Recent content by James Blonde

Now I've got my desk set up, any more thoughts on this? 2 x 32"+ s going to get me more screen real estate (height as well) at a higher quality than a single 49" ultrawide (which I think is essentially what Ive got. However a single Ultrawide might be better for immersion (especially in...

I've got a 12tb local partition on my PC dedicated to photos, copied to a 36tb RAID5 NAS (which has a 24tb backup), and also using Amazon Prime photography to provide the off site backup (incredibly slow, and I'm unsafe in the suspicion they are probably training AI off the back of those...

I'd like to upgrade my monitor setup from a 27" dell UP2716D (which IIRC was the photographers go-to at one point) and 35" ultrawide acer monitor to either a single 49" QHD OLED or maybe a couple of >32" QHD OLEDs that will go on desk mounts. I use the monitors for everything - general home /...

For what it's worth, I went with the same home insurance company, but went with a new, far more comprehensive policy (for less money). their quote system allowed me to have a really good play around, and there was some weird stuff going on (having a burglar alarm cost more than not, £200K...

Considering moving my camera gear over to a specialist policy as the home insurance renewal has gone up from £1000 to £1600 (got a couple of contents claims in the last 5 years, one of which was last year, which I'm suspecting has put the price up so much). What would you expect a quote for...

I'll bump this myself.... I did contact one of the big Dell monitor resellers as they've got some in stock. They really quite strongly warned me off buying one. They keep them in stock for existing users who want to replace like for like and understand the shortcomings and can deal with /...

It's ether dredge up an old post, or start a new one - I thought I'd go with the later... I'm considering buying a used Dell Canvas touch / pen screen in apparently excellent condition. I'm very conscious of it being what... 7 years old now? but nothing seems to have come close in terms of...

@myotis maybe I do need to have a closer look at the Zf. I might also have a look at a pano head. My problem is that I'm the laziest of lazy photographers ever - I generally shot them hand held (multi shot) and then crop. I'm also the person who carries a ton of stuff in my camera bag and...

This - exactly this!!! Although I'm ok with my Z7 without the hand grip, but interesting that it's still smaller! @trevorbray I think that's my fear, and because I do strap carry so much, I think it would be a step back from what I'd been looking for - so thanks for validating my thought...

Got my hands on a Z8 for the first time yesterday and.... well.... not quite what I was expecting! I've been lusting after the Z8 since it came out, and am seriously looking at it as a replacement for my Z7. I knew it was going to be bigger than my Z7 / Z5, but was surprised quite how big and...

Yep, shoot with both a Z5 and a Z7. The Z5 is full spectrum converted but that doesn't affect its usability / functionality. I like it! Doesn't feel like a massive step down from the Z7 (though obviously half the MP) and I do kind of miss the top screen, but hey - just check the viewfinder /...

It's a mess. Might be a USA only thing as I've not seen any European creators complaining about it, but This isn't the nutcase Facebook Ts & Cs - Adobe have screwed up. It might not be what they mean, but it's what they've said and they are being quite explicit. It looks like a rights grab...

As I said, this might not even affect the UK. All of the content I've seen on YouTube about this has been US based photographers / videographers / designers talking about the Terms of Service issue. It was Tony and Chelsea Northrop that first brought it to my attention last week, but I've...

I've used PS and Lightroom for years, but It's Adobe's business practices and terms of service changes that are putting me off them right now - enough to make me look at alternatives and cancel my subscription. I get that many of the publicised issues may not affect us in the UK, but if, as a...

Turns out I'd previously bought Affinity so get an upgrade discount on top of the massive discount they're offering at the moment - and it's not horribly expensive anyway! My Adobe license runs out in the middle of next month, so gives me a bit of time to get my head around it before I bin...