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With a small catalogue, my Air M1 with 8Gb is taking 8 seconds from app launch to photo library on display ready to start work. A 90,000 photo catalog on external USB drive takes 11 seconds to launch and display the photo library. I didn't think this was too shabby. This is Lightroom Classic...

That's what I love about forums, there's always new tips on how to do things. Thanks guys

You can read all your camera settings if you've got an editing program like Photoshop. Load up a photo and then go to File, File Info in the menu system. If you've got Lightroom you can see each photo info bottom right in the Library module. There's probably other ways in other editing...

I did take a photo of my uke :)

Ditto, had lots of time to listen on my hi-fi again and to try learn some guitar and piano.

A new series on Prime suited for landscape and travel photographers, features Brendan Van Son, Thomas Heaton, Shu-Shi Lin and others

I used to use Lee filters (Grads, ND and CPL) and they are very good. But I was finding they do take some room up in the camera bag and they can be a bit awkward to use on location, particularly in the cold with gloves on. So I went over to Kase magnetic and they were really nice and easy to...

Perhaps we could have a look at the weekend Les. G.

Welcome Abraham. Great looking wedding photos on your website too.

Welcome Dom, good to see more Yorkshire folk on here

sure, fair point Rob

Over the years I personally have managed with 256GB on my old MacBook Air, Mac mini, iMac and now the new M1 Air. With all the programs/apps I use and temporarily putting photos, films, downloads etc on the drive, I've always had about 100GB spare. I favour using external drives (duplicate...

I got a base spec M1 MacBook Air a couple of weeks ago to replace my 6 year old Air. I'm very impressed and so pleased with it's performance and stability, works fast in Photoshop, Lightroom and day to day tasks. One of the main attractions in buying an M1 in the first place was to be able to...

good tip

I've had a Manfrotto 190 for years now and I can change heads if I need to the ones I use which are a Manfrotto pan/tilt and a Benro gimbal head. I also have a lighter MeFoto travel tripod that is easier to pack for hiking, travel or generally light applications.