yeh, its so creepy. Been meaning to do a whole set of them.

What's with the blurry bits?

It's from Google street view. I spend a lot of time looking at street view, especially suburban USA. It's a bit of an obsession.
It's not clear if the man is putting things in or taking things out of the recycling bins. Either way his bike is pretty striking.

You should check out the Deutsche Borse right now, Will.

Looking at Phoenix, AZ is a bit of an obsession.

You should check out the Deutsche Borse right now, Will.

I am aware of it.

It's not clear if the man is putting things in or taking things out of the recycling bins. Either way his bike is pretty striking.

I'll bet he's picking up recyclables for cash-in.

I am aware of it.

Its worth seeing; the gImages guy went from bottom of the pile to top for me, after seeing it in the gallery. Killip was great but De Middel was lost on the wall IMO. Good show though, presume Afronauts will win because of the current 'self-publish revolution' but I hope gImages guy gets it. Whenever I have seen examples of his work online it's been too close a context to gImages, in the gallery it has much more impact and most of the works are actually an animated series rather than static moments. Really enjoyed it, as you can probably tell.

been titting about with a reverse mount ring, on a 50mm.

D7000, 50mm vintage lense, reverse macro ring, £12 tripod from Aldi.

^ Nice macro shots!

Still getting used to the new camera... The viewfinder is just sooooo much better than what I was on before, its much easier to compose shots properly and quickly. The silent shutter mode is great for taking pictures of people close by without them noticing.

So new SSD in the computer lightroom runs v.v quick now. Still sits at around 3gb RAM usage if I'm processing a lot at once. May put a stick of 8GB in there and see how it fairs then.